The impact of analyst upgrades and downgrades on stock prices can be significant. In spite of the fact that these stocks may generate short-term earnings, analysts may misjudge them, which might lead to investors suffering losses.
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Stocks are categorized into three groups by analysts:
A “BUY” rating for the stock, points to a near-term improvement in the market. “Outperform” or “Overweight” can also be used to describe “Buy.”.
Stocks recommended with a “Hold” rating are expected to perform similarly to the overall market. Stocks with a Hold rating are not recommended for purchase or sale by analysts. Holds are also referred to by analysts as market performance or equal weight.
Whenever analysts predict that a stock will lose value, they give it a “Sell” rating. Stocks are seldom rated “Sell” by analysts, as analysts usually like to give “Positive” or “Neutral” ratings. A “sell” rating can also be described by the phrases like “underperform” and “underweight”.
With this outlook, analysts have a consensus recommendation rating of 2.80 for the stock, suggesting that investors Hold the stock. Wolfe Research issued a stock update for Southern Co (NYSE: SO) on December 12, 2022, in which the firm assigned an “Outperform” rating. BofA Securities on October 24, 2022, rated the stock at “an Underperform,”. 13 analysts offering their rating for the stock are split like this: 6 of the 13 rate it as a Hold; 7 see it as a buy, while 0 say it is overweight. Although bearish, it is notable that the stock is well above its 200-day simple moving average by -0.88%, while it is 8.01% above and 6.61% above its SMA50 and SMA20 respectively. The volume of shares traded in the last session stands at 5.79 million against a 3-month average of 4.45M.
Looking at the support for Tapestry Inc (NYSE: TPR), a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. Goldman stated their Buy rating for the stock in a research note on December 12, 2022, with the firm’s price target at $37-$44. Jefferies coverage for the Tapestry Inc. (TPR) stock in a research note released on June 15, 2022, offered a Buy rating with a price target of $45. Jefferies coverage for the Tapestry Inc. (TPR) stock in a research note released on June 15, 2022, offered a Buy rating with a price target of $45. Bernstein was of a view on March 15, 2022, that the stock is Outperform, while Citigroup gave the stock a Buy rating on January 28, 2022, issuing a price target of $50- $48. Argus on their part issued a Buy rating on November 19, 2021.
In December 12, 2022, several analysts upgraded their positions on the Box Inc (NYSE: BOX) stock and predicted its performance to their investors. The analysts at JP Morgan believe BOX is still Overweight and set the price target between $31 and $34. Another analyst that has an Outperform rating for BOX is Credit Suisse, which set a price target of $36. Morgan Stanley upgraded their Overweight position on the stock ($32 and $34) and KeyBanc Capital Markets initiated its Overweight position on the stock ($34).
