ANALYST RECOMMENDATIONS : Adobe, Amgen, Cisco, Dollar General, Microsoft...

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

 

• Adobe: Bernstein raises price target to $600 from $500, maintains outperform rating.
• Ameriprise: Wolfe Research downgrades to peerperform from outperform. PT up 13% to $253.
• Amgen: Morgan Stanley remains neutral but upgrades its target to $253 from $239.
• Cardinal Health: Morgan Stanley is still long but with a reduced price target of USD 74 to USD 70.
• Chegg: Goldman Sachs starts at neutral with $20 price target.
• Cisco Systems: KGI Securities downgrades to neutral from outperform. PT up 39% to $59.
• CSX: Stifel raised its recommendation to buy from hold. PT up 31% to $37.
• Direct Line Insurance Group: Berenberg upgrades from hold to buy with a price target of GBp 277.
• Dollar General: Gordon Haskett raises to buy from hold, price target to $280 from $210.
• Duke Realty: Baird lowers to neutral from outperform, price target to $74 from $78.
• EasyJet PLC: JP Morgan downgrades from neutral to underperform with a GBp 310 price target.
• Freeport-McMoRan: Goldman Sachs remains Buy but with a price target reduced from $54 to $46.
• Linde PLC: UBS remains Buy but adjusts its target from USD 385 to USD 330.
• Microsoft: Bernstein is still long with a price target raised from USD 365 to USD 400.
• Norfolk: Stifel upgrades to buy from hold. PT up 24% to $275.
• Wizz Air Holdings: HSBC upgrades from Hold to Light with a GBp 1350 price target.