ANALYST RECOMMENDATIONS : CarMax, Comcast, Halfords, Nike, Nvidia...

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 is used to shed light on the movements of certain stocks or the market sentiment on a company.

• CarMax: Baptista Research initiated coverage with a recommendation of hold. PT set to $77.
• Carnival: Baptista Research initiated coverage with a recommendation of hold. PT set to $11.
• Comcast: Atlantic Equities upgrades to overweight from neutral. PT up 16% to $44.
• Conagra Brands: Baptista Research initiated coverage with a recommendation of hold. PT set to $39.90.
• Emerson Electric: Wolfe Research upgrades to outperform from peerperform. PT up 19% to $103.
• Global Payments: J.P. Morgan downgrades to neutral from rating suspended. PT up 13% to $124.
• Halfords: N+1 Singer upgrades to buy from hold. PT up 22% to 225 pence.
• Incyte: Baptista Research initiated coverage with a recommendation of hold. PT up 11% to $82.90.
• Marathon Petroleum: Wells Fargo downgrades to equal-weight from overweight. PT up 4.4% to $135.
• Nike: Baptista Research initiated coverage of Nike Inc. Class B with a recommendation of hold. PT set to $138.
• Nvidia: HSBC upgrades to buy from reduce. PT up 31% to $355.
• Valero Energy: Wells Fargo downgrades to equal-weight from overweight. PT up 5.2% to $135.
• VF Corp: Baptista Research initiated coverage with a recommendation of hold. PT set to $24.40.
• Walgreens Boots: Baptista Research initiated coverage with a recommendation of hold. PT set to $39.