Stock prices can swing dramatically as a result of analyst upgrades and downgrades. In spite of the possibility of making short-term profits from these stocks, analysts are very likely to downgrade them in order to cause investors to lose money.
There are three main categories of stock ratings among analysts:
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According to analysts, “BUY” means the stock will outperform the market in the near future. Overweight or Outperform are also terms analysts use to describe “buy.”
When analysts do not anticipate a stock’s performance to differ from the market, they can recommend “Hold.”. Stocks with a Hold rating should not be bought or sold. Analysts may also refer to holds as equal weights or market performance.
Stocks are rated “Sell” by analysts when they are expected to underperform the market. Underperform or underweight may also be used as alternatives to “Sell”, despite the fact that it is uncommon for analysts to give this rating to the stock.
With this outlook, analysts have a consensus recommendation rating of 2.30 for the stock, suggesting that investors Overweight the stock. Morgan Stanley issued a stock update for JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) on December 06, 2022, in which the firm assigned an “Overweight” rating. Berenberg on July 18, 2022, rated the stock at “a Hold,”. 26 analysts offering their rating for the stock are split like this: 11 of the 26 rate it as a Hold; 13 see it as a buy, while 2 say it is overweight. Although bearish, it is notable that the stock is well above its 200-day simple moving average by 6.70%, while it is 7.19% above and -1.89% below its SMA50 and SMA20 respectively. The volume of shares traded in the last session stands at 13.97 million against a 3-month average of 12.58M.
Looking at the support for United Airlines Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: UAL), a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. Argus stated their Buy rating for the stock in a research note on December 06, 2022. Morgan Stanley coverage for the United Airlines Holdings Inc. (UAL) stock in a research note released on December 05, 2022, offered an Overweight rating with a price target of $67. Morgan Stanley coverage for the United Airlines Holdings Inc. (UAL) stock in a research note released on December 05, 2022, offered an Overweight rating with a price target of $67. Susquehanna was of a view on July 25, 2022, that the stock is Neutral, while Exane BNP Paribas gave the stock Underperform rating on July 07, 2022, issuing a price target of $38- $33. Argus on their part issued a Hold rating on July 07, 2022.
In December 06, 2022, several analysts downgraded their positions on the Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW) stock and predicted its performance to their investors. The analysts at Stifel believe EW is still a Hold and set the price target between $95 and $75. Another analyst that has a Perform rating for EW is Oppenheimer. Mizuho initiated their Buy position on the stock ($100) and Barclays also initiated their Overweight position on the stock ($96).
