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MEOH

RBC Capital analyst Nelson Ng has reiterated Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH) with a Sector Perform and maintains a $45 price target.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

October 02, 2023 | 3:47 pm

PANW

Unusual options activity has been observed for Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW), with a bearish stance taken by a large investor. The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is 20% bullish and 80% bearish. The whales have been targeting a price range from $135.0 to $310.0 for Palo Alto Networks over the last 3 months. HSBC has downgraded its action to Hold with a price target of $242, while Citigroup and BTIG maintain their Buy rating with price targets of $285 and $292 respectively.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

October 02, 2023 | 3:45 pm

BKNG

A whale investor has taken a bullish stance on Booking Holdings (NASDAQ:BKNG), with 58% of investors opening trades with bullish expectations and 41% with bearish. Whales have been targeting a price range from $1600.0 to $3800.0 for Booking Holdings over the last 3 months. DA Davidson maintains a Neutral rating on Booking Holdings with a price target of $3400, while Argus Research downgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $3677.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

October 02, 2023 | 3:45 pm

COP

A whale investor has taken a bullish stance on ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), with 56% of investors opening trades with bullish expectations and 43% with bearish. The whale has been targeting a price range from $65.0 to $135.0 for ConocoPhillips over the last 3 months. The price of COP is currently up 0.4% at $120.28, with RSI indicators suggesting the stock may be approaching oversold. The next earnings are expected to be released in 31 days.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

October 02, 2023 | 3:45 pm

TSX:HBM

RBC Capital analyst Sam Crittenden has reiterated an Outperform rating on Hudbay Minerals (TSX:HBM) and maintained a C$10 price target.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

October 02, 2023 | 3:44 pm

TSX:FTT

RBC Capital analyst Sabahat Khan has reiterated an 'Outperform' rating on Finning International (TSX:FTT) and maintained a price target of C$52.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

October 02, 2023 | 3:42 pm

TSX:CSU

RBC Capital analyst Paul Treiber has reiterated an 'Outperform' rating on Constellation Software (TSX:CSU) and maintained a price target of C$3300.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

October 02, 2023 | 3:40 pm

ZS

Piper Sandler analyst Rob Owens has upgraded Zscaler Inc (ZS) from Neutral to Overweight and raised the price target from $160 to $190. The analyst believes Zscaler is well-positioned to benefit from the transition to next-generation network security architectures, with opportunities for sustained growth from the core ZIA + ZPA proposition. The analyst also sees strong growth prospects and ramping margins for ZS in 4Q and the coming year.

Portfolio Pulse from Shivani Kumaresan

October 02, 2023 | 3:37 pm

MU

Unusual options activity has been observed for Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU), with a large position indicating a bullish stance. The options scanner at Benzinga spotted 23 uncommon trades, split between 56% bullish and 43% bearish. The trades included 9 puts amounting to $532,595 and 14 calls amounting to $807,778. The targeted price range for Micron Technology over the last 3 months is from $65.0 to $72.5. Analysts have mixed ratings on the company, with price targets ranging from $58 to $90.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

October 02, 2023 | 3:31 pm

WCN

Stifel analyst Michael Hoffman has reiterated a 'Buy' rating on Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) and maintained a price target of $168.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

October 02, 2023 | 3:28 pm