Analysts Rating Alert: ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS)

Shares of ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) shot up in afternoon trading Wednesday, after Mizuho analyst Paul Sankey turned bullish oil and natural gas exploration company, citing a favorable “cash return message.” Sankey raised his rating to buy and has an $80 stock price target, which implies a 27% rally from current levels.



ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) shares edged up 4.99% to finally closed at $62.75 in last active session. 

COP’s distance from 20 day simple moving average is 5.90% and distance from 50-Day simple moving average is 2.13%.

Analyst’s mean target price for COP is $79.94 while analysts mean recommendation is 2.00. Stock value has moved between $56.53 – 80.45 in last one year. Stock has got OUTPERFORM rating from 6 of Thomson Reuters analysts, 7 given HOLD rating to the stock and 0 given UNDERPERFORM rating. Analyst’s mean target price for COP is $79.94 while analysts mean recommendation is 2.00. 

ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) yearly performance is -5.13% and net profit margin is 19.10%. Annual EPS Growth of past 5 years is -3.80%. The current share price indicates that stock is -21.80% away from its one year high and is moving 10.57% ahead of its 52-week low. 



On 26 June 2018, AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS) shares edged up 5.99% and ultimately finalized to $2.30 in last traded day. Stock has got OUTPERFORM rating from 1 of Thomson Reuters analysts, 9 given HOLD rating to the stock and 2 given UNDERPERFORM rating. Analyst’s mean target price for AKS is $2.35 while analysts mean recommendation is 3.20. 



At the movement Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) is under coverage by number of analysts. Buy rating has been given by 10 analysts to the company stock whereas 1 given UNDERPERFORM rating to stock and 7 given HOLD rating. The consensus recommendation by Thomson Reuters analysts is outperform and their mean rating for the stock is 1.96 on scale of 1-5. Analysts mean target price for Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) is $54.24 while their mean recommendation is 2.00 (1=Buy, 5=sell). 

If we look at stock performance in last active day trading, we see that stock has moved edged up 0.77% to end the day at $42.99. The current share price indicate that stock is -16.56% away from its one year high and is moving 17.01% ahead of its 52-week low. 

Leave a Reply