ANALYST RECOMMENDATIONS : Activision, BP, HubSpot, Procter & Gamble, Vodafone...

Every day, find a selection of analysts' recommendations covering North America and the UK. The list only includes companies that have been the subject of a change of opinion or price target, or of a new coverage. It may be updated during the session. This information is used to shed light on the movements of certain stocks or the market sentiment on a company.

 

• Activision Blizzard: Baird upgrades to outperform from neutral. PT up 27% to $95.
• Amphenol: Jefferies downgrades to hold from buy. PT up 11% to $88.
• Belden: Jefferies reinstated coverage with a recommendation of hold. PT up 7.1% to $86.
• BP Plc: Citigroup upgrades from neutral to buy targeting GBp 540.
• Chart Industries: Goldman Sachs downgrades to neutral from buy. PT up 16% to $150.
• Cognex: Cowen downgrades to market perform from outperform. PT up 3.5% to $50.
• ConvaTec: Jefferies starts tracking as Buy, targeting GBp 300.
• Haleon: Jefferies maintains a Hold rating with a price target reduced from GBp 280 to GBp 270.
• HubSpot: Credit Suisse initiated coverage with a recommendation of outperform. PT set to $400.
• Intuit: Credit Suisse reinstated coverage with a recommendation of outperform. PT set to $500.
• Methode Electronics: Jefferies initiated coverage with a recommendation of buy. PT set to $52.
• National Instruments: Jefferies initiated coverage with a recommendation of buy. PT set to $50.
• Playtech: Jefferies remains Buy with a price target raised from GBp 550 to GBp 630.
• Procter & Gamble: Wolfe Research initiated coverage with a recommendation of outperform. PT set to $156.
• Toll Brothers: J.P. Morgan upgrades to overweight from neutral. PT up 29% to $58.
• Vodafone: Credit Suisse downgrades from Outperform to Underperform with a GBp 90 target.