BROKER MOVES: KKR upgraded at Morgan Stanley, CBOE downgraded; ABBV downgraded at Citi

UPGRADES

• Ameren (AEE) Upgraded to Overweight at KeyBanc; PT USD 103


• Carlyle Group (CG) Upgraded to Buy at TD Cowen; PT USD 56


• Charles River (CRL) Upgraded to Buy at TD Cowen; PT USD 179


• Entergy (ETR) Upgraded to Overweight at KeyBanc; PT USD 85


• Establishment Labs (ESTA) Upgraded to Buy at Needham; PT USD 48


• Franklin Resources (BEN) Upgraded to Buy at TD Cowen; PT USD 27


• Funko (FNKO) Upgraded to Neutral at Goldman


• KKR & Co. (KKR) Upgraded to Overweight at Morgan Stanley; PT USD 150


• Omnicell (OMCL) Upgraded to Overweight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 35


• Perion (PERI) Upgraded to Buy at Roth Capital Partners; PT USD 14


• PVH (PVH) Upgraded to Buy at Jefferies; PT USD 105


• Regeneron (REGN) Upgraded to Buy at Citi; PT USD 700


• Sea Ltd (SE) ADRs Upgraded to Overweight at JPMorgan; PT USD 190

DOWNGRADES

• AbbVie (ABBV) Downgraded to Neutral at Citi; PT USD 205


• Affimed (AFMD) Downgraded to Neutral at HC Wainwright


• Affimed (AFMD) Downgraded to Equal-Weight at Wells Fargo; PT 10 cents


• Allogene (ALLO) Downgraded to Market Perform at Citizens


• Amdocs (DOX) Downgraded to Hold at CFRA


• Biodesix (BDSX) Downgraded to Market Perform at William Blair


• Cboe (CBOE) Downgraded to Underweight at Morgan Stanley; PT USD 215


• Con Edison (ED) Downgraded to Underweight at KeyBanc; PT USD 90


• Exelon (EXC) Downgraded to Underweight at KeyBanc; PT USD 39


• Federated Hermes (FHI) Downgraded to Hold at TD Cowen


• Group 1 Automotive (GPI) Downgraded to Neutral at Guggenheim


• Halozyme (HALO) Downgraded to Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley; PT USD 62


• HUTCHMED China (13 HK) ADRs Downgraded to Hold at HSBC; PT USD 14.70


• iTeos (ITOS) Downgraded to Neutral at HC Wainwright


• iTeos (ITOS)Downgraded to Market Perform at Leerink; PT USD 9


• Lavoro (LVRO) Downgraded to Underweight at Barclays; PT USD 1.50


• Magnera (MAGN) Downgraded to Equal-Weight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 16


• Merck & Co (MRK) Downgraded to Neutral at Citi; PT USD 84


• NEXTracker (NXT) Downgraded to Neutral at Guggenheim


• Portland General (POR) Downgraded to Sector Weight at KeyBanc


• Rivian (RIVN) Downgraded to Hold at Jefferies; PT USD 16


• Southern Co (SO) Downgraded to Underweight at KeyBanc; PT USD 78


• UL Solutions (ULS) Downgraded to Neutral at Citi; PT USD 71


• UnitedHealth (UNH) Downgraded to Market Perform at Raymond James


• Wayfair (W) Downgraded to Sell at Loop Capital; PT USD 35

INITIATIONS

• Centrus Energy (LEU) Initiated at New Outperform at Evercore ISI; PT USD 145


• Construction Partners (ROAD) Reinstated Buy at William O'Neil


• Core Scientific (CORZ) Initiated at New Outperform at Oppenheimer


• Digital Realty (DLR) Initiated at New Outperform at Oppenheimer


• Dutch Bros (BROS) Initiated at New Outperform at RBC; PT USD 83


• EHang Holdings (EH) ADRs Initiated at New Buy at BofA; PT USD 26


• Enova International (ENVA) Initiated at New Buy at Seaport Global Securities


• Ezcorp (EZPW) Initiated at New Neutral at BTIG


• GE Aerospace (GE) Reinstated Buy at William O'Neil


• Hesai Group (HSAI) ADRs Initiated at New Buy at Northeast Securities


• Macom (MTSI) Reinstated Buy at William O'Neil


• Sea Ltd (SE) ADRs Reinstated Buy at William O'Neil


• ServiceNow (NOW) Reinstated Buy at William O'Neil


• Toast (TOST) Reinstated Buy at William O'Neil


• Uber (UBER) Reinstated Buy at William O'Neil

14 May 2025 - 12:24- - Source: Newswires