ANALYST RECOMMENDATIONS : Asos, Avis Budget, Meritage Homes, Kansas City Southern, UPS...

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 a new coverage. It may be updated during the session. This information can be used to shed light on the movements of certain shares or the market sentiment on a company.

 

• Akamai: RBC Capital Markets reinstated coverage with a recommendation of outperform. PT set to $140
• Asos: J.P. Morgan remains Overweight with a price target reduced from GBp 6680 to GBp 3300.
• Avis Budget: Morgan Stanley downgrades to underweight from equal-weight. PT up 27% to $110
• BAE Systems: Kepler Cheuvreux initiates a Buy rating on the stock, targeting GBp 670.
• Bed Bath & Beyond: Morgan Stanley downgrades to underweight from equal-weight. PT down 17% to $12
• CRISPR Therapeutics: Stifel adjusts price target to $101 from $139, keeps hold rating
• The Clorox Company: Morgan Stanley adjusts clorox's price target to $154 from $160, keeps underweight rating
• Extra Space Storage: Morgan Stanley adjusts price target to $160 from $157, keeps underweight rating
• Fastenal: UBS adjusts price target to $53 from $49, maintains neutral rating
• Kansas City Southern: UBS adjusts price target to $300 from $275, maintains neutral rating
• Linde: UBS adjusts price target to $375 from $365, maintains buy rating
• M.D.C. Holdings: J.P. Morgan downgrades to neutral from overweight. PT up 36% to $66
• Meritage Homes: J.P. Morgan upgrades to overweight from neutral. PT jumps 41% to $143
• Microchip: Stifel reinstated coverage with a recommendation of hold. PT up 8.2% to $76
• Neurocrine Bio: Morgan Stanley cut the recommendation to equal-weight from overweight. PT up 8.1% to $112
• On Semiconductor: Stifel reinstated coverage with a recommendation of hold. PT set to $45
• PTC : Barclays adjusts price target to $149 from $161, keeps overweight rating
• Reliance Steel: KeyBanc Capital Markets raised the recommendation to overweight from sector weight. PT up 14% to $165
• Schlumberger: Oddo BHF initiated coverage with a recommendation of outperform. PT up 36% to $44.50
• SSE: Berenberg remains a Hold with a price target raised from GBp 1,300 to GBp 1,690.
• Teck Resources: Raymond James adjusts teck resources pt to ca$42 from ca$39, maintains outperform rating
• UPS: Stifel raised the recommendation on United Parcel Service Inc. Class B to buy from hold. PT rises 22% to $224