Upgrades:
The Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) was upgraded by investment
analysts at Wolfe Research from an "underperform" rating to a
"market perform" rating in a research report issued on Monday, Price
Targets.com reports. The firm presently has a $67.00 price objective on the
financial services provider's stock. Wolfe Research's price target suggests a
potential upside of 6.93% from the company's current price.
SCHW has been the subject of a number of other reports.
Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on shares of The Charles
Schwab from $60.00 to $70.00 and gave the stock an "overweight"
rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 20th. Citigroup Inc. 3%
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Charles Schwab from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating
and increased their price target for the stock from $44.00 to $54.00 in a
research report on Tuesday, November 17th. Morgan Stanley increased their price
target on shares of The Charles Schwab from $71.00 to $76.00 and gave the stock
an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February
10th. Bank of America raised shares of The Charles Schwab from a "neutral"
rating to a "buy" rating and increased their price target for the
stock from $52.00 to $68.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 12th.
Finally, Smith Barney Citigroup raised shares of The Charles Schwab from a
"neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and increased their
price target for the stock from $44.00 to $54.00 in a research report on
Tuesday, November 17th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock
with a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the stock. The company
presently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target
of $55.77. Read
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The Southern (NYSE:SO) was upgraded by equities research
analysts at Credit Suisse Group from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform”
rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday,
Briefing.com reports. The firm currently has a $68.00 price objective on the
utilities provider’s stock, up from their previous price objective of $61.00.
Credit Suisse Group’s target price would indicate a potential upside of 14.65%
from the company’s current price.
Other equities research analysts have also recently issued
research reports about the company. Scotiabank raised The Southern from a
“sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their price
objective for the company from $66.00 to $75.00 in a research note on Tuesday,
December 15th. Mizuho raised their price objective on The Southern from $48.00
to $53.00 in a research note on Wednesday, October 28th. Barclays raised their
price objective on The Southern from $61.00 to $73.00 and gave the company an
“overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 18th. BMO Capital
Markets started coverage on The Southern in a research note on Tuesday,
November 24th. They issued a “market perform” rating and a $67.00 price
objective for the company. Finally, Morgan Stanley reduced their price
objective on The Southern from $57.00 to $56.00 and set an “underweight” rating
for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 20th. Three investment
analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold
rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the company. The company presently
has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $64.33. Read
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Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) was upgraded by analysts at
Vertical Research from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in
a research note issued on Monday, The Fly reports.
Other research analysts have also recently issued research
reports about the stock. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target on
shares of Parker-Hannifin from $280.00 to $330.00 and gave the company a
"buy" rating in a report on Friday, January 15th. BMO Capital Markets
increased their target price on shares of Parker-Hannifin from $320.00 to
$350.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on
Friday, February 5th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on shares of
Parker-Hannifin from $320.00 to $343.00 in a report on Friday, February 5th.
Morgan Stanley increased their target price on shares of Parker-Hannifin from
$308.00 to $317.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a
report on Friday, February 5th. Finally, Argus increased their target price on
shares of Parker-Hannifin from $210.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock a
"buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, November 10th. One analyst has
rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the
company. The stock has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus
target price of $275.86. Read
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Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) was upgraded by analysts at
Raymond James from a "market perform" rating to an
"outperform" rating in a report issued on Tuesday, Briefing.com
reports. The firm presently has a $220.00 target price on the semiconductor
company's stock. Raymond James' target price indicates a potential upside of
27.10% from the stock's previous close.
Other equities analysts have also recently issued research
reports about the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a "buy"
rating and issued a $200.00 price target on shares of Texas Instruments in a
research note on Friday, February 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped
their target price on Texas Instruments from $150.00 to $170.00 and gave the
stock a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, January 27th. Mizuho
raised their target price on Texas Instruments from $162.00 to $175.00 and gave
the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, January
27th. Cascend Securities increased their price objective on Texas Instruments
from $175.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report
on Friday, January 22nd. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on
shares of Texas Instruments from $154.00 to $162.00 and gave the company an
"underweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, January 27th. Four
research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned
a hold rating and fourteen have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. The
company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target
of $165.71. Read
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