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JANUARY 6, 2026 AT 12:17 PM

US BROKER MOVES: MCHP upgraded at Cantor; WFC & KEY downgraded at Baird

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UPGRADES

  • Ally Financial (ALLY) Upgraded to Outperform at Evercore ISI
  • Arvinas (ARVN) Upgraded to Buy at Citi; PT USD 15
  • Ball (BALL) Upgraded to Overweight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 60
  • Ball (BALL) Upgraded to Buy at Citi; PT USD 67
  • Brinker (EAT) Upgraded to Buy at UBS; PT USD 175
  • Brunswick (BC) Upgraded to Buy at Jefferies; PT USD 115
  • Casella Waste (CWST) Upgraded to Buy at Jefferies; PT USD 120
  • Certara (CERT) Upgraded to Outperform at Leerink; PT USD 13
  • Core Scientific (CORZ) Upgraded to Buy at BTIG; PT USD 23
  • Dorian LPG (LPG) Upgraded to Buy at Pareto Securities; PT USD 31
  • Fortrea Holdings (FTRE) Upgraded to Outperform at Evercore ISI; PT USD 25
  • Highwoods (HIW) Upgraded to Buy at Deutsche Bank; PT USD 29
  • Jackson Financial (JXN) Upgraded to Inline at Evercore ISI
  • KLA Corp (KLAC) Upgraded to Overweight at Cantor; PT USD 1,500
  • Krystal Biotech (KRYS) Upgraded to Buy at Citi; PT USD 309
  • Landstar (LSTR) Upgraded to Overweight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 170
  • Medtronic (MDT) Upgraded to Outperform at William Blair
  • Microchip (MCHP) Upgraded to Overweight at Cantor; PT USD 85
  • Mobileye (MBLY) Upgraded to Neutral at JPMorgan; PT USD 13
  • O-I Glass (OI) Upgraded to Overweight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 18
  • Packaging Corp (PKG) Upgraded to Overweight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 233
  • ServiceNow (NOW) Upgraded to Buy at Arete; PT USD 200
  • Shake Shack (SHAK) Upgraded to Buy at Deutsche Bank; PT USD 105
  • SLB (SLB) Upgraded to Outperform at Evercore ISI; PT USD 54
  • Stryker (SYK) Upgraded to Outperform at Raymond James; PT USD 418
  • Trex (TREX) Upgraded to Buy at UBS; PT USD 52
  • Werner Enterprises (WERN) Upgraded to Equal-Weight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 34

DOWNGRADES

  • Air Lease (AL) Downgraded to Equal-Weight at Barclays; PT USD 65
  • AptarGroup (ATR) Downgraded to Equal-Weight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 133
  • AT&T (T) Downgraded to Sell at Arete; PT USD 20
  • Comcast (CMCSA) Downgraded to Sell at Arete; PT USD 23
  • D.R. Horton (DHI) Downgraded to Equal-Weight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 155
  • Frontier Airlines (ULCC) Downgraded to Underperform at BofA; PT USD 4
  • Globe Life (GL) Downgraded to Inline at Evercore ISI
  • Graphic Packaging (GPK) Downgraded to Underweight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 12
  • Greif (GEF) Downgraded to Equal-Weight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 72
  • Halliburton (HAL) Downgraded to Inline at Evercore ISI; PT USD 35
  • KeyCorp (KEY) Downgraded to Underperform at Baird; PT USD 18
  • Lennar (LEN) Downgraded to Neutral at UBS; PT USD 122
  • MetLife (MET) Downgraded to Inline at Evercore ISI
  • Sonoco (SON) Downgraded to Equal-Weight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 47
  • Sweetgreen (SG) Downgraded to Neutral at UBS; PT USD 7.50
  • Wells Fargo (WFC) Downgraded to Underperform at Baird; PT USD 90
  • Zenas Biopharma (ZBIO) Downgraded to Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley; PT USD 19
  • Zimmer Biomet (ZBH) Downgraded to Market Perform at Raymond James

INITIATIONS

  • Accenture (ACN) Initiated at New Buy at Truist Secs
  • Apple Hospitality (APLE) Initiated at New Overweight at Barclays; PT USD 14
  • Belite Bio (BLTE) ADRs Initiated at New Overweight at Morgan Stanley; PT USD 191
  • Billiontoone (BLLN) Initiated at New Buy at Guggenheim; PT USD 120
  • Bridgebio (BBIO) Initiated at New Overweight at Morgan Stanley; PT USD 96
  • CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCC) Initiated at New Buy at Truist Secs
  • China Yuchai (CYD) Initiated at New Buy at UBS; PT USD 60
  • CoreWeave (CRWV) Initiated at New Hold at Truist Secs
  • DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH) Initiated at New Equal-Weight at Barclays
  • Digital Realty (DLR) Reinstated Buy at Deutsche Bank; PT USD 180
  • Duolingo (DUOL) Initiated at New Buy at Truist Secs
  • Enovis Corp (ENOV) Initiated at New Buy at BTIG; PT USD 41
  • EPAM Systems (EPAM) Initiated at New Hold at Truist Secs
  • Equinix (EQIX) Reinstated Buy at Deutsche Bank; PT USD 915
  • Evommune (EVMN) Initiated at New Buy at HC Wainwright; PT USD 35
  • Globant (GLOB) Initiated at New Hold at Truist Secs
  • Host Hotels (HST) Initiated at New Equal-Weight at Barclays; PT USD 19
  • Intuit (INTU) Initiated at New Buy at Truist Secs
  • Karman Holdings (KRMN) Initiated at New Buy at William O'Neil
  • Lemonade (LMND) Initiated at New Buy at Truist Secs
  • Palantir (PLTR) Initiated at New Buy at Truist Secs
  • Park Hotels (PK) Initiated at New Overweight at Barclays; PT USD 13
  • Parker-Hannifin (PH) Initiated at New Overweight at JPMorgan; PT USD 1,050
  • Pebblebrook (PEB) Initiated at New Underweight at Barclays; PT USD 10
  • Reddit (RDDT) Reinstated Buy at William O'Neil
  • RLJ Lodging (RLJ) Initiated at New Underweight at Barclays; PT USD 6
  • Ryman Hospitality (RHP) Initiated at New Overweight at Barclays; PT USD 110
  • Spire Global (SPIR) Initiated at New Buy at HC Wainwright; PT USD 14
  • UnitedHealth (UNH) Initiated at New Outperform at Evercore ISI; PT USD 400
  • Upstart (UPST) Initiated at New Buy at Truist Secs
  • Versant Media Group (VSNT) Initiated at New Sell at Arete; PT USD 33
  • Waters (WAT) Initiated at New Buy at Guggenheim; PT USD 440
  • Wealthfront (WLTH) Initiated at New Overweight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 16.50
  • Wealthfront (WLTH) Initiated at New Market Outperform at Citizens; PT USD 20
  • Wealthfront (WLTH) Initiated at New Neutral at Goldman; PT USD 14.50
  • Wealthfront (WLTH) Initiated at New Outperform at RBC; PT USD 17
  • Wealthfront (WLTH) Initiated at New Overweight at JPMorgan; PT USD 16
  • Wealthfront (WLTH) Initiated at New Outperform at KBW; PT USD 16.50
  • Wealthfront (WLTH) Initiated at New Sector Weight at KeyBanc
Published: 01 / 06 / 2026 / 12:17Updated: 01 / 06 / 2026 / 12:17