Essex Property Trust Inc Stock Discussion

Pre-Market Stock Movers
Gapping up
$XPeng (XPEV.US)$
(U.S.-traded shares of the Chinese electric vehicles company jumped 5% Monday premarket. Xpeng announced it would buy Didi’s smart electric car business in a deal worth $744 million.)
$3M (MMM.US)$
(Shares rallied more than 5% after Bloomberg News reported the company tentatively agreed to resolve more than 330,000 lawsuits related to its defective earplugs, The company...

Tesla Upgraded to Neutral From Sell at Citi
Citi analyst Itay Michaeli upgraded $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ to Neutral from Sell with a price target of $176, up from $141.33. The year-to-date pullback in the shares has "balanced out" the near-term risk/reward, Michaeli tells investors in a research note. With Tesla's multiple contracting to 30-times estimated 2023 earnings, some of the "prior baked-in expectations that we didn't agree with are out...

There were 12 S&P 500 stocks hitting 52-week lows during Wednesday’s market decline.
Warner Bros. Discovery ( $Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.US)$ ) trading at lows not seen since May 2009
Fox ( $Fox Corp-B (FOX.US)$ ) trading at lows not seen since Nov. 2020
News Corp. ( $News Corp-B (NWS.US)$ ) trading at lows not seen since Nov. 2020
Disney ( $Disney (DIS.US)$ ) trading at lows not seen since March 2020
Amazon.com ( $Amazon (AMZN.US)$ ) trading at lows ...

Upgrades
• $Funko (FNKO.US)$ : JPMorgan Upgrades to Overweight from Neutral - PT $28 (from $25)
• $Southwest Airlines (LUV.US)$ : Raymond James Upgrades to Strong Buy from Outperform - PT $55 (from $57)
• $MetLife (MET.US)$ : Wolfe Research Upgrades to Outperform from Peerperform
• $MGIC Investment (MTG.US)$ : RBC Capital Upgrades to Outperform from Sector Perform - PT $16 (from $15)
• $Snowflake (SNOW.US)$ : JPMorgan Upgrades to Overweigh...

Upgrades
• $Grab Holdings (GRAB.US)$: Bernstein Upgrades to Outperform from Market Perform - PT $3.04
• $Linde (LIN.US)$: Evercore ISI Upgrades to Outperform from In Line - PT $355
• $Magellan Midstream (MMP.US)$: Wells Fargo Upgrades to Overweight from EqualWeight - PT $56 (from $54)
• $Mercury Systems (MRCY.US)$: Baird Upgrades to Outperform from Neutral - PT $72 (from $56)
• $Nurix Therapeutics (NRIX.US)$: Wells Fargo Upgrades to Overweight from EqualWeight - PT...

Upgrades
• $Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US)$ : Piper Sandler Upgrades to Overweight from Neutral - PT $140 (from $98)
• $Cooper Companies (COO.US)$ : Citigroup Upgrades to Buy from Neutral - PT $405 (from $460)
• $Equity Residential (EQR.US)$ : Mizuho Securities Upgrades to Buy from Neutral - PT $84 (from $92)
• $Essex Property Trust Inc (ESS.US)$ : Goldman Sachs Upgrades to Buy from Sell
• $Turtle Beach (HEAR.US)$ : Wedbush Upgrades to Outperform from Neutra...

Upgrades
• $Autoliv (ALV.US)$ : UBS Upgrades to Buy from Neutral - PT $90 (from $103)
• $Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE.US)$ : Raymond James Upgrades to Outperform from Market Perform - PT $6
• $EOG Resources (EOG.US)$ : Raymond James Upgrades to Strong Buy from Outperform - PT $170
• $Genuine Parts (GPC.US)$ : BofA Securities Upgrades to Neutral from Underperform - PT $133
• $Graphic Packaging (GPK.US)$ : Exane Upgrades to Outperform from Neutral - PT $26
• $Healthcare Trust of America Inc (HTA.US)$ : Berenbe...