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Fly News Breaks for March 27, 2017
KBH, MS, GME, INTU, MIK
Mar 27, 2017 | 10:22 EDT
Catch up on today's top five analyst downgrades with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. Michaels (MIK) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Piper Jaffray with analyst Peter Keith citing his firm's Spring women's survey which showed 30%-40% of arts and crafts purchases are completed online. Further, the analyst's pricing analysis versus Amazon (AMZN) suggests Michaels is at a "notable premium" on 50 like-for-like items. Keith sees potential for price investment by Michaels over the coming years to make itself more competitive with Amazon. 2. Intuit (INTU) downgraded to Buy from Conviction Buy at Goldman with analyst Jesse Hulsing citing the more challenging Consumer Tax environment. Software/do-it-yourself share gains versus assisted are down versus prior years, including Intuit's, the analyst wrote. As a result, Hulsing lowered Inuit estimates and trimmed its price target to $134 from $135. 3. GameStop (GME) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Hilliard Lyons with analyst Jeffrey Thomison saying 2017 guidance was "underwhelming" and he has increased concerns regarding the core video game retailing business. 4. Morgan Stanley (MS) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Compass Point with analyst Charles Peabody saying he views shares as overvalued based on the elongated trajectory towards earning a competitive ROE and most of the benefits of Project Streamline have been priced in or realized. 5. KB Home (KBH) downgraded on valuation at JMP Securities with analyst Peter Martin downgraded the stock based on valuation. This list is just a portion of The Fly's full analyst coverage. To see The Fly's full Street Research coverage, click here.