Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA): When Exane BNP Paribas upgraded the stock to Outperform from Neutral, its $50 target price rose to $65. The stock hit a 52-week high of $56.65 on Wednesday after the upgrade. The $55.90 close was a gain of over 14% for the day.
Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG): Citigroup started coverage with a Buy rating and a $13 target price. The consensus target is $18.70. The stock closed on Wednesday at $10.64, up over 3% for the day, on the initiation.
Rivian Automotive Inc. (NASDAQ: RIVN): D.A. Davidson upgraded the stock to Neutral from Underperform and lifted the price target to $18 from $11. Needham reiterated a Buy rating, and its $26 target price increased to $28. The consensus target is $22.85. Wednesday’s close at $20.43 was up 4.45% for the day on the upgrade.
SPX Technologies Inc. (NYSE: SPXC): Though UBS downgraded the stock to Hold from Buy, the analyst did lift the $80 target price to $90. The consensus target is $89.00. The stock closed on Wednesday at $79.17, down 7% for the day on the downgrade.
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG): Citigroup boosted its Neutral rating to Buy from and its $6.50 target price to $9.50. The consensus target is $7.31. The stock closed Wednesday’s session at $7.35, which was up over 4.5% for the day on the upgrade and positive commentary.
U.S. Steel Corp. (NYSE: X): Exane BNP Paribas downgraded the stock from Outperform to Neutral with a $26 target price. The consensus target is $26.84. Wednesday’s $23.96 close was down almost 5% for the day after the downgrade.
Vici Properties Inc. (NYSE: VICI): When Deutsche Bank downgraded the gambling REIT giant to Hold from Buy, its target price slipped to $34 from $39. The consensus target is $37.88, and shares ended Wednesday trading at $31.33.
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Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Amazon.com, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Constellation Brands, Dominion Energy, Lucid, Nike, Southern Company, Tesla, Valero Energy, Walgreens Boots Alliance and Wells Fargo.
Originally published at 24/7 Wall St.
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