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$Affirm Holdings (AFRM.US)$ initiated at neutral by Compass Point, announced target price at $15.00.
$SoFi Technologies (SOFI.US)$ initiated at sell by Compass Point, announced targe price at $5.00.
$Evotec (EVO.US)$ was upgraded by Morgan Stanley from equal-weight to overweight, increased target price from $12.00 to $16.00.
$Principal Financial (PFG.US)$ was upgraded by Jefferies from underperform to hold, increased target price from $60.00 to $6...

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$Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG.US)$ made it into the top 10 of the BofA quant growth screen, while $Principal Financial (PFG.US)$ now ranks in the top for value.
"The screens are quantitatively generated and are based on our proprietary BofA vs. Consensus Earnings Surprise Model plus three additional screening criteria," BofA's equity and quant teams wrote in a note. "The universe we use is the $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ ."...

Here are the top gap ups and downs for the stocks with a market cap above $5 billion after the previous market closed (gaps range from large to small):
Gap Ups
1. $Bath & Body Works (BBWI.US)$ - up 7.8%
2. $Lloyds Banking (LYG.US)$ - up 0.48%
3. $Cisco (CSCO.US)$ - up 0.4%
Gap Downs
1. $Ormat Technologies (ORA.US)$ - down 5.45%
2. $Cloudflare (NET.US)$ - down 3.46%
3. $Spotify Technology (SPOT.US)$ - down 2.62%
4. $Gitlab (GTLB.US)$ - dow...

Target Upgraded to Overweight From Neutral at Piper Sandler
Piper Sandler analyst Edward Yruma upgraded $Target (TGT.US)$ to Overweight from Neutral with a price target of $200, up from $190. The company has had a difficult 2022, but we are approaching "trough" EBIT margins and the stock's valuation now "looks compelling," Yruma tells investors in a research note.
Canaccord Starts Estee Lauder With Hold, Sees Estimate Risk
Canaccord analys...

$Principal Financial (PFG.US)$ Sells 9,863 Shares of $PDD Holdings (PDD.US)$

The economic slowdown (63 mentions, +933% year-over-year) was the fastest growing topic discussed by executives of S&P 500 companies for the second month in a row, and inflation (1,012 mentions, +140%) was the most popular topic this month, according to an analysis of earnings conference calls in August. Company backlogs, widespread headwinds and solar were also discussed.
Here are some representative views from S&P 500 executives:
Economic Slowdown
$Loews (L.US)$ Corp, Chi...

Upgrades
• $Marqeta (MQ.US)$ : Morgan Stanley Upgrades to Overweight from Equalweight - PT $15
• $Northwest Natural (NWN.US)$ : BofA Securities Upgrades to Neutral from Underperform - PT $53 (from $51)
• $Otis Worldwide (OTIS.US)$ : Barclays Upgrades to Overweight from Equalweight - PT $82 (from $80)
• $Snowflake (SNOW.US)$ : Rosenblatt Upgrades to Buy from Neutral - PT $255 (from $325)
Downgrades
• $Eaton (ETN.US)$ : Barclays Downgrades to Underweight from Eq...

Weekly market recap
U.S. stock index futures were little changed during overnight trading Sunday after the $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ posted its best week of 2022, boosted by quarterly earnings reports and a better-than-expected January employment report.
Futures contracts tied to the $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ advanced 0.11%. S&P 500 futures were flat, while $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ futures eased 0.1%.
The S&P and $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ advanced ...