Monday Afternoon’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: ChargePoint, CrowdStrike, Nvidia and More

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Monday Afternoon’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: ChargePoint, CrowdStrike, Nvidia and More

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Stocks traded lower approaching midday on Monday, after posting the first down week since late September last week. Inflation concerns are still an upfront item across Wall Street, as White House officials, including Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, linked inflation pressures to the COVID-19 pandemic, a view that likely is not widely shared by economists and strategists. While the House of Representatives is expected to pass the $1.75 trillion “Build Back Better” plan this week, passage in the Senate should prove to be very difficult.

24/7 Wall St. is reviewing 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. Note that analyst calls seen earlier in the day were on Chevron, Costco, Dollar Tree, Kimberly-Clark, Shopify and more.

Bioventus Inc. (NASDAQ: BVS): Morgan Stanley resumed coverage with an Overweight rating. The shares have traded between $10.74 and $19.94 over the past year and have a $22.33 consensus price target.

ChargePoint Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CHPT): Evercore ISI started coverage with an Outperform rating and a $34 price target. The stock has traded in a 52-week range of $18.85 and $49.48 and carries a consensus price objective of $33.33.

Coresight Realty (NYSE: COR): William Blair’s downgrade was to Market Perform from Outperform. Shares hit a 52-week high of $171.53 on Monday. The consensus price objective is just $146.35.

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWD | CRWD Price Prediction): Morgan Stanley started coverage of the cybersecurity leader with an Underweight rating and a $247 price target. The 52-week trading range for the stock is $128.21 to $298.48, and the consensus price objective is $310.48.

Navitas Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: NVTS): Jefferies started coverage of the revolutionary chip stock with a Buy rating and a $24 price target. No consensus target was available as the company had a recent SPAC conversion. Since then, the shares have traded between $11.73 and $19.08.

Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA): UBS reiterated its Buy rating and lifted the $230 target price to $350. Citigroup also reiterated a Buy rating on the semiconductor giant, and it boosted its price target to $350 from $233. The shares have traded between $115.67 and $323.10 over the past year and have a $255.69 consensus price objective on Wall Street.

Stronghold Digital Mining Inc. (NASDAQ: SDIG): B. Riley Securities started coverage with a Buy rating and a monster $63 price target. No consensus target was available as the company had a recent initial public offering. The shares have traded between $23.35 and $35.80 so far.

TechnipFMC PLC (NYSE: FTI): Evercore ISI resumed coverage with an Outperform rating and a $12 price target. The shares have traded in a 52-week range of $5.65 to $10.70 and have a $7.76 consensus target.

Valens Semiconductor Ltd. (NYSE: VLN): Jefferies started coverage with a Buy rating and a $12 price target. The shares have traded in a 52-week range of $6.12 to $12.19 and have a $15 consensus price target.

Ventyx Biosciences Inc. (NASDAQ: VTYX) Jefferies initiated coverage on the stock with a Buy rating and a $30 price target. A consensus target was not available as the stock had a recent IPO. The shares have traded between $16.32 and $26 so far.

Zevia PBC (NYSE: ZVIA): Wells Fargo downgraded the shares to Equal Weight from Overweight and slashed the $16 target price to $11. The consensus target is $17.81. The shares have traded in a 52-week range of $9.20 to $17.50.

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Lee Jackson has covered Wall Street analysts' equity and debt research and equity strategy daily for 24/7 Wall St. since 2012. His broad and diverse career, which included a stint as the creative services director at the NBC affiliate in Austin, Texas, gives him unique insight into the financial industry and world.

Lee Jackson's journey in the financial industry spans over 30 years, with nearly two decades as an institutional equity salesperson at Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, and Morgan Stanley. His career was marked by his presence on the sell side during pivotal Wall Street events, from the dot.com rise and bubble to the Long Term Capital Management debacle, 9/11, and the Great Recession of 2008. This is a testament to his resilience and adaptability in the face of market volatility.

Lee Jackson’s practical financial industry experience, acquired from a career at some of the biggest banks and brokerage firms, is complemented by a lifetime of writing on various platforms. This unique combination allows him to shed light on the intricacies and workings of Wall Street in a way that only someone with deep insider experience and knowledge can. Moreover, his extensive network across Wall Street continues to provide direct access for him and 24/7 Wall St., a privilege few firms enjoy.

Since 2012, Jackson’s work for 24/7 Wall St. has been featured in Barron’s, Yahoo Finance, MarketWatch, Business Insider, TradingView, Real Money, The Street, Seeking Alpha, Benzinga, and other media outlets. He attended the prestigious Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and has a degree in broadcasting from the Specs Howard School of Media Arts.

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