Thursday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Best Buy, Carnival, Caterpillar, Foot Locker, Peloton, Texas Instruments and More

Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY): Wedbush maintained a Hold rating but raised its $77 price target to $82. The consensus target is $81.22. The stock closed at $75.93 on Wednesday.

Box Inc. (NYSE: BOX): Oppenheimer reiterated an Outperform rating with a $35 target price. The consensus target is $32.91. The stock closed 13% lower on Wednesday at $27.01 despite earnings that surpassed estimates.

Carnival Corp. & PLC (NYSE: CCL): Stifel raised its $20 target price on the Buy-rated shares to $22. The consensus target is $17.32. Wednesday’s final trade was reported at $15.87.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT): Citing its momentum and value, Zacks selected this stock as its Bull of the Day. The shares last closed at $282.33, which is up more than 34% in the past 90 days.

Centene Corp. (NYSE: CNC): When Morgan Stanley downgraded the shares to Equal Weight from Overweight, its $94 target price dropped to $73. The consensus target is $83.15. Wednesday’s close at $62.72.

ChargePoint Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CHPT): Goldman Sachs resumed coverage with a Neutral rating and a $10 target price. The consensus target is higher at $17.83. The stock closed on Wednesday at $7.32.

Cognex Inc. (NASDAQ: CGNX): Citigroup started coverage with a Neutral rating and a $52 target price. The consensus target is $52.85. The stock closed on Wednesday at $47.86.

Foot Locker Inc. (NYSE: FL): Its Bear of the Day faces near-term headwinds as consumers pull back on spending, says Zacks. Shares have traded as high as $47.22 in the past year but closed most recently at $18.55.

Gulfport Energy Corp. (NASDAQ: GPOR): Evercore ISI started coverage with an Outperform rating and a target price of $135. The consensus target is $142. The shares were last seen on Wednesday trading at $114.45.

Hercules Capital Inc. (NYSE: HTGC): Compass Point’s upgrade was from Neutral to Buy with a $17.50 target. The consensus target is $117.63. Wednesday’s close was at $16.54.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (NYSE HPE): Stifel maintained a Buy rating. Its $20 target price is higher than the consensus target of $17.70, and Wednesday’s $17.36 close, which was up over 3% on the day.

J.M. Smucker Co. (NYSE: SJM): Stifel reiterated a Hold rating and trimmed its $160 target price to $150. The consensus target is $149.45. The stock closed on Wednesday at $143.88.

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