Analyst Wire — 2026-08-19

Every US sell-side action recorded on 2026-08-19 — 51 in total: 2 upgrades, 3 downgrades, plus initiations and price-target moves, frozen as recorded.

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Upgrades (2)

NameFirmRatingTargetCallOurs
MRNABank of America SecuritiesUnderperform → NeutralUpgraded to Neutral from Underperform
NVDAMorgan StanleyOverweight → OutperformUpgraded to Outperform from OverweightRubin · AW40

Downgrades (3)

NameFirmRatingTargetCallOurs
NVDAWilliam BlairOutperform → UnderweightDowngraded to Underweight from OutperformRubin · AW40
NVDARBC CapitalOutperform → NeutralDowngraded to Neutral from OutperformRubin · AW40
WMTOppenheimerPerform → CautiousDowngraded to Cautious from Perform

Initiations (3)

NameFirmRatingTargetCallOurs
IBMCraig-HallumBuyInitiated to Buy
SITMBenchmarkBuyInitiated to Buy
VVVBenchmarkBuyInitiated to Buy

Price-target moves (43)

NameFirmRatingTargetCallOurs
EPRKeyBanc$70Target set to $70 (+15.5% to spot)
ELGoldman Sachs$100 → $112Target raised to $112 from $100 (+14.3% to spot)
ADIGoldman Sachs$450 → $480Target raised to $480 from $450 (+28.6% to spot)
CVLGBaird$50Target set to $50 (+46% to spot)
WWWWilliams Trading$20Target set to $20 (-4.1% to spot)
MRNAGoldman Sachs$67 → $120Target raised to $120 from $67 (-31.2% to spot)
TGTDA Davidson$170 → $185Target raised to $185 from $170 (+16.3% to spot)
MRKMorgan Stanley$179Target set to $179 (+17.6% to spot)
ADIBernstein$465Target set to $465 (+24.6% to spot)
TLNBNP Paribas$595 → $560Target cut to $560 from $595 (+73.2% to spot)
VSTBNP Paribas$282 → $255Target cut to $255 from $282 (+80.4% to spot)
NRGBNP Paribas$232 → $221Target cut to $221 from $232 (+87.4% to spot)
CEGBNP Paribas$393 → $374Target cut to $374 from $393 (+37.9% to spot)
TGTBarclays$115 → $140Target raised to $140 from $115 (-13.2% to spot)
ANFTelsey Advisory$115 → $118Target raised to $118 from $115 (+11.4% to spot)
WESTTelsey Advisory$10 → $11Target raised to $11 from $10 (+31.1% to spot)
MRNARBC Capital$45 → $130Target raised to $130 from $45 (-14.1% to spot)
LGNTigress Financial$125 → $130Target raised to $130 from $125 (+100.4% to spot)
KEYSMorgan Stanley$400 → $425Target raised to $425 from $400 (+33.1% to spot)
AMGNMorgan Stanley$351 → $362Target raised to $362 from $351 (-17.8% to spot)HALO
SNPSMorgan Stanley$525 → $500Target cut to $500 from $525 (+23.3% to spot)Rubin
CVXMorgan Stanley$210 → $218Target raised to $218 from $210 (+5.1% to spot)
XOMMorgan Stanley$168 → $177Target raised to $177 from $168 (+5.4% to spot)
COPMorgan Stanley$147 → $151Target raised to $151 from $147 (+14.1% to spot)
EOGMorgan Stanley$156 → $157Target raised to $157 from $156 (+3.8% to spot)
MURMorgan Stanley$35 → $36Target raised to $36 from $35 (-0.2% to spot)
OVVMorgan Stanley$65 → $67Target raised to $67 from $65 (+2% to spot)
ARMorgan Stanley$48 → $49Target raised to $49 from $48 (+31.4% to spot)
CRKMorgan Stanley$16 → $15Target cut to $15 from $16 (+8.9% to spot)
EXEMorgan Stanley$131 → $129Target cut to $129 from $131 (+33.8% to spot)
RRCMorgan Stanley$44 → $43Target cut to $43 from $44 (+6.5% to spot)
WTNorthland$22 → $26Target raised to $26 from $22 (+11.1% to spot)
HEIDeutsche Bank$403 → $421Target raised to $421 from $403 (+14.4% to spot)
INTUDeutsche Bank$530 → $425Target cut to $425 from $530 (+16.8% to spot)AW40
AMGNArgus$375 → $460Target raised to $460 from $375 (+4.6% to spot)HALO
KLARBMO Capital$19 → $15Target cut to $15 from $19 (+2.3% to spot)
LFSTBTIG$16 → $19Target raised to $19 from $16 (+51.3% to spot)
HSICBTIG$100 → $110Target raised to $110 from $100 (+21.4% to spot)
ARMKRBC Capital$60 → $70Target raised to $70 from $60 (+16.2% to spot)
GPNRBC Capital$96 → $102Target raised to $102 from $96 (+10.4% to spot)
MRCYRBC Capital$105 → $120Target raised to $120 from $105 (+20.6% to spot)
DRHEvercore ISI$13 → $14Target raised to $14 from $13 (+10.6% to spot)
HDBernstein SocGen Group$354Target set to $354 (+1.8% to spot)

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