Thursday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Cinemark, CrowdStrike, DoorDash, Estee Lauder, McDonald’s, ServiceNow, Virgin Galactic and More

Logitech International S.A. (NASDAQ: LOGI): Citigroup’s downgraded to Neutral from Buy included a target price cut to $70 from $73. The consensus target is $65.33. Wednesday’s $56.81 close was down over 11% on the downgrade.

McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD): Piper Sandler resumed coverage with a Neutral rating and a $308 target price. The consensus is up at $318.45. Wednesday’s close was at $288.44.

NVR Inc. (NYSE: NVR): Seaport Research Partners started coverage of the homebuilder with a Buy rating and a $7,000 target price. The consensus target is $5,666.67, which is lower than Wednesday’s $5,886.57 close.

Papa John’s International Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA): Piper Sandler started coverage with a Neutral rating and a $77 target price. The consensus target is $91.93, and Wednesday’s last trade was delivered at $73.56.

ServiceNow Inc. (NYSE: NOW): Needham started coverage with a Buy rating and a $660 target price. The $547.23 consensus target is lower than Wednesday’s close at $567.31.

Sherwin-Williams Co. (NYSE: SHW): Citigroup initiated coverage with a Buy rating and a $283 target price. The $256.69 consensus target is closer to Wednesday’s close at $245.85.

Shift4 Payments Inc. (NYSE: FOUR): As MoffettNathanson upgraded the stock to Outperform from Equal Weight, its $75 target price increased to $80. The consensus target is $80.73. The shares closed on Wednesday at $65.06.

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SPCE): Alembic Global Advisors boosted its Underweight rating to Neutral with a $4.75 target price. The consensus target is $4.20, and shares closed on Wednesday at $4.39.

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Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Apple, Devon Energy, EOG Resources, First Horizon, Global Payments, Mobileye Global, Netflix, Oracle, PagSeguro Digital, PayPal, Radian, StoneCo, Ulta Beauty and Urban Outfitters.

Originally published at 24/7 Wall St.

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