Wall Street research analysts must be the most optimistic people on earth. They give "buy" ratings to more than half of public companies, even during the worst bear markets. They don't even give stocks a "hold" rating unless the company has made major missteps.
"Sell" ratings are rare and are only given when the sustainability of a company's business model is in serious question. When Wall Street analysts across multiple brokerages all start downgrading a stock, you know something is seriously wrong.
MarketBeat has compiled an exclusive list of the 12 most downgraded stocks on Wall Street right now. If any of these companies are lurking around in your portfolio, you will want to ask yourself "Why?". Wall Street analysts are abandoning these companies in droves. They are true "strong sell" stocks.
- Number of Downgrades
- 36 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Hold
- Rating Score
- 2.3
- Ratings Breakdown
- 14 Buy Ratings, 15 Hold Ratings, 4 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $100.33 (40.4% Upside)
About Enphase Energy
Enphase Energy, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells home energy solutions for the solar photovoltaic industry in the United States and internationally. The company offers semiconductor-based microinverter, which converts energy at the individual solar module level and combines with its proprietary networking and software technologies to provide energy monitoring and control.
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- Number of Downgrades
- 28 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Moderate Buy
- Rating Score
- 2.5
- Ratings Breakdown
- 15 Buy Ratings, 14 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $89.77 (16.7% Upside)
About NIKE
NIKE, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, markets, and sells athletic footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories, and services worldwide. The company provides athletic and casual footwear, apparel, and accessories under the Jumpman trademark; and casual sneakers, apparel, and accessories under the Converse, Chuck Taylor, All Star, One Star, Star Chevron, and Jack Purcell trademarks.
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- Number of Downgrades
- 23 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Hold
- Rating Score
- 2.1
- Ratings Breakdown
- 5 Buy Ratings, 11 Hold Ratings, 4 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $31.14 (48.0% Upside)
About APA
APA Corporation, an independent energy company, explores for, develops, and produces natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids. It has oil and gas operations in the United States, Egypt, and North Sea. The company also has exploration and appraisal activities in Suriname, as well as holds interests in projects located in Uruguay and internationally.
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#4 - SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ:SEDG)
- Number of Downgrades
- 23 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Reduce
- Rating Score
- 2.0
- Ratings Breakdown
- 4 Buy Ratings, 19 Hold Ratings, 6 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $22.40 (51.6% Upside)
About SolarEdge Technologies
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells direct current (DC) optimized inverter systems for solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, rest of Europe, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Solar and Energy Storage.
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- Number of Downgrades
- 21 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Moderate Buy
- Rating Score
- 2.5
- Ratings Breakdown
- 13 Buy Ratings, 10 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $190.11 (7.2% Upside)
About Boeing
The Boeing Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, services, and supports commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight and launch systems, and services worldwide. The company operates through Commercial Airplanes; Defense, Space & Security; and Global Services segments.
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- Number of Downgrades
- 20 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Moderate Buy
- Rating Score
- 2.9
- Ratings Breakdown
- 18 Buy Ratings, 3 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $255.82 (29.7% Upside)
About IQVIA
IQVIA Holdings Inc engages in the provision of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services to the life sciences industry in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates through three segments: Technology & Analytics Solutions, Research & Development Solutions, and Contract Sales & Medical Solutions.
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- Number of Downgrades
- 20 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Hold
- Rating Score
- 2.4
- Ratings Breakdown
- 15 Buy Ratings, 16 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $160.57 (22.1% Upside)
About Target
Target Corporation operates as a general merchandise retailer in the United States. The company offers apparel for women, men, boys, girls, toddlers, and infants and newborns, as well as jewelry, accessories, and shoes; and beauty and personal care, baby gear, cleaning, paper products, and pet supplies.
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- Number of Downgrades
- 19 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Hold
- Rating Score
- 2.1
- Ratings Breakdown
- 1 Buy Ratings, 10 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- C$43.38 (30.3% Upside)
About BCE
BCE Inc, a communications company, provides wireless, wireline, Internet, and television (TV) services to residential, business, and wholesale customers in Canada. The company operates through two segments, Bell Communication and Technology Services, and Bell Media. The Bell Communication and Technology Services segment provides wireless products and services including mobile data and voice plans and devices; wireline products and services comprising data, including internet access, internet protocol television, cloud-based services, and business solutions, as well as voice, and other communication services and products; and satellite TV and connectivity services for residential, small and medium-sized business, government, and large enterprise customers.
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#9 - Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY)
- Number of Downgrades
- 19 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Hold
- Rating Score
- 2.3
- Ratings Breakdown
- 7 Buy Ratings, 13 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $62.10 (31.8% Upside)
About Occidental Petroleum
Occidental Petroleum Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and gas properties in the United States, the Middle East, and North Africa. It operates through three segments: Oil and Gas, Chemical, and Midstream and Marketing. The company's Oil and Gas segment explores for, develops, and produces oil and condensate, natural gas liquids (NGLs), and natural gas.
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#10 - Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN)
- Number of Downgrades
- 19 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Moderate Buy
- Rating Score
- 2.5
- Ratings Breakdown
- 11 Buy Ratings, 11 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $50.05 (62.7% Upside)
About Devon Energy
Devon Energy Corporation, an independent energy company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids in the United States. It operates in Delaware, Eagle Ford, Anadarko, Williston, and Powder River Basins. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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#11 - Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU)
- Number of Downgrades
- 18 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Moderate Buy
- Rating Score
- 2.8
- Ratings Breakdown
- 23 Buy Ratings, 2 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $135.24 (50.1% Upside)
About Micron Technology
Micron Technology, Inc designs, develops, manufactures, and sells memory and storage products worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Compute and Networking Business Unit, Mobile Business Unit, Embedded Business Unit, and Storage Business Unit. It provides memory and storage technologies comprising dynamic random access memory semiconductor devices with low latency that provide high-speed data retrieval; non-volatile and re-writeable semiconductor storage devices; and non-volatile re-writable semiconductor memory devices that provide fast read speeds under the Micron and Crucial brands, as well as through private labels.
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#12 - Editas Medicine (NASDAQ:EDIT)
- Number of Downgrades
- 18 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Hold
- Rating Score
- 2.1
- Ratings Breakdown
- 3 Buy Ratings, 9 Hold Ratings, 2 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $7.00 (434.4% Upside)
About Editas Medicine
Editas Medicine, Inc, a clinical stage genome editing company, focuses on developing transformative genomic medicines to treat a range of serious diseases. It develops a proprietary gene editing platform based on CRISPR technology. The company develops EDIT-101, which is in Phase 1/2 BRILLIANCE trial for Leber Congenital Amaurosis; and reni-cel, a clinical development gene-edited medicine to treat sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia.
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