Wednesday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Alphabet, Bank of America, Dollar General, Halliburton, Paramount Global, SoFi and More

New Fortress Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NFE): BTIG Research raised its Neutral rating to Buy with a $50 target price. The consensus target is higher at $68.56. The shares were last seen Tuesday at $38.79, which was up over 4% for the day on the upgrade.

Nu Skin Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: NUS): Jefferies downgraded the stock to Hold from Buy. It also cut its $43 price target to $39, near the consensus target of $39.25. The stock closed on Tuesday at $42.88.

Olin Corp. (NYSE: OLN): Goldman Sachs raised its $65 target price on the Buy-rated shares to $74. The consensus target is $68.40. The stock closed 3% higher on Tuesday at $64.59.

Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA): Macquarie lowered its Neutral rating to Underperform and has a target price of $15. The consensus target is $19.71. The stock closed on Tuesday at $23.16. That was up almost 3% on the day.

Planet Fitness Inc. (NYSE: PLNT): Jefferies reiterated a Buy rating and has a $31 target price. The consensus target is $115.00, and Tuesday’s close was at $84.65 a share.

Q2 Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: QTWO): Baird downgraded the stock to Neutral from Outperform and has a $32 target. The consensus target is $36.33. The shares closed on Tuesday at $32.72.

SoFi Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI): Oppenheimer reiterated an Outperform rating and raised its $6 target price to $7. The consensus target is $7.42. The shares ended Tuesday trading at $6.93.

Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC): Stephens downgraded the stock to Equal Weight from Overweight and has a $53 target. The consensus target is set at $51.81. The shares closed Tuesday at $49.39.

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Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Advanced Micro Devices, Amazon.com, Colgate-Palmolive, Kohl’s, Lockheed Martin, Lyft, Macy’s, Meta Platforms, Okta, Shopify, Tesla and Uber Technologies.

Originally published at 24/7 Wall St.

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