- Alcoa: Morgan Stanley upgrades to overweight from equal weight and raises the target price from USD 64 to USD 80.
- Alphabet Inc.: William O'Neil & Co Incorporated initiates coverage with a buy recommendation.
- Caterpillar Inc.: William O'Neil & Co Incorporated initiates coverage with a buy recommendation.
- Chord Energy Corporation: Gerdes Energy Research LLC upgrades to buy from neutral with a price target raised from USD 155 to USD 168.
- Circle Internet Group, Inc.: Compass Point Research & Trading downgrades to sell from neutral and reduces the target price from USD 79 to USD 77.
- Instacart (Maplebear): Raymond James upgrades to outperform from market perform with a target price of USD 50.
- Lam Research Corporation: William O'Neil & Co Incorporated initiates coverage with a buy recommendation.
- Marathon Petroleum Corporation: Zacks upgrades to outperform from neutral with a price target raised from USD 261 to USD 284.
- Mccormick & Company, Incorporated: Zacks upgrades to neutral from underperform with a price target raised from USD 46 to USD 54.
- The Hershey Company: Zacks downgrades to neutral from outperform and reduces the target price from USD 242 to USD 217.
- Apa Corporation: Wells Fargo maintains its equalweight recommendation and raises the target price from USD 21 to USD 39.
- Atlassian Corporation: Guggenheim maintains its buy recommendation and reduces the target price from USD 190 to USD 115.
- Blackstone Inc.: Piper Sandler & Co maintains its neutral recommendation and reduces the target price from USD 158 to USD 122.
- Donaldson Company, Inc.: Zacks maintains its neutral recommendation and reduces the target price from USD 116 to USD 91.
- Galaxy Digital Inc.: Cantor Fitzgerald maintains its overweight recommendation and reduces the target price from USD 48 to USD 30.
- Monday.com Ltd.: Guggenheim maintains its buy recommendation and reduces the target price from USD 180 to USD 130.
- Stifel Financial Corp.: JP Morgan maintains its neutral recommendation and reduces the target price from USD 136 to USD 89.
- Valero Energy Corporation: JP Morgan maintains its overweight recommendation and raises the target price from USD 217 to USD 285.
Analyst recommendations: Alphabet, Caterpillar, Lam Research, Blackstone, Valero…
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Published on 04/09/2026 at 01:36 pm IST

























