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
- 33 (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
- $102.09 (61.1% 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
- 27 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Hold
- Rating Score
- 2.3
- Ratings Breakdown
- 12 Buy Ratings, 19 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $98.30 (33.4% Upside)
About Okta
Okta, Inc operates as an identity partner in the United States and internationally. The company offers Okta's suite of products and services used to manage and secure identities, such as Single Sign-On that enables users to access applications in the cloud or on-premises from various devices; Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication provides a layer of security for cloud, mobile, web applications, and data; API Access Management enables organizations to secure APIs; Access Gateway enables organizations to extend Workforce Identity Cloud; and Okta Device Access enables end users to securely log in to devices with Okta credentials.
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#3 - SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ:SEDG)
- Number of Downgrades
- 25 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Reduce
- Rating Score
- 1.8
- Ratings Breakdown
- 2 Buy Ratings, 19 Hold Ratings, 8 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $22.79 (109.7% 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
- 23 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Hold
- Rating Score
- 2.2
- Ratings Breakdown
- 6 Buy Ratings, 10 Hold Ratings, 4 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $32.81 (48.3% 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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#5 - Dollar General (NYSE:DG)
- Number of Downgrades
- 23 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Hold
- Rating Score
- 2.3
- Ratings Breakdown
- 8 Buy Ratings, 13 Hold Ratings, 2 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $104.00 (42.0% Upside)
About Dollar General
Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States. It offers consumable products, including paper and cleaning products, such as paper towels, bath tissues, paper dinnerware, trash and storage bags, disinfectants, and laundry products; packaged food comprising cereals, pasta, canned soups, fruits and vegetables, condiments, spices, sugar, and flour; and perishables that include milk, eggs, bread, refrigerated and frozen food, beer, and wine.
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- Number of Downgrades
- 23 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Hold
- Rating Score
- 2.3
- Ratings Breakdown
- 5 Buy Ratings, 15 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $87.95 (39.2% Upside)
About Dollar Tree
Dollar Tree, Inc operates retail discount stores. The company operates in two segments, Dollar Tree and Family Dollar. The Dollar Tree segment offers merchandise at the fixed price of $ 1.25. It provides consumable merchandise, which includes everyday consumables, such as household paper and chemicals, food, candy, health, personal care products, and frozen and refrigerated food; variety merchandise comprising toys, durable housewares, gifts, stationery, party goods, greeting cards, softlines, arts and crafts supplies, and other items; and seasonal goods that include Christmas, Easter, Halloween, and Valentine's Day merchandise.
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- Number of Downgrades
- 23 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Hold
- Rating Score
- 2.4
- Ratings Breakdown
- 12 Buy Ratings, 10 Hold Ratings, 2 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $420.71 (22.6% Upside)
About Ulta Beauty
Ulta Beauty, Inc operates as a specialty beauty retailer in the United States. The company offers branded and private label beauty products, including cosmetics, fragrance, haircare, skincare, bath and body products, professional hair products, and salon styling tools through its Ulta Beauty stores, shop-in-shops, Ulta.com website, and its mobile applications.
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- Number of Downgrades
- 21 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Moderate Buy
- Rating Score
- 2.6
- Ratings Breakdown
- 17 Buy Ratings, 8 Hold Ratings, 2 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $316.04 (9.7% Upside)
About FedEx
FedEx Corporation provides transportation, e-commerce, and business services in the United States and internationally. It operates through FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight, and FedEx Services segments. The FedEx Express segment offers express transportation, small-package ground delivery, and freight transportation services; and time-critical transportation services.
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- Number of Downgrades
- 20 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Moderate Buy
- Rating Score
- 2.5
- Ratings Breakdown
- 14 Buy Ratings, 9 Hold Ratings, 2 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $190.37 (30.3% 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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#10 - Domino's Pizza (NYSE:DPZ)
- Number of Downgrades
- 20 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Moderate Buy
- Rating Score
- 2.7
- Ratings Breakdown
- 21 Buy Ratings, 8 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $494.38 (12.6% Upside)
About Domino's Pizza
Domino's Pizza, Inc, through its subsidiaries, operates as a pizza company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: U.S. Stores, International Franchise, and Supply Chain. It offers pizzas under the Domino's brand name through company-owned and franchised stores.
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#11 - Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN)
- Number of Downgrades
- 19 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Moderate Buy
- Rating Score
- 2.5
- Ratings Breakdown
- 12 Buy Ratings, 10 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $51.85 (35.4% 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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#12 - Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT)
- Number of Downgrades
- 18 (in the last 90 days)
- Consensus Rating
- Moderate Buy
- Rating Score
- 2.7
- Ratings Breakdown
- 15 Buy Ratings, 7 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $219.81 (28.9% Upside)
About Applied Materials
Applied Materials, Inc engages in the provision of manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. The company operates through three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. The Semiconductor Systems segment develops, manufactures, and sells various manufacturing equipment that is used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits.
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