US BROKER MOVES: BA upgraded at BNP Paribas; EBAY downgraded at Wells Fargo, CRCL downgraded at Morgan Stanley

UPGRADES

• Tri Continental (TCBI) Upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Barclays; PT USD 100


• SEI Investments (SEI) Upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 73 (prev USD 82)


• Starbucks (SBUX) Upgraded to Hold from Sell at Melius


• Parsons (PSN) Upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies; PT USD 52 (prev USD 60)


• Proto Labs (PRLB) Upgraded to Buy from Hold at Needham; PT USD 87


• LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) Upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan; PT USD 80 (prev USD 75)


• Ingersoll Rand (IR) Upgraded to Buy from Hold at Stifel; PT USD 84 (prev USD 101)


• inTEST (INTT) Upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Northland; PT USD 15


• Corning (GLW) Upgraded to Buy from Hold at Truist Securities; PT USD 175 (prev USD 205)


• Eaton (ETN) Upgraded to Outperform from In Line at Evercore ISI; PT USD 502 (prev USD 453)


• Coursera (COUR) Upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs; PT USD 6.50 (prev USD 5.50)


• CareDx (CDNA) Upgraded to Buy from Hold at Craig-Hallum; PT USD 64 (prev USD 35)


• Ballard Power Systems (BLDP) Upgraded to Buy from Hold at HSBC; PT USD 3.60 (prev USD 4)


• Boeing (BA) Upgraded to Outperform from Underperform at BNP Paribas Exane


• Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY) Upgraded to Strong Buy from Outperform at Raymond James; PT USD 420

DOWNGRADES

• John Wiley & Sons (WWW) Downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citi; PT USD 345


• Wingstop (WING) Downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Bernstein SocGen Group; PT USD 155


• NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) Downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS; PT USD 270 (prev USD 305)


• Lear (LEA) Downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at BNP Paribas Exane


• Laureate Education (LAUR) Downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan; PT USD 41


• Fair Isaac (FICO) Downgraded to Peerperform from Outperform at Wolfe Research


• First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK) Downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight at Barclays; PT USD 37 (prev USD 38)


• eBay (EBAY) Downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 92 (prev USD 105)


• Circle Internet Group (CRCL) Downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley; PT USD 38 (prev USD 106)


• Cigna Group (CI) Downgraded to Outperform from Strong Buy at Raymond James; PT USD 320 (prev USD 350)


• Birkenstock (BIRK) Downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at William Blair


• Birkenstock (BIRK) Downgraded to Hold from Buy at Williams Trading; PT USD 44 (prev USD 46)


• Alignment Healthcare (ALHC) Downgraded to Outperform from Strong Buy at Raymond James; PT USD 19 (prev USD 22)

INITIATIONS

• Williams-Sonoma (WSM) Initiated Buy at Loop Capital


• Sherwin-Williams (SHW) Initiated Buy at Guggenheim; PT USD 400


• Charles Schwab (SCHW) Initiated Buy at Compass Point; PT USD 135


• RH (RH) Initiated Underperform at BofA Securities; PT USD 156


• Rigetti Computing (RGTI) Initiated Outperform at Wedbush; PT USD 40


• Quantum Computing (QUBT) Initiated Neutral at Wedbush; PT USD 12


• D-Wave Quantum (QBTS) Initiated Outperform at Wedbush; PT USD 40


• Pyxis Oncology (PYXS) Initiated Overweight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 12


• Life Time Group Holdings (LTH) Initiated Buy at Goldman Sachs; PT USD 53


• IonQ (IONQ) Initiated Outperform at Wedbush; PT USD 75


• Amphenol (ENTG) Initiated Buy at Freedom Capital; PT USD 140


• Circle Internet Group (CRCL) Initiated Buy at TD Cowen; PT USD 82


• BRC Inc. (BRCC) Initiated Buy at Craig-Hallum; PT USD 1.75


• Best Buy (BBY) Initiated Underperform at BofA Securities; PT USD 80


• Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU) Initiated Equal Weight at Wells Fargo; PT USD 56


• Adial Pharmaceuticals (ADIL) Initiated Buy at Alliance Global Partners; PT USD 11

03 Aug 2026 - 12:56- - Source: Market Source