Tuesday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, Baidu, Comcast, Exxon Mobil, General Motors and More

Braze Inc. (NASDAQ: BRZE): As Oppenheimer reiterated an Outperform rating, it raised its $36 target price to $38. The consensus target is $40.77, and the stock closed on Monday at $29.42.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP): The BMO Capital Markets downgrade was to Market Perform from Outperform, and the $140 target price fell to $133. The consensus target is $139.40 for now. The stock closed down almost 7% on Monday at $118.52 despite a solid first-quarter report.

Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA): BofA Securities raised its Neutral rating to Buy from and its $35 price target to $45. The consensus target is $43.97. The stock closed on Monday at $41.64.

Danaher Corp. (NYSE: DHR): SVB Securities started coverage with an Outperform rating and a $300 target price. The consensus target is $282.30. Shares closed on Monday at $241.72.

Doximity Inc. (NYSE: DOCS): Wells Fargo’s downgrade to Equal Weight from Overweight included a target price trim to $35 from $37. The consensus target is $37.86. Monday’s close at $35.83 was down almost 3% for the day on the downgrade.

Essex Property Trust Inc. (NYSE: ESS): Piper Sandler upgraded the stock to Overweight from Neutral. It also raised its $242 price target to $271, well above the $235.05 consensus target. The stock closed on Monday at $220.68.

Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL): Oppenheimer’s $290 target price increased to $300 as the analyst reiterated an Outperform rating. The $289.85 consensus target is closer to Monday’s closing print of $246.87.

Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM): Goldman Sachs downgraded the energy leader from Buy to Neutral with a $125 target price. That compares with the $128.96 consensus target and Monday’s close at $114.67, which was down 3% on the day after the downgrade.

General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM): When Morgan Stanley upgraded the shares to Overweight from Equal Weight, it bumped its $35 target price up to $38. The consensus target is higher at $47.70. Monday’s close was at $33.47.

Hub Group Inc. (NASDAQ: HUBG): Stifel lowered its $110 target price on the Buy-rated shares to $94. The consensus target is $98.62, but the most recent close was at $76.16.

Logitech International S.A. (NASDAQ: LOGI): Morgan Stanley’s upgrade to Equal Weight from Underweight came with a target price hike to $56 from $40. The consensus target is $55.17. Monday’s close was at $60.98.

Nextracker Inc. (NASDAQ: NXT): Northland Securities started coverage with a Market Perform rating and a $32 target price. The consensus target is $39.38. The stock closed on Monday at $30.87.

O’Reilly Automotive Inc. (NASDAQ: ORLY) Oppenheimer raised its $890 target price on the Outperform-rated shares to $1,000. The consensus target is $964.70. The stock closed on Monday at $929.60.

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