With the trading day more than halfway over, the markets were pulling back to start out the week. The Nasdaq was feeling the sting, down nearly 1%, as the tech sector was in retreat. However, the health care and energy sectors were holding up well. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial average were each down about half a percent as well.
24/7 Wall St. is looking at some big analyst calls seen on Monday. We have included the latest analyst call on each stock, as well as a recent trading history and the consensus targets among analysts.
For those that might have missed it, 24/7 Wall St. had an earlier round of analyst calls on Monday that included Foot Locker, Halozyme Therapeutics, Kimberly-Clark, Occidental Petroleum, Texas Roadhouse and more.
Children’s Place Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCE): Wedbush upgraded it to an Outperform rating from Neutral and raised its price target to $150 from $48. Monness Crespi & Hardt upgraded its Neutral rating to Buy with a $93 price target. The shares traded near $89 on Monday, in a 52-week trading range of $17.78 to $89.85. The consensus price target is $71.60.
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (NYSE: CLF): BofA Securities resumed coverage with a Buy rating and a $25 price target. Shares were trading around $20, in the 52-week range of $4.29 to $22.90. The consensus price target is $23.52.
Discovery Inc. (NASDAQ: DISCA): Citigroup upgraded it to Buy from Neutral and raised its price target to $44 from $40. The shares were changing hands at around $34 on Monday. The 52-week trading range is $19.07 to $78.14. The consensus price target is $43.65.
NextEra Energy Partners L.P. (NYSE: NEP): The Seaport Global Securities downgrade was to Neutral from Buy. The stock traded near $65 on Monday, in a 52-week range of $47.80 to $88.29. It has a consensus price target of $83.72.
Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX): Mizuho reiterated a Buy rating and raised its price target to $100 from $96. On Monday, the stock traded around $88. The 52-week trading range is $43.27 to $90.59. Its consensus analyst target is $92.87.
Stamps.com Inc. (NASDAQ: STMP): Northland Capital resumed coverage with an Outperform rating and a $245 price target. The stock traded near $178 on Monday, in a 52-week range of $159.22 to $325.13. It has a consensus price target of $334.50.
Ulta Beauty Inc. (NASDAQ: ULTA): UBS reiterated a Buy rating and raised its price target to $380 from $360. The stock traded near $328 on Monday, in a 52-week range of $186.01 to $351.00. It has a consensus price target of $342.14.
Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS): Truist reiterated a Buy rating but cut its price target to $200 from $205. The stock traded near $169 on Monday, in a 52-week range of $108.02 to $203.02. It has a consensus price target of $207.92.
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