The article recaps Wednesday's Wall Street analyst calls, including several downgrades in tech and industrial names and selected upgrades in defense and commodities. Albemarle (ALB) was upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Mizuho with a $130 target, and Lockheed Martin (LMT) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Vertical Research with a $600 target. Dell Technologies (DELL) was cut to Equal Weight from Overweight at Barclays, with its target lowered to $574 from $603, and Lennox International (LII) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman Sachs, with its target slashed to $390 from $547. For market context, the S&P 500 closed Tuesday at 7,805, down 0.02%, while gold closed at $4,160 and Brent crude at $106.10.
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Original headline: Here Are Wednesday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Albemarle, Alcoa, Brinker International, Dell Technologies, Garmin, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Lockheed Martin, NetApp, Trane Technologies, and More
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