BROKER MOVES: DLTR upgraded at Jefferies; KLAR downgraded at JPM
Newsquawk Staff ·
UPGRADES
- APA (APA) Upgraded from Hold to Buy at Argus; PT USD 48
- Ciena (CIEN) Upgraded from Market Perform to Outperform at Northland; PT USD 500
- Dollar Tree (DLTR) Upgraded from Underperform to Hold at Jefferies; PT USD 135
- Dominion Energy (D) Upgraded from Hold to Buy at TD Cowen; PT USD 80
- Fabrinet (FN) Upgraded from Equalweight to Overweight at Fox Advisors
- HONA (HONA) Upgraded from Equalweight to Overweight at Morgan Stanley; PT USD 205
- Neenah (NP) Upgraded from Equalweight to Overweight at Morgan Stanley; PT USD 36
- TWFG (TWFG) Upgraded from Equalweight to Overweight at Morgan Stanley; PT USD 30
DOWNGRADES
- CME Group (CME) Downgraded from Buy to Hold at Deutsche Bank; PT USD 270
- DEFT (DEFT) Downgraded from Buy to Hold at Maxim Group
- KLAR (KLAR) Downgraded from Overweight to Neutral at JPMorgan; PT USD 18
- Pediatrix Medical (MD) Downgraded from Buy to Hold at Jefferies; PT USD 28
- Pluralsight (PS) Downgraded from Buy to Neutral at Citi; PT USD 45
- Weave Communications (WEAV) Downgraded from Buy to Hold at Loop Capital; PT USD 7.40
INITIATIONS
- Aflac (AFL) Initiated at Underperform at Wolfe Research; PT USD 103
- AGMB (AGMB) Initiated at Overweight at Cantor Fitzgerald
- Akoustis Technologies (AKTS) Initiated at Outperform at Wedbush; PT USD 35
- KE Holdings (BEKE) Initiated at Outperform at CLSA; PT USD 23.80
- Cardinal Health (CAH) Initiated at Outperform at RBC Capital; PT USD 276
- Cencora (COR) Initiated at Sector Perform at RBC Capital; PT USD 330
- Cricut (CRCT) Initiated at Sell at Goldman Sachs; PT USD 4.50
- Corsair Gaming (CRSR) Initiated at Sell at Goldman Sachs; PT USD 11
- DarioHealth (DRIO) Initiated at Buy at Alliance Global Partners; PT USD 12
- Healthcare Services Group (HCSG) Initiated at Outperform at Oppenheimer; PT USD 28
- McKesson (MCK) Initiated at Sector Perform at RBC Capital; PT USD 845
- ResMed (RMD) Initiated at Neutral at Rothschild Redburn; PT USD 230
- Zoom Communications (ZM) Initiated at Buy at BofA Securities; PT USD 130
What it means
A routine daily broker roundup rather than a single catalyst; the market-moving content in these compilations is almost always concentrated in one or two names, and the headline writers have flagged Dollar Tree's upgrade at Jefferies and the Klar downgrade at JPMorgan as the highlights, presumably on the strength of the two-notch moves. Two-notch moves, off a base case rather than a trim, have historically carried more signal than target-price changes and tend to reflect a thesis revision rather than a valuation tweak, though a move from Underperform to Hold is a neutralisation, not an endorsement, and its follow-through has typically been shallower than a full upgrade to Buy. The remainder of the list clusters in familiar ways: a batch of initiations from a handful of houses (RBC across healthcare distributors, Goldman with sell-side initiations on smaller consumer names) reads as sector coverage rollouts, which rarely reprice anything beyond the opening minutes. The pattern to note is whether any of these calls get echoed or contradicted by peers in coming sessions; clustered moves in the same direction across a subsector have historically mattered more than isolated single-name actions. Absent that, roundups of this kind are information-flow filler with a short half-life.
- Newsquawk Daily European Opening News - 23rd October 2026
- Indonesia's central bank official says rupiah movement still manageable following MSCI announcement last week and says we will respond if needed to ensure supply and demand in the FX market
- US TREASURY WRAP: T-NOTE FUTURES (Z6) SETTLE 1 POINT AND 9+ TICKS HIGHER AT 106-13
- Newsquawk Daily US Earnings Estimates - 23rd October 2026: AXP
- Fireblocks denies talks with Visa (V), CoinDesk reports
Related headlines
- Newsquawk Daily Economic Releases - 23rd October 202618 hours ago
- Newsquawk Daily European Equity Opening News - 23rd October 2026 2 hours ago
- Tesla (TSLA) has decided not to proceed with plans to produce Cybertruck for Australia and New Zealand8 hours ago
- OpenAI trims valuation target to USD 1.25tln after previously pitching a higher price, according to FT10 hours ago
- Newsquawk Daily Asia-Pac Opening News - 23rd October 202610 hours ago
- OpenAI is raising up to USD 30bln in funding round at a USD 1.25tln valuation, led by UAE investors, according to CNBC, citing sources; OpenAI is negotiating a commercial deal that would secure more computing capacity from the UAE12 hours ago
- Merck & Co (MRK) and Moderna (MRNA) say safety profile of Intismeran plus Keytruda was generally consistent with previously reported studies of combination; significantly reduced the risk of recurrence or death by 42% compared to Keytruda alone14 hours ago
- Moderna (MRNA) downside attributed to early data leaks (link below) - UNCONFIRMED15 hours ago
- State of Rhode Island sues Meta (META) over alleged tolerance for scam advertising16 hours ago
- Nvidia (NVDA) launches Minerva platform for end-to-end AI factory observability17 hours ago
- Citi (C) has been granted approval by China for its securities unit26 min ago
- PRE-MARKET AUSTRALIAN STOCKS NEWS: Whitehaven Coal (WHC AT) Q1 managed run-of-mine production rose 3% Q/Q to 11.0mln tons, equity sales of produced coal fell 5% Q/Q to 6.0mln tons10 hours ago
- Newmont (NEM) says production growth is expected to begin in 2027 following previously flagged 2026 trough, adds Q3 gold production was broadly flat sequentially as anticipated11 hours ago
- Western Digital (WDC) Q1 2027 (USD): Adj. EPS 4.64 (exp. 4.08), Revenue 4.38bln (exp. 4.14bln)12 hours ago
- Uber (UBER) puts all 30,000 employees on ChatGPT Work16 hours ago