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U.S. CPI Card Group, First Solar, Viking Therapeutics



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Nov 22 (Reuters) -Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S.-listed companies, including CPI Card Group, First Solar, and Viking Therapeutics, on Friday.


HIGHLIGHTS

* BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc BJ.N: TD Cowen raises target price to $110 from $95

* CPI Card Group PMTS.O: D.A. Davidson initiates coverage with buy rating; PT $36

* First Solar Inc FSLR.O: Piper Sandler cuts target price to $210 from $245

* Monolithic Power Systems MPWR.O: Needham cuts target price to $600 from $950

* Viking Therapeutics VKTX.O: B. Riley initiates coverage with buy rating; PT $109

Following is a summary of research actions on U.S. companies reported by Reuters on Friday. Stock entries are in alphabetical order.


* Abbvie ABBV.N: Leerink Partners raises to outperform from market perform

* Allegro Microsystems Inc ALGM.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Allegro Microsystems Inc ALGM.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with target price $23

* American Express Co AXP.N: Citigroup raises target price to $305 from $270

* Ameriprise Financial Inc AMP.N: Jefferies raises target price to $653 from $630

* Ametek AME.N: KeyBanc raises target price to $215 from $205

* Amphastar Pharmaceuticals AMPH.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Amphastar Pharmaceuticals AMPH.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with target price $55

* Analog Devices Inc ADI.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* Analog Devices Inc ADI.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with target price $220

* Atkore Inc ATKR.N: Citigroup cuts target price to $96 from $106

* Atkore Inc ATKR.N: RBC cuts target price to $93 from $99

* Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp AUB.N: KBW raises target price to $46 from $42

* Autodesk ADSK.O: Morgan Stanley raises target price to $375.00 from $320.00

* Autodesk Inc ADSK.O: Citigroup raises target price to $358 from $325

* Autodesk Inc ADSK.O: Wells Fargo raises target price to $350 from $340

* BJ's Wholesale Club BJ.N: Morgan Stanley raises target price to $98.00 from $90.00

* BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc BJ.N: Citigroup raises target price to $94 from $79

* BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc BJ.N: D.A. Davidson raises PT to $110 from $95

* BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc BJ.N: Jefferies raises PT to $110 from $105

* BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc BJ.N: TD Cowen raises target price to $110 from $95

* Bloom Energy Corp BE.N: Jefferies raises target price to $22 from $12

* Bloom Energy Corp BE.N: Piper Sandler raises target price to $30 from $20

* Cadence Design Systems Inc CDNS.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Cadence Design Systems Inc CDNS.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with target price $350

* Capital One Financial Corp COF.N: Citigroup raises target price to $225 from $190

* Clearwater Analytics Holdings Inc CWAN.N: RBC raises target price to $36 from $32

* Clene Inc CLNN.O: Benchmark cuts target price to $84 from $90

* Copart Inc CPRT.O: Jefferies raises target price to $66 from $63

* CPI Card Group PMTS.O: D.A. Davidson initiates coverage with buy rating; PT $36

* Crocs Inc CROX.O: Needham initiates coverage with buy rating; target price $116

* Crowdstrike CRWD.O: Jefferies raises target price to $415 from $345

* Crowdstrike CRWD.O: JP Morgan raises target price to $369 from $330

* Datadog Inc DDOG.O: BTIG raises target price to $171 from $149

* Deckers Brands DECK.N: Needham initiates coverage with buy rating; target price $218

* Deere & Co DE.N: Citigroup raises target price to $460 from $410

* Deere & Co DE.N: Daiwa Capital Markets raises target price to $495 from $425

* Deere & Co DE.N: Jefferies raises target price to $510 from $495

* Deere & Co DE.N: JP Morgan raises target price to $450 from $420

* Deere & Co DE.N: Barclays raises target price to $475 from $400

* Deere DE.N: Barclays raises target price to $475 from $400

* Elastic NV ESTC.N: Piper Sandler raises target price to $130 from $100

* Elastic NV ESTC.N: RBC raises target price to $130 from $110

* Elastic NV ESTC.N: Scotiabank raises target price to $135 from $92

* Enphase Energy Inc ENPH.O: Piper Sandler cuts target price to $70 from $85

* Enphase Energy Inc ENPH.O: RBC cuts target price to $71 from $85

* European Wax Center Inc EWCZ.O: Citigroup cuts to neutral from buy

* Evolent Health Inc EVH.N: JP Morgan cuts target price to $15 from $45

* Expand Energy Corp EXE.O: RBC raises target price to $116 from $102

* Expedia Inc EXPE.O: Morgan Stanley raises target price to $180.00 from $150.00

* First Solar Inc FSLR.O: Piper Sandler cuts target price to $210 from $245

* Flowserve FLS.N: RBC raises to outperform from sector perform; raises PT to $69 from $57

* Flutter Entertainment Plc FLUT.N: Goldman Sachs initiates coverage with buy rating; PT $320

* Foot Locker Inc FL.N: Needham initiates coverage with buy rating; target price $27

* Gap Inc GAP.N: BofA Global Research raises price objective to $28 from $25

* Gap Inc GAP.N: JP Morgan raises target price to $28 from $26

* Gap Inc GAP.N: Morgan Stanley raises target price to $30.00 from $29.00

* Generac Holdings Inc GNRC.N: Piper Sandler raises target price to $200 from $190

* Innovid Corp CTV.N: Needham cuts to hold from buy

* Insmed Inc INSM.O: JP Morgan raises target price to $83 from $74

* Installed Building Products Inc IBP.N: JP Morgan raises PT to $241 from $236

* Intuit INTU.O: Morgan Stanley raises target price to $730.00 from $685.00

* Intuit Inc INTU.O: Barclays cuts target price to $775 from $800

* Intuit Inc INTU.O: Barclays cuts target price to $775 from $800

* Intuit Inc INTU.O: Jefferies raises target price to $800 from $790

* Intuit Inc INTU.O: JP Morgan raises target price to $640 from $600

* Intuit Inc INTU.O: Piper Sandler cuts target price to $765 from $768

* Kura Oncology Inc KURA.O: BofA Global Research cuts price objective to $29 from $36

* Mativ Holdings Inc MATV.N: Stifel initiates coverage with hold rating; target price $15.5

* Monolithic Power Systems MPWR.O: Needham cuts target price to $600 from $950

* Monolithic Power Systems MPWR.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* Monolithic Power Systems MPWR.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with target price $610

* Netapp Inc NTAP.O: Barclays raises target price to $132 from $119

* NetApp Inc NTAP.O: Citigroup raises target price to $135 from $130

* NetApp Inc NTAP.O: Morgan Stanley raises target price to $132.00 from $127.00

* NetApp Inc NTAP.O: TD Cowen raises target price to $160 from $145

* Netapp Inc NTAP.O: Wells Fargo raises target price to $140 from $135

* Nextracker Inc NXT.O: Piper Sandler cuts target price to $47 from $60

* Nike Inc NKE.N: Needham initiates coverage with buy rating; target price $84

* Northern Trust Corp NTRS.O: Citigroup raises target price to $110 from $100

* Nvidia Corp NVDA.O: Morgan Stanley raises target price to $168 from $160

* ON Semiconductor Corporation ON.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* ON Semiconductor Corporation ON.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with target price $85

* Palo Alto Networks PANW.O: HSBC cuts to reduce from hold; cuts PT to $291 from $304

* Palo Alto Networks Inc PANW.O: Citigroup raises target price to $432 from $395

* PayPal PYPL.O: Piper Sandler assumes coverage with neutral rating; target price $88

* priority Technology Holdings Inc PRTH.O: KBW raises target price to $10 from $9

* Procore Technologies Inc PCOR.N: Barclays raises target price to $78 from $66

* Procore Technologies Inc PCOR.N: Canaccord Genuity raises target price to $83 from $67

* Procore Technologies Inc PCOR.N: D.A. Davidson raises target price to $70 from $60

* Procore Technologies Inc PCOR.N: Jefferies raises target price to $80 from $70

* Procore Technologies Inc PCOR.N: JP Morgan raises target price to $85 from $75

* Procore Technologies Inc PCOR.N: Piper Sandler raises target price to $90 from $70

* Procore Technologies Inc PCOR.N: TD Cowen raises target price to $82 from $70

* Protagonist Therapeutics Inc PTGX.O: BTIG raises target price to $67 from $51

* Quest Diagnostics Inc DGX.N: Leerink Partners raises target price to $169 from $165

* RBC Bearings Inc RBC.N: KeyBanc raises to overweight from sector weight

* Reinsurance Group of America Incorporated RGA.N: Barclays raises PT to $255 from $250

* Ross Stores Inc ROST.O: JP Morgan raises target price to $173 from $171

* Shoals Technologies Group Inc SHLS.O: Piper Sandler cuts PT to $8 from $10

* Skechers USA Inc SKX.N: Needham initiates coverage with hold rating

* Snowflake Inc SNOW.N: Citigroup raises target price to $225 from $183

* Snowflake Inc SNOW.N: HSBC raises target price to $149 from $121

* Sonic Automotive Inc SAH.N: Seaport Research Partners raises to buy rating

* State Street Corp STT.N: Citigroup raises target price to $105 from $90

* Stem Inc STEM.N: Piper Sandler cuts target price to $0.3 from $1.5

* Steven Madden Ltd SHOO.O: Needham initiates coverage with hold rating

* Sunnova Energy International Inc NOVA.N: Piper Sandler cuts PT to $4.5 from $8

* Sunrun Inc RUN.O: Piper Sandler cuts target price to $11 from $23

* Sunrun Inc RUN.O: Piper Sandler cuts to neutral from overweight

* Synopsys Inc SNPS.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* Synopsys Inc SNPS.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with target price $570

* Texas Instruments Incorporated TXN.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* Texas Instruments Incorporated TXN.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with PT $215

* The Gap Inc GAP.N: Barclays raises target price to $32 from $31

* The Gap Inc GAP.N: Wells Fargo raises target price to $30 from $28

* The Procter & Gamble Company PG.N: Wells Fargo raises target price to $190 from $188

* Timken Co TKR.N: KeyBanc cuts to sector weight from overweight

* TJX Companies Inc TJX.N: TD Cowen raises target price to $132 from $130

* Transmedics Group Inc TMDX.O: Needham cuts to hold from buy

* UMB Financial UMBF.O: RBC initiates coverage with sector perform rating; PT $130

* Unum Group UNM.N: Jefferies raises target price to $91 from $84

* Vestis Corp VSTS.N: JP Morgan raises target price to $16 from $15

* Vestis Corp. VSTS.N: Barclays raises target price to $13 from $10

* Viking Therapeutics VKTX.O: B. Riley initiates coverage with buy rating; PT $109

* Waldencast Plc WALD.O: Jefferies raises target price to $5 from $4

* Waldencast Plc WALD.O: Canaccord Genuity raises target price to $6 from $5

* Warner Music Group Corp WMG.O: JP Morgan cuts target price to $40 from $41

* Williams-Sonoma Inc WSM.N: Citigroup raises target price to $177 from $134



(Compiled by Bengaluru Newsroom)

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