Agilent Technologies dominated analyst activity today. Three separate firms raised their price targets on the life sciences equipment maker. Stifel moved to $180 from $170. B of A Securities jumped to $180 from $155. Citigroup went highest at $190, up from $185. All three hold Buy ratings. The consensus target now sits at $172.90, up sharply from $160.85. Agilent carries a market cap of $43.8 billion and short interest of just 1.8% of free float — few bears in sight.
Airbnb got a boost from Barclays. Analyst Ross Sandler lifted his target to $150 from $125. That's a $25 jump on a single call. The stock's $78.9 billion market cap gives it room to run if demand data stays solid.
Hormel Foods moved the other way. The consensus target dropped to $27.14 from $27.25. That's a small move, but it reflects persistent pressure on the packaged-foods name. Short interest sits at 3.2% of free float — modest, but bears are watching.
Best Buy and Salesforce also saw consensus targets tick higher after recent earnings results. Retail and software are catching modest tailwinds from the analyst community heading into September.
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