The Street’s Key Stock Analysts Research Reports

$AINC, $BLK, $CLS, $CME, $COST, $DWDP, $GDDY, $HCA, $HLF

Daily HeffX-LTN reviews dozens of  the Street’s Key analysts research reports to ID new trading and investing ideas for HeffX-LTN readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid.

Below is a list of the Street’s Key analysts outlook for main issues for Friday, as follows:

Ashford Inc. (NYSE:AINC) was raised to Buy from Neutral but the price target was lowered down to 91 from 95 at B. Riley.

BlackRock Inc. (NYSE:BLK) was maintained as Buy but the target price was lowered to 550 from559 at Deutsche Bank.

Celestica Inc. (NYSE:CLS) analysts raised CLS to Outperform from Neutral Macquarie, a day after it rose 0.6% to $10.03 despite a big market sell-off. Also, Argus reiterated the stock as Hold, calling it a niche acquisition positive as of now.

CME Group Inc. (NYSE:CME) was reiterated as Buy and the target price was raised to $192 from $185 at Deutsche Bank.

Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ:COST) was reiterated as Buy with a target price of 255 at Argus, with the independent research firm talking up Costco’s financial strength and ability to deliver extreme values.. Costco has a consensus target price at 241.58, and its 52-wk trading range is 156.36 – 245.16.

DowDuPont Inc. (NYSE:DWDP) analysts maintained DWDP as Buy but the target price was lowered to 74 from 79 (Vs a 58.98 close Thursday) at Citigroup. DowDuPont has a post-split range of 59.01 – 77.08.

GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE:GDDY) analysts raised GDDY to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup. The stock’s consensus price target was last seen at 83.87.

HCA Healthcare Inc. (NYSE:HCA) was maintained as Buy and the price target was raised to 156 from 136 at Citigroup.

Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) analysts started with a Buy rating and assigned a 65 price target (Vs a 52.00 at the  close Thursday) at Jefferies.

Have a terrific weekend

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