ANALYST RECOMMENDATIONS : Brown-Forman, Dick's Sporting Goods, Dollar General, Lowe's, United Utilities...

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.

• Antofagasta plc: Peel Hunt maintains its Hold recommendation with a price target reduced from 1435 to 1400 GBp.
• Brown-Forman: Morgan Stanley raised its recommendation on Brown-Forman Corp. Class B to overweight from underweight. PT up 12% to $75.
• Dick's Sporting Goods: Wells Fargo Securities cut the target on Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. to $115 from $140. Maintains equal-weight rating. 
• Dollar General: Raised to Buy at Edward Jones
• Dominion Energy: Barclays initiated coverage with a recommendation of equal-weight. PT set to $52.
• Duke Energy: Barclays initiated coverage with a recommendation of overweight. PT set to $96.
• FirstEnergy: Barclays initiated coverage with a recommendation of equal-weight. PT set to $37.
• Lowe's: Piper Sandler raised the target to $262 from $230. Maintains overweight rating.
• Pennon group: RBC Capital maintains its sector perform recommendation with a price target reduced from 975 to 825 GBp.
• PG&E: Barclays initiated coverage with a recommendation of overweight. PT up 13% to $19.
• Premier: Piper Sandler downgrades to neutral from overweight. PT up 4% to $25.
• Prudential plc: Deutsche Bank maintains its buy recommendation with a price target reduced from 1550 to 1540 GBp.
• Rotork plc (ror ln): Peel Hunt maintains its buy recommendation with a price target raised from 350 to 380 GBp.
• Sempra: Barclays initiated coverage with a recommendation of overweight. PT jumps 119% to $156.
• Severn trent: RBC Capital maintains its sector perform recommendation with a price target reduced from GBp 3,000 to 2,650.
• Southern: Barclays initiated coverage with a recommendation of equal-weight. PT up 0.4% to $68.
• Sse plc: RBC Capital maintains its Outperform recommendation with a price target reduced from 20.50 to 19.50 GBp.
• Synthomer plc: Morgan Stanley maintains its recommendation at "Equalwt/In-Line" with a price target reduced from GBp 140 to GBp 90.
• Tullow oil: Stifel maintains its "Hold" recommendation with a price target reduced from GBp 41 to GBp 39.
• United utilities: RBC Capital maintains its sector perform recommendation with a price target reduced from GBp 1100 to GBp 1075.
• WEC Energy: Barclays initiated coverage with a recommendation of underweight. PT set to $83.
• Wpp plc (wpp ln): AlphaValue/Baader Europe maintains its Buy recommendation with a price target reduced from GBp 1005 to GBp 959.