Tuesday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Aflac, Comerica, Costco, Dollar General, Dominion Energy, Ford, Meta, T-Mobile, Walmart and More

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META): Oppenheimer raised its $285 target price to $350 while keeping an Outperform rating. The consensus target is $273. Monday’s closing share price was $271.39.

PROG Holdings Inc. (NYSE: PRG): Loop Capital’s downgrade was from Buy to Hold with a $34 target price. The consensus target is $35.80. Monday’s $32.97 close was down almost 4% for the day on the analyst downgrade.

Royal Gold Inc. (NASDAQ: RGLD): BofA Securities downgraded the stock from Neutral to Underperform with a $130 target price. The consensus target is $148.38. The shares closed on Monday at $122.09.

RPM International Inc. (NYSE: RPM): Deutsche Bank initiated coverage with a Hold rating and a $90 price target. The consensus target is $92.93. Monday’s final trade was for $82.48 a share.

T-Mobile US Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS): Oppenheimer reiterated an Outperform rating with a $190 target price. The consensus target is $179.57. The shares closed on Monday at $132.22.

Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL): This has been a good year for homebuilders, says Zacks, which selected this one as its Bull of the Day stock. Its shares last closed at $70.84, and the consensus price target of $75.83 would be an all-time high.

Valley National Bancorp (NASDAQ: VLY): J.P. Morgan upgraded the stock to Overweight from Neutral, but its $10 target price is shy of the $10.83 consensus target. The stock closed on Monday at $7.87.

Vitesse Energy Inc. (NYSE: VTS): Evercore ISI downgraded the shares to Outperform from Market Perform and has a $23 target price. The consensus target is $22.67. The stock closed at $23.78 on Monday.

Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT): Oppenheimer maintained a Buy rating, and its $165 target price compares with a $156.38 consensus target and Monday’s close at $149.80.

Caterpillar, Ralph Lauren and UnitedHealth are rated Buy across Wall Street and this week are expected to lift the dividends they pay to shareholders, showing that they are doing well and have the earnings and cash flow strength to increase their payouts.

Monday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Apple, Automatic Data Processing, Bowlero, Dell Technologies, Dollar General, Macy’s, MongoDB, Paychex, SentinelOne, Trade Desk, Valvoline, Warner Music and Xcel Energy.

Originally published at 24/7 Wall St.

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