Upgrades:
C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ:CHRW) was upgraded by research analysts at Smith Barney Citigroup from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, The Fly reports. The brokerage presently has a $118.00 target price on the transportation company's stock, up from their prior target price of $100.00. Smith Barney Citigroup's target price indicates a potential upside of 26.00% from the company's previous close.
CHRW has been the subject of a number of other reports.
Barclays raised C.H. Robinson Worldwide from a "neutral" rating to an
"overweight" rating and boosted their price objective for the stock
from $95.00 to $115.00 in a research report on Friday, October 16th. Citigroup
Inc. 3% Minimum Coupon Principal Protected Based Upon Russell raised C.H.
Robinson Worldwide from a "neutral" rating to a "buy"
rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $100.00 to $118.00
in a research report on Monday. Stifel Nicolaus downgraded C.H. Robinson
Worldwide from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and
boosted their price objective for the stock from $79.00 to $94.00 in a research
report on Thursday, July 30th. They noted that the move was a valuation call.
Stephens downgraded C.H. Robinson Worldwide from an "overweight"
rating to an "equal weight" rating and lowered their price objective
for the stock from $110.00 to $95.00 in a research report on Thursday, October
29th. Finally, Loop Capital downgraded C.H. Robinson Worldwide from a
"buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $96.00 price
objective for the company. in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Four
research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have issued a
hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. The company
presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target
price of $90.67. Read
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Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) was upgraded by equities research analysts at Smith Barney Citigroup from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, The Fly reports. The firm presently has a $132.00 price objective on the specialty chemicals company’s stock, up from their prior price objective of $99.00. Smith Barney Citigroup’s target price would suggest a potential upside of 13.53% from the company’s current price.
Several other brokerages also recently weighed in on ALB.
KeyCorp increased their target price on shares of Albemarle from $60.00 to
$89.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on
Friday. Berenberg Bank downgraded shares of Albemarle from a “hold” rating to a
“sell” rating and increased their target price for the company from $65.00 to
$68.00 in a research note on Monday, July 27th. Jefferies Financial Group
increased their target price on shares of Albemarle from $81.00 to $100.00 and
gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. BMO
Capital Markets raised their price target on shares of Albemarle from $115.00
to $120.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on
Friday. Finally, Citigroup Inc. 3% Minimum Coupon Principal Protected Based
Upon Russell raised shares of Albemarle from a “neutral” rating to a “buy”
rating and raised their price target for the stock from $99.00 to $132.00 in a
research note on Monday. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a sell
rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating
to the company’s stock. The company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a
consensus target price of $92.54. Read
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Ventas (NYSE:VTR) was upgraded by stock analysts at Jefferies Financial Group from an “underperform” rating to a “hold” rating in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, Briefing.com reports. The brokerage presently has a $50.00 price target on the real estate investment trust’s stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s target price points to a potential upside of 6.72% from the company’s current price.
Several other equities analysts have also recently issued
reports on the stock. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on shares of
Ventas from $36.00 to $39.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a
research note on Thursday, September 17th. Royal Bank of Canada upgraded shares
of Ventas from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped
their target price for the company from $34.00 to $45.00 in a research note on
Friday, August 14th. Barclays upped their target price on shares of Ventas from
$37.00 to $42.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research
note on Wednesday, September 16th. Argus cut shares of Ventas from a “buy”
rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 8th.
Finally, Stifel Nicolaus restated a “hold” rating and set a $43.00 target price
on shares of Ventas in a research note on Tuesday, September 1st. Five
investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have given
a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. The stock
currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of
$39.31. Read
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Chubb (NYSE:CB) was upgraded by The Goldman Sachs Group from a “sell” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note issued on Tuesday, Briefing.com reports. The brokerage presently has a $163.00 price target on the financial services provider’s stock, up from their previous price target of $120.00. The Goldman Sachs Group’s price objective would suggest a potential upside of 10.90% from the company’s current price.
Several other research firms also recently weighed in on CB.
William Blair upgraded Chubb from an “underperform” rating to a “market
perform” rating in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Bank of America
upgraded Chubb from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted
their price objective for the company from $123.00 to $132.00 in a report on
Thursday, October 29th. They noted that the move was a valuation call. Zacks
Investment Research downgraded Chubb from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell”
rating and set a $97.00 price objective for the company. in a report on
Wednesday, September 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded Chubb from a
“neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $152.00 price objective
for the company in a report on Monday, October 12th. Finally, Deutsche Bank
Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price objective on Chubb from $135.00 to
$136.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, October
29th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating,
seven have issued a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the
company’s stock. The stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an
average target price of $145.31. Read
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