Arm initiated, SQM downgraded: Wall Street's top analyst calls

Arm initiated, SQM downgraded: Wall Street's top analyst calls

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The most talked about and market moving research calls around Wall Street are now in one place. Here are today's research calls that investors need to know, as compiled by The Fly.

Top 5 Upgrades:

  • Jefferies upgraded Elastic (ESTC) to Buy from Hold with a price target of $100, up from $75. The company has posted "two solid quarters of execution" and its revenue is accelerating heading into fiscal 2025, the firm tells investors in a research note.

  • Mizuho upgraded Hudson Pacific (HPP) to Neutral from Underperform with a price target of $7, down from $10. The firm sees a more balanced risk/reward for Hudson Pacific with several negatives, like tenant move-outs, an uncertain Studio business trajectory and financial covenant concerns balanced by potential improvement in San Francisco fundamentals progress on the actors' strike during the next 3-6 months several actions to shore up the balance sheet.

  • JPMorgan upgraded Editas Medicine (EDIT) to Neutral from Underweight with an $8 price target. The firm believes Editas' share downside is "relatively protected at this valuation."

  • Janney Montgomery Scott upgraded FB Financial (FBK) to Buy from Neutral with a fair value estimate of $35.50, up from $34, citing improved profitability, its "demographically appealing Tennessee-based footprint" and what the firm views as "an attractive valuation."

  • BofA upgraded Dow Inc. (DOW) to Neutral from Underperform with a price target of $59, up from $55. The firm also upgraded Huntsman (HUN) to Buy from Underperform and LyondellBasell (LYB) to Neutral from Underperform.

Cans of Valspar and HGTV by Sherwin-Williams brand paint are seen in a hardware store in New York on Monday, March 21, 2016. Sherwin-Williams acquired Valspar in a deal worth approximately $11.3 billion. (© Richard B. Levine) (Photo by Richard Levine/Corbis via Getty Images)
Cans of Valspar and HGTV by Sherwin-Williams brand paint. (Richard Levine/Corbis via Getty Images) · Richard Levine via Getty Images

Top 5 Downgrades:

  • Scotiabank downgraded Olink (OLK) to Sector Perform from Outperform after Thermo Fisher (TMO) announced a proposal to acquire Olink in an all-cash transaction.

  • BofA downgraded Sherwin-Williams (SHW) to Underperform from Neutral with a price target of $275, down from $300.

  • BofA downgraded SQM (SQM) to Underperform from Neutral with a price target of $59, down from $69, as the firm lowered its 2023 and 2024 EBITDA estimates by 17% and 43%, respectively, following 20%-50% cuts in lithium price assumptions made by the BofA commodities team for 2023-2025.

  • Deutsche Bank downgraded Lithium Americas (LAC) to Hold from Buy with a price target of $7, down from $25. The firm views the shares as "richly valued" following the spinoff.

  • TD Cowen downgraded Evelo Biosciences (EVLO) to Market Perform from Outperform. The firm is citing the company's announcement that it will explore strategic alternatives and partnering opportunities for EDP1815 and its SINTAX platform following results from the Phase II study of EDP2939 in moderate psoriasis, which missed the PASI-50 primary endpoint.