ANALYST RECOMMENDATIONS : Autozone, BAT, Meta Platforms, Ocado, Dollar General...

Every morning, 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 can be used to shed light on movements in certain stocks or on market sentiment towards a company.

• 3i Group Plc: RBC Capital initiates an Outperform recommendation with a target price of GBP 25.50.
• Autozone, Inc.: Raymond James upgrades to strong buy from outperform with a price target raised from USD 2850 to USD 3100.
• British American Tobacco P.L.C.: Panmure Gordon & Co. Limited maintains its buy recommendation with a price target reduced from GBX 4700 to GBX 4300.
• Builders Firstsource, Inc.: B Riley Securities Inc. upgrades to buy from neutral with a price target raised from USD 128 to USD 177.
• Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Plc: ING Bank maintains its buy recommendation and raises the target price from 62.22 to EUR 76.22.
• Coinbase Global, Inc.: Goldman Sachs maintains its sell recommendation and raises the target price from USD 55 to USD 123.
• Devon Energy Corporation: JP Morgan upgrades to overweight from neutral with a target price raised from USD 57 to USD 58.
• Dollar General Corporation: Wells Fargo maintains its equalweight recommendation and raises the target price from USD 110 to USD 122.
• Eog Resources, Inc.: JP Morgan downgrades to neutral from overweight with a target price reduced from USD 156 to USD 150.
• Essex Property Trust, Inc.: JP Morgan maintains its neutral recommendation with a price target reduced from USD 268 to USD 237.
• Ferguson Plc: Baird maintains its outperform rating and raises the target price from USD 180 to USD 200.
• Fleetcor Technologies, Inc.: Jefferies maintains its buy recommendation and raises the target price from USD 275 to USD 290.
• Kinder Morgan, Inc.: Morningstar upgrades to buy from hold with a price target raised from USD 17.50 to USD 20.
• Masco Corporation: Wells Fargo maintains its overweight recommendation and raises the target price from USD 58 to USD 70.
• Melrose Industries Plc: BNP Paribas Exane downgrades to neutral from outperform with a target price of GBX 540.
• Meta Platforms, Inc.: Guotai Junan Securities Co., Ltd. initiates an overweight recommendation with a target price of USD 447.76.
• Mongodb, Inc.: Baird maintains its outperform rating and raises the target price from USD 430 to USD 450.
• Ocado Group Plc: JP Morgan upgrades to neutral from underweight with a price target raised from GBP 4 to GBP 6.
• Paccar, Inc.: BNP Paribas Exane maintains a neutral recommendation with a price target raised from USD 78 to USD 90.
• Palo Alto Networks, Inc.: President Capital Management Corp maintains its buy recommendation and raises the target price from USD 250 to USD 330.
• Pioneer Natural Resources Company: JP Morgan maintains its overweight recommendation and reduces the target price from USD 264 to USD 253.
• Rockwell Automation, Inc.: Baird maintains its outperform rating and reduces the target price from USD 330 to USD 308.
• Spirax-Sarco Engineering Plc: BNP Paribas Exane maintains its underperform recommendation and reduces the target price from 9250 to GBX 8250.