Bill Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BILL): Goldman Sachs lowered its $120 target price on the Buy-rated company to $104. The consensus target is $128.39. Wednesday’s last trade was for $75.18 a share.
Block Inc. (NYSE: SQ): Jefferies reiterated a Buy rating, and its target price is $80. The consensus target is $94.35. Wednesday’s close was at $63.36.
Celanese Corp. (NYSE: CE): Piper Sandler’s upgrade to Neutral from Underweight included a target price hike to $120 from $105. The consensus target is still higher at $129.17. The stock closed on Wednesday at $109.98.
Confluent Inc. (NASDAQ: CFLT): As Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock to Overweight from Equal Weight, it bumped its $29 target price to $30. The consensus target is $29.05. Wednesday’s $24.83 close was up over 6% for the day on the upgrade and positive analyst commentary.
DoubleVerify Holdings Inc. (NYSE: DV): Piper Sandler initiated coverage with an Overweight rating and a $35 target price. The consensus target is $34.75. Wednesday’s close was at $30.26.
Dow Inc. (NYSE: DOW): Piper Sandler upgraded the stock to Overweight from Neutral. It also lifted its $63 target price to $68, well above the $58.36 consensus figure. Shares ended Wednesday trading at $57.20.
Essex Property Trust Inc. (NYSE: ESS): Scotiabank’s upgrade was from Sector Perform to Sector Outperform with a $240 target price. The consensus target is $237.70. The stock closed on Wednesday at $214.83.
Evercore Inc. (NYSE: EVR): Morgan Stanley’s upgrade to Overweight from Equal Weight came with a target price increase to $131 from $102. The consensus target is $128.00. The shares closed on Tuesday at $119.12.
Foot Locker Inc. (NYSE: FL): An overhaul of its business will be a detriment to near-term profits, says Zacks about its Bear of the Day. Shares have traded as high as $47.22 in the past year but closed most recently at $40.23, after retreating more than 6% in the past month.
FS KKR Capital Corp. (NYSE: FSK): Oppenheimer started coverage with a Perform rating and a $21 target price. The consensus target is $21.13. The shares closed on Wednesday at $18.61.
Globant S.A. (NYSE: GLOB): Needham initiated coverage with a Buy rating, but its $205 target price is less than the $212.33 consensus target. Wednesday’s close was at $158.65.
Huntsman Corp. (NYSE: HUN): Mizuho started coverage with a Neutral rating and a $27 price target. The consensus target is $30.83. Wednesday’s close was at $26.76.
Las Vegas Sands Corp (NYSE: LVS): Roth MKM started coverage with a Buy rating and a $74 price target. The consensus target of $65.89 is also well above Wednesday’s $56.19 close.
Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT): Baird cut its Outperform rating to Neutral with a $513 target price. The consensus target is $493.05. The stock closed on Wednesday at $490.04.
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