ANALYST RECOMMENDATIONS : Activision, Intel, Qualcomm, Nvidia, Skyworks...

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.

• Activision Blizzard: Jefferies downgrades to hold from buy. PT up 3% to $95.
• Alexandria Real Estate: Jefferies initiated coverage with a recommendation of buy. PT set to $142.
• Antofagasta: Crédit Suisse remains neutral with a price target reduced from 1,550 to 1,350 GBp.
• Avis Budget: Deutsche Bank downgrades to hold. PT up 9.8% to $263.
• Cadence Design: Stifel upgrades to buy from hold. PT up 24% to $300.
• First Horizon: Baird initiated coverage with a recommendation of neutral. PT set to $14.
• Intel: Wolfe Research initiated coverage with a recommendation of underperform. PT set to $27.
• IRobot: CICC initiated coverage with a recommendation of market perform. PT set to $38.46.
• Qualcomm: Wolfe Research initiated coverage with a recommendation of outperform. PT set to $145.
• Nvidia: Wolfe Research initiated coverage with a recommendation of outperform. PT set to $570.
• Prologis: BNP Paribas Exane upgrades to outperform from neutral. PT up 15% to $141.
• Skyworks: Barclays downgrades to equal-weight from overweight. PT up 0.4% to $115.
• United Community Banks: Keefe, Bruyette & Woods downgrades to market perform from outperform. PT up 6.3% to $30.