PowerSchool Holdings Inc. (NYSE: PWSC): The prior Market Perform rating at Raymond James is now Outperform, but its $22 target price is less than the $26.75 consensus target. The stock closed on Monday at $18.98.
Prologis Inc. (NYSE: PLD): Mizuho initiated coverage with a Buy rating and a $140 target price. The consensus target is $142.53. Monday’s close was at $118.70.
Roper Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ROP): Truist Financial initiated coverage with a Buy rating and a $510 price target. The consensus target is $492.75. The stock closed on Monday at $432.18.
Sea Ltd. (NYSE: SE): Zacks has named this tech conglomerate as its Bull of the Day stock, citing the earnings momentum. The shares last closed at $76.91, and the $97.95 consensus price target signals more than 27% upside potential.
Treehouse Foods Inc. (NYSE: THS): UBS started coverage with a Buy rating and a $60 price target. The consensus target is just $53. The stock closed almost 6% higher Monday at $48.38, though it traded down about that much in the aftermarket session on no news or data we could find.
UBS Group AG (NYSE: UBS): Societe Generale downgraded the stock to Hold from Buy and has an $18.86 target price. The consensus target is $22.65. The stock closed on Monday at $18.80, which was up over 3% for the day on the deal to acquire Credit Suisse.
Unum Group (NYSE: UNM): As Jefferies upgraded the stock to Buy from Hold, it boosted its $44 target price objective to $50. The consensus target is $48.15. Monday’s closed at $38.59 was up over 5% for the day on the upgrade.
U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB): Baird’s upgrade from Neutral to Outperform with a $52 target price. The consensus target is $54.61. The stock closed almost 5% higher on Monday at $34.49.
WestRock Co. (NYSE: WRK): Though Citigroup upgraded the shares to Buy from Neutral, it also trimmed its $34 target price to $32. The consensus target is $38.22. The shares closed on Monday at $28.37, which was up close to 5% for the day after the upgrade.
Increasing dividends show that four analyst favorite companies are doing well, making them excellent total return candidates for investors nervous about the volatility and weakening stock market.
Monday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Alphabet, Bill, Bumble, Dollar General, FedEx, FMC, Jabil Circuit, Microsoft, Nike, Nvidia, Sarepta Therapeutics, Shopify, Synchrony Financial, Warner Bros. Discovery and Zscaler.
Originally published at 24/7 Wall St.
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