Wednesday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Alphabet, Foot Locker, Meta Platforms, New York Community Bancorp, Nvidia, Rio Tinto and More

Assurant Inc. (NYSE: AIZ): Keefe Bruyette upgraded the stock to Outperform from Market Perform. Its $152 target price is less than the $157.80 consensus target. Shares ended Tuesday at $116.72, up 5% for the day on the upgrade.

BioMarin Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: BMRN): Bernstein started coverage with an Underperform rating and an $81 target. The consensus target is up at $122.52. The stock closed on Tuesday at $92.31.

Boston Properties Inc. (NYSE: BXP): Goldman Sachs resumed coverage with a Neutral rating and a $56 target price. The consensus target is $76.59. The stock closed over 4% higher on Tuesday at $54.04.

Chart Industries Inc. (NYSE: GTLS): Evercore ISI started coverage with an Outperform rating and a $217 target price. The consensus target is $192.33. Tuesday’s $116.14 close was up almost 7% on the day.

CONMED Corp. (NYSE: CNMD): Wells Fargo initiated coverage with an Equal Weight rating and a $96 target price. The consensus target is $112.17, and shares closed on Tuesday at $93.72.

Danaher Corp. (NYSE: DHR): Jefferies reiterated a Buy rating with a $310 target price. The consensus target is $302.30. The stock closed on Tuesday at $247.07.

Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR): Morgan Stanley’s upgrade to Overweight from Equal Weight included a target price bump to $96 from $95. The consensus target is $101.54. The shares ended Tuesday trading at $83.99.

Equinix Inc. (NASDAQ: EQIX): Oppenheimer reiterated an Outperform rating and has a $760 target price. The consensus target is $782.33, and shares closed on Tuesday at $675.96.

Fleetcor Technologies Inc. (NYSE: FLT): Raymond James upgraded the stock to Outperform from Market Perform. Its $254 price objective is higher than the $240.56 consensus figure. The stock was last seen Tuesday trading at $208.27, up almost 5% for the day on the upgrade.

Foot Locker Inc. (NYSE: FL): The prior Neutral rating Citigroup is now Buy, and the $47 target price rose to $50. Evercore ISI also upgraded the shares, to Outperform from In Line, and has a $60 price target. The consensus target is $43.68 for now. Better than expected quarterly results helped shares close at $42.53 on Wednesday, a one-day gain of nearly 7%.

GoDaddy Inc. (NASDAQ: GDDY): Piper Sandler downgraded the stock to Neutral from Overweight and cut its $100 price target to $88. The consensus target is $95.49. On Tuesday, shares closed at $74.21.

Harley-Davidson Inc. (NYSE: HOG): Morgan Stanley’s upgrade was from Equal Weight to Overweight with a $50 target price. The consensus target is $53.63. Tuesday’s $39.25 close was up over 5% for the day on the big upgrade.

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META): When Morgan Stanley boosted its Equal Weight rating to Overweight, its $190 target price increased to $250. The consensus target is $218. The shares closed on Tuesday at $200.96.

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