BROKER MOVES: ABNB upgraded at Wells Fargo; ZS downgraded at Morgan Stanley
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SectionUS Equities
UPGRADES:
- Airbnb (ABNB) Upgraded to Overweight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 178
- Antero Midstream Corp (AM) Upgraded to Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley
- Biogen (BIIB) Upgraded to Buy at UBS; PT USD 225
- BrightSpire Capital Inc (BRSP) Upgraded to Buy at BTIG; PT USD 7
- DT Midstream (DTM) Upgraded to Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley; PT USD 165
- Halliburton (HAL) Upgraded to Buy at Griffin Securities; PT USD 47
- Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) Upgraded to Neutral at BNP Paribas; PT USD 28
- Kforce (KFRC) Upgraded to Outperform at William Blair
- Li Auto (LI) ADRs Upgraded to Neutral at BNP Paribas
- Qorvo (QRVO) Upgraded to Overweight at Barclays; PT USD 100
- SBA Comms (SBAC) Upgraded to Buy at Truist Secs; PT USD 247
- Seagate (STX) Upgraded to Overweight at Barclays; PT USD 625
- Skyworks (SWKS) Upgraded to Overweight at Barclays; PT USD 70
- Twilio (TWLO) Upgraded to Buy at BofA; PT USD 190
- WaterBridge Infrastructure (WBI) US Upgraded to Overweight at Morgan Stanley; PT USD 34
DOWNGRADES:
- Abbott (ABT) Downgraded to Neutral at Daiwa; PT USD 92
- Albemarle (ALB) Downgraded to Neutral at Rothschild & Co Redburn; PT USD 188
- Calix (CALX) Downgraded to Market Perform at Northland; PT USD 52
- DHT Holdings (DHT) Downgraded to Inline at Evercore ISI; PT USD 19
- Driven Brands (DRVN) Downgraded to Market Perform at William Blair
- Frontline PLC (FRO) Downgraded to Inline at Evercore ISI; PT USD 38
- Gitlab (GTLB) Downgraded to Neutral at BofA
- Hertz (HTZ) Downgraded to Sell at Northcoast; PT USD 5
- Home Bancorp (HBCP) Downgraded to Neutral at Piper Sandler
- Nordic American Tankers (NAT) Downgraded to Underperform at Evercore ISI
- Penguin Solutions (PENG) Downgraded to Equal-Weight at Barclays; PT USD 27
- Prudential Financial (PRU) Downgraded to Hold at Jefferies; PT USD 98
- Prudential Financial (PRU) Downgraded to Underweight at Barclays; PT USD 91
- Qualcomm (QCOM) Downgraded to Underweight at Barclays; PT USD 130
- Synchrony Financial (SYF) Downgraded to Neutral at BTIG
- Xpeng (XPEV) ADRs Downgraded to Underperform at BNP Paribas
- Zscaler (ZS) Downgraded to Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley; PT USD 155
INITIATIONS:
- Affirm Holdings (AFRM) Reinitiated at Outperform at BMO; PT USD 75
- Block (XYZ) Reinitiated at Market Perform at BMO; PT USD 74
- Cava Group (CAVA) Initiated at New Buy at Roth Capital Partners; PT USD 106
- Chime Financial (CHYM) Initiated at New Outperform at BMO; PT USD 30
- First Tracks Biotherapeutics (TRAX) Initiated at New Overweight at Barclays
- Fiserv (FISV) Reinitiated at Market Perform at BMO; PT USD 65
- Global Payments (GPN) Reinitiated at Market Perform at BMO; PT USD 76
- Global-e Online (GLBE) Initiated at New Outperform at BMO; PT USD 42
- Klarna (KLAR) Initiated at New Market Perform at BMO; PT USD 16
- Mastercard (MA) Reinitiated at Outperform at BMO; PT USD 605
- Micron (MU) Reinitiated at Buy at William O'Neil
- PayPal (PYPL) Reinitiated at Market Perform at BMO; PT USD 52
- Portillo's (PTLO) Initiated at New Buy at Roth Capital Partners; PT USD 9
- SharonAI (SHAZ) Initiated at New Buy at Compass Point; PT USD 50
- Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Initiated at New Market Perform at BMO; PT USD 50
- Steel Dynamics (STLD) Reinitiated at Buy at William O'Neil
- Toast (TOST) Initiated at New Outperform at BMO; PT USD 35
- Twilio (TWLO) Reinitiated at Buy at William O'Neil
- Viking Holdings (VIK) Initiated at New Positive at Susquehanna; PT USD 100
- Visa (V) Reinitiated at Outperform at BMO; PT USD 365
- Whirlpool (WHR) Initiated at New Neutral at Citi; PT USD 60
- WisdomTree (WT) Initiated at New Outperform at Raymond James; PT USD 20