ANALYST RECOMMENDATIONS : AJ Bell, Dollar General, Quaker, Salesforce...

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.

• AJ Bell: Jefferies remains Buy with a price target reduced from 450 to 370 GBp.
• Alnylam: Baptista Research initiated coverage with a recommendation of buy. PT set to $219.90.
• Ascent Industries: Stifel initiated coverage with a recommendation of buy. PT set to $20.
• Dollar General: Piper Sandler downgrades to neutral from overweight. PT up 10% to $178.
• EPR Properties: KeyBanc Capital Markets upgrades to overweight from sector weight. PT up 14% to $47.
• GSK : AlphaValue remains Buy with a price target raised from 2066 to 2115 GBp.
• Quaker: Stifel initiated coverage with a recommendation of buy. PT up 29% to $250.
• Salesforce: Societe Generale downgrades to hold from buy. PT up 8.6% to $230.
• Warner Music: Atlantic Equities downgrades to neutral from overweight. PT up 6.6% to $26.
• Xcel Energy:  J.P. Morgan downgrades to neutral from overweight. PT up 7% to $68.