
US BROKER MOVES: WFC and BAC upgraded at HSBC; NKE downgraded at JPM, GS, and BofA after Q3 earnings report
UPGRADES
- Asana (ASAN) Upgraded to Sector Perform at RBC; PT USD 7
- Bank of America (BAC) Upgraded to Buy at HSBC; PT USD 55
- Disney (DIS) Upgraded to Outperform at Raymond James; PT USD 115
- nCino (NCNO) Upgraded to Overweight at Piper Sandler; PT USD 22
- PJT Partners (PJT) Upgraded to Buy at Goldman
- UnitedHealth (UNH) Upgraded to Outperform at Raymond James; PT USD 330
- Wells Fargo (WFC) Upgraded to Buy at HSBC; PT USD 94
DOWNGRADES
- Apellis Pharma (APLS) Downgraded to Neutral at HC Wainwright
- Apellis Pharma (APLS) Downgraded to Market Perform at Raymond James
- Apellis Pharma (APLS) Downgraded to Neutral at JPMorgan; PT USD 41
- Apellis Pharma (APLS) Downgraded to Neutral at Cantor
- Apellis Pharma (APLS) Downgraded to Hold at Stifel; PT USD 41
- Apellis Pharma (APLS) Downgraded to Neutral at Citi; PT USD 41
- Centessa Pharmaceuticals (CNTA) ADRs Downgraded to Market Perform at Leerink
- First Citizens (FCNCA) Downgraded to Neutral at JPMorgan; PT USD 2,200
- Nike (NKE) Downgraded to Neutral at Goldman; PT USD 52
- Nike (NKE) Downgraded to Neutral at JPMorgan; PT USD 52
- Phreesia (PHR) Downgraded to Market Perform at Citizens
- PPG Industries (PPG) Downgraded to Neutral at Citi; PT USD 113
INITIATIONS
- Amcor (AMCR) Initiated at New Buy at Deutsche Bank; PT USD 50
- Americold Realty Trust (COLD) Initiated at New Neutral at Piper Sandler
- Arista Networks (ANET) Initiated at New Positive at Susquehanna; PT USD 160
- ATI Inc. (ATI) Initiated at New Overweight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 175
- Avery Dennison (AVY) Initiated at New Buy at Deutsche Bank; PT USD 200
- Baidu (BIDU) ADRs Initiated at New Outperform at BNP Paribas; PT USD 161
- Ball (BALL) Initiated at New Buy at Deutsche Bank; PT USD 72
- Boeing (BA) Initiated at New Overweight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 250
- Booz Allen (BAH) Reinstated Equal-Weight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 85
- BWX Technologies (BWXT) Reinstated Underweight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 200
- CACI (CACI) Reinstated Overweight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 725
- Caris Life Sciences (CAI) Initiated at New Buy at Goldman; PT USD 27
- Carpenter Tech (CRS) Initiated at New Equal-Weight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 400
- CrowdStrike (CRWD) Initiated at New Buy at Benchmark
- Crown Holdings (CCK) Initiated at New Buy at Deutsche Bank; PT USD 124
- Datadog (DDOG) Initiated at New Buy at Benchmark
- Entrada Therapeutics (TRDA) Initiated at New Overweight at Cantor
- General Dynamics (GD) Reinstated Overweight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 400
- General Electric Aerospace (GE) Reinstated Overweight at Wells Fargo
- Graphic Packaging (GPK) Initiated at New Hold at Deutsche Bank; PT USD 9.60
- Greenfire Resources (GFR) Initiated at New Outperform at National Bank
- Heico (HEI) Reinstated Equal-Weight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 290
- Hexcel (HXL) Reinstated Overweight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 95
- Howmet Aerospace (HWM) Reinstated Equal-Weight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 240
- Huntington Ingalls (HII) Reinstated Equal-Weight at Wells Fargo
- International Paper (IP) Initiated at New Hold at Deutsche Bank; PT USD 38
- Leidos (LDOS) Reinstated Equal-Weight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 165
- LeMaitre Vascular (LMAT) Initiated at New Hold at Freedom Capital; PT USD 113
- Lockheed (LMT) Reinstated Equal-Weight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 650
- Marex Group (MRX) Reinstated Buy at William O'Neil
- Marten Transport (MRTN) Initiated at New Outperform at Baird; PT USD 18
- Microsoft (MSFT) Initiated at New Buy at Benchmark
- Mobileye (MBLY) Initiated at New Buy at Berenberg; PT USD 9.30
- Northrop Grumman (NOC) Reinstated Overweight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 800
- Packaging Corp (PKG) Initiated at New Hold at Deutsche Bank; PT USD 225
- Palantir (PLTR) Initiated at New Hold at Benchmark
- Palo Alto Networks (PANW) Initiated at New Buy at Benchmark
- Pelthos Therapeutics (PTHS) Initiated at New Overweight at Cantor; PT USD 50
- Pony AI (PONY) ADRs Initiated at New Buy at HSBC; PT USD 16.60
- Rocket Lab (RKLB) Reinstated Equal-Weight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 60
- RTX Corp (RTX) Reinstated Equal-Weight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 200
- Sanmina (SANM) Initiated at New Neutral at Susquehanna; PT USD 135
- Sensient (SXT) Initiated at New Buy at UBS; PT USD 115
- ServiceNow (NOW) Initiated at New Buy at Benchmark
- Silgan (SLGN) Initiated at New Buy at Deutsche Bank; PT USD 52
- Snowflake (SNOW) Initiated at New Buy at Benchmark
- Sonoco (SON) Initiated at New Buy at Deutsche Bank; PT USD 63
- StandardAero (SARO) Initiated at New Overweight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 32
- Textron (TXT) Reinstated Equal-Weight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 92
- TransDigm (TDG) Reinstated Equal-Weight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 1,200
- Voyager Technologies (VOYG) Initiated at New Buy at TD Cowen; PT USD 35
- Voyager Technologies (VOYG) Initiated at New Underweight at Wells Fargo
- WeRide (WRD) ADRs Initiated at New Buy at HSBC; PT USD 11.40
- Woodward (WWD) Reinstated Overweight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 440
01 Apr 2026 - 12:29- - Source: Market Source
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