RingCentral Inc. (NYSE: RNG): Piper Sandler cut its Overweight rating to Neutral with a $39 target price. The consensus target is higher at $52.54. The stock was last seen on Tuesday trading at $36.50.
Shake Shack Inc. (NYSE: SHAK): Morgan Stanley’s downgrade to Underweight from Equal Weight included a price target trim to $47 from $50. The consensus target is $53.22. The stock closed almost 3% higher on Tuesday at $57.79 despite the downgrade as the corporate metrics have remained outstanding.
Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO): The BMO Capital Markets upgrade was to Outperform from Market Perform. The analyst also raised the $135 target price to $160, well above the $147.93 consensus target. The shares closed at $137.61 on Tuesday.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTX): SVB Leerink upgraded the stock to Outperform from Market Perform. Its $374 target price is well above the $327.40 consensus target. Tuesday’s closing print of $311.98 was up close to 4% on the day, likely on the upgrade.
Wayfair Inc. (NYSE: W): Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock to Equal Weight from Underweight and nudged its $30 target price up to $35. The consensus target is higher at $47.24. The shares closed on Tuesday at $43.02.
Wendy’s Co. (NASDAQ: WEN): The downgrade at Deutsche Bank was from Buy to Hold with a $3 target price. The consensus target is $24.76. The last trade on Tuesday was served at $22.82 a share.
Werner Enterprises Inc. (NASDAQ: WERN): A double upgrade at BofA Securities took the rating from Underperform to Buy. The $50 target price tops the $46.88 consensus target. The stock’s $44.22 close on Tuesday was up close to 3% for the day on the strong upgrade.
Workday Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY): Guggenheim downgraded the stock from Neutral to Sell with a $142 target price. The consensus target is up at $201.71. Tuesday’s close was at $166.69.
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: WWE): Wells Fargo’s upgrade to Equal Weight from Underweight included a big hike in the price target, from $52 to $100. The consensus target is just $86.82, and Tuesday’s close was at $89.66.
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Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Carrier Global, Caterpillar, D.R. Horton, Lockheed Martin, Mosaic, Netflix, Raytheon Technologies, Salesforce, Wendy’s and Workday.
Originally published at 24/7 Wall St.
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