The Latest Breaking News from Raymond James

The Fed's on a rate-hike spree. Higher interest rates give a boost to net interest margins. RJF stock topped an early entry.

Raymond James analyst Savanthi Syth lowered the price target on Copa Holdings (NYSE:CPA) to $110 (an upside of 42%) from $115 while maintaining the Strong Buy rating on the shares. Copa is a Panamanian holding company consisting of Copa Airlines and Copa Colombia. The analyst revised the forecast to reflect higher fuel price forecasts, particularly…

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Marathon Petroleum. Looking at options history for Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) we detected 15 strange trades.

Fastly Inc (NYSE:FSLY) is surging on a speculative rumor that it could be a takeover target by Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL). A company like Google could acquire Fastly to improve its content delivery network, the Deal.com reported. Fastly operated a content delivery network to help entities provide faster and more reliable online content. Fastly reported…

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Raymond James reduced the price target on Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) from $161 to $157. Intercontinental Exchange shares rose 0.2% to $130.79 in pre-market trading.

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Raymond James analyst Joseph Altobello raised the price target on BRP Inc (NASDAQ: DOOO) to C$146 from C$137 and kept a Strong Buy rating on the shares.

Credit Suisse analyst Lauren Silberman lowered the price target on Darden Restaurants Inc (NYSE:DRI) from $180 to $175 and maintained Outperform rating on the shares. The revised price target implies a 34% upside. While the analyst acknowledged the concerns about the discretionary nature of casual dining, she believes Darden is well-positioned to wade through near-term…

Raymond James analyst Adam Tindle downgraded Okta Inc (NASDAQ:OKTA) to Market Perform from Strong Buy and removed his previous $260 price target.  His prior thesis was that Okta could become a "platform cloud," similar to Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM). However, his channel conversations have suggested a continually disconnected CIAM go-to-market strategy.  Meanwhile, although partners were willing to trust…

Raymond James analyst Andrew Marok upgraded Integral Ad Science Holding Corp (NASDAQ:IAS) to Strong Buy from Outperform with a price target of $27, up from $26. The price target implies an upside of 69%. Marok had a strong conviction level in Integral Ad Science's long-term fundamental prospects combined with the stock's recent selloff, which he…