ANALYST RECOMMENDATIONS : Blackrock, Gilead, Micron, Nike, Uber...

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.

 

• Blackrock: Morgan Stanley lowers price target to $754 from $773, maintains overweight rating.
• Gilead: J.P. Morgan raised its recommendation to overweight from neutral. PT up 28% to $80.
• Hargreaves Lansdown: Jefferies upgrades from Underperform to Hold, targeting GBp 930.
• Hikma: Berenberg starts monitoring with a "hold" position, targeting GBp 1440.
• Micron:  Argus Research Corp cut the target on Micron Technology Inc. to $70 from $80. Maintains buy rating.
• National Grid: Citigroup  upgraded to neutral from sell and lowered its price target to 9.21 pounds sterling from 9.98 pounds.
• NatWest: AlphaValue moves from Light to Sell targeting GBp 173.
• Nike: Baird adjusts  price target to $100 from $127, maintains outperform rating.
• Severn Trent: RBC upgraded Severn Trent to outperform from sector perform and lowered its price target to 29.00 pounds sterling from 29.50 pounds.
• T. Rowe: Morgan Stanley lowers price target to $114 from $123, maintains equalweight rating.
• Uber: Morgan Stanley lowers price target to $54 from $70, maintains overweight rating.