US BROKER MOVES: AJG double upgraded at Barclays; ORCL upgraded at JPM
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SectionUS Equities
UPGRADES
- Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) upgraded from Underweight to Overweight at Barclays; PT $262.00 (prev. $247.00)
- Apyx Medical (APYX) upgraded from Neutral to Buy at BTIG; PT $6.00
- CrowdStrike (CRWD) upgraded from Hold to Buy at DZ Bank; PT $490.00
- INmune Bio (INMB) upgraded from Neutral to Buy at Lucid Capital Markets; PT $9.00
- Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) upgraded from Neutral to Buy at Citi; PT $590.00
- NIO (NIO) upgraded from Neutral to Buy at Nomura/Instinet; PT $6.60 (prev. $8.40)
- Nike (NKE) upgraded from Equalweight to Overweight at Barclays; PT $73.00 (prev. $64.00)
- Novartis (NVS) upgraded from Hold to Buy at Argus; PT $180.00
- Oracle (ORCL) upgraded from Neutral to Overweight at JPMorgan; PT $210.00
- J.M. Smucker (SJM) upgraded from Market Perform to Outperform at Bernstein SocGen; PT $145.00 (prev. $121.00)
- VTEX (VTEX) upgraded from Neutral to Outperform at Bradesco BBI; PT $5.00
- Willis Towers Watson (WTW) upgraded from Underweight to Equalweight at Barclays; PT $341.00 (prev. $318.00)
DOWNGRADES
- VICI Properties (VICI) downgraded from Outperform to Neutral at Mizuho; PT $30.00
- Yext (YEXT) downgraded from Buy to Neutral at Roth/MKM; PT $6.00 (prev. $9.50)
INITIATIONS
- Compass Diversified (CODI) initiated at Market Perform at Raymond James
- JOYY Inc. (JOYY) initiated at Buy at UBS; PT $80.00
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND) initiated at Buy at BofA Securities; PT $244.00
- Alliant Energy (LNT) initiated at Outperform at RBC Capital; PT $82.00
- Ocugen (OCGN) initiated at Outperform at Oppenheimer; PT $10.00