ANALYST RECOMMENDATIONS : CoStar, Prologis, Microsoft, Tesla, Vicor...

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.

• CoStar: Needham & Co raised the target to $90 from $80. Maintains buy rating. 
• First Merchants: Raymond James cut the target to $38 from $43. Maintains outperform rating.
• Lakeland Financial: Raymond James cut the target to $66 from $74. Maintains outperform rating. 
• Paccar: Credit Suisse raised the target to $84 from $75. Maintains neutral rating. 
• Prologis: Argus Research Corp initiated coverage with a recommendation of buy. PT up 13% to $136.
• Microsoft: Macquarie upgrades to outperform from neutral. PT up 18% to $325.
• The Scotts Miracle-Gro: Barclays downgrades to equal-weight from overweight. PT up 1.8% to $70.
• Tenet: Raymond James raised the target to $85 from $72. Maintains strong buy rating. 
• Tesla: Jefferies cut the recommendation to hold from buy. PT up 15% to $185.
• Vicor: Needham & Co cut the target to $55 from $65. Maintains buy rating.