Notes
MARKET UPDATES:
CONSUMER:
🔸 $DG upgraded to Overweight (BofA).
🔸 Macau casinos ($WYNN, $LVS, $MLCO, $MGM): Gaming revenue +0.8% YoY.
🔸 $LI: March deliveries 36,674 (+26.5% YoY).
🔸 $NIO: March deliveries 15,039 (+14% MoM).
🔸 $PVH: Q4 EPS $3.27 (beat), revenue -4.8% YoY.
🔸 $TSLA: Denmark sales -65.6% YoY.
🔸 $ULTA: Upgraded to Buy, price target raised to $423.
ENERGY & INDUSTRIALS:
🔸 $AAL, $DAL, $LUV: Downgraded (Jefferies).
🔸 Oil: Brent stabilizes after Trump’s Russia comments.
🔸 $CVX: Sells East Texas gas assets ($1.2B+ value).
🔸 $EE: 7M-share secondary offering priced at $26.50.
FINANCIALS:
🔸 $LPLA: 4.7M-share secondary offering at $320.
🔸 $V: $375M escrow deposit, reducing Class B shares.
🔸 $WRB: Downgraded (BofA).
HEALTHCARE:
🔸 $JNJ: $10B talc settlement rejected by U.S. judge.
🔸 Drugmakers: Lobby Trump to phase in pharma tariffs.
TECH & MEDIA:
🔸 $LYV, $SEAT: Fall after Trump’s executive order on ticket pricing.
🔸 $PRGS: Q1 EPS $1.31 (beat), raises full-year guidance.
🔸 $SPIR: Q4 EPS loss ($2.21), weak Q1 outlook.
#Upgrades - Mar 03, 2025
• $ACNB: Piper Sandler Upgrades to Overweight from Neutral - PT $50 (from $37)
• $BOW: KBW Upgrades to Outperform from Market Perform - PT $44
• $CHKP: Piper Sandler Upgrades to Overweight from Neutral - PT $260 (from $220)
• $CMG: Morgan Stanley Upgrades to Overweight from Equalweight - PT $70 (from $65)
• $CRL: Redburn-Atlantic Upgrades to Neutral from Sell - PT $188 (from $171)
• $GTN: Wells Fargo Upgrades to Equal Weight from Underweight - PT $4
• $ITCI: Canaccord Genuity Upgrades to Buy from Hold - PT $132
• $KMI: Barclays Upgrades to Overweight from Equalweight - PT $31
• $MLCO: Morgan Stanley Upgrades to Overweight from Equalweight - PT $6.70 (from $7.50)
• $MOS: JPMorgan Upgrades to Overweight from Neutral - PT $29 (from $26)
• $MSEX: Baird Upgrades to Outperform from Neutral - PT $61
• $MYTE: TD Cowen Upgrades to Buy from Hold - PT $14 (from $13)
• $ONC: BofA Securities Upgrades to Buy from Neutral - PT $320 (from $207)
• $THO: BofA Securities Upgrades to Buy from Neutral - PT $125 (from $110)
• $UWMC: KBW Upgrades to Outperform from Market Perform - PT $7.50 (from $6.50)
• $VIV: Barclays Upgrades to Overweight from Equalweight - PT $11.50 (from $11.80)