U.S. RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Apollo, Blackstone, Nvidia

* Apollo APO.N: Jefferies raises target price to $154 from $143

* Blackstone BX.N: Jefferies raises target price to $207 from $176

* Nvidia Corp NVDA.O: Piper Sandler raises target price to $225 from $180

* Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc PNFP.O: KBW cuts target price to $95 from $125

* Walmart WMT.N: Oppenheimer raises target price to $115 from $110

* Acadia Healthcare Company Inc ACHC.O: RBC cuts target price to $28 from $43

* Aflac Inc AFL.N: BMO raises target price to $105 from $102

* Allete Inc ALE.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* Alliant Energy Corp LNT.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Altimmune Inc ALT.O: UBS cuts target price to $24 from $26

* Ameren Corporation AEE.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* American Electric Power Company AEP.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* American Healthcare REIT Inc AHR.N: RBC raises target price to $45 from $39

* American States Water Company AWR.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* APA Corporation APA.O: Roth MKM cuts to neutral from buy; cuts target price to $22

* Apollo APO.N: Jefferies raises target price to $154 from $143

* Ares Management Corp ARES.N: Jefferies raises target price to $192 from $179

* Atmos Energy Corp ATO.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Aura Minerals Inc AUGO.O: National Bank of Canada resumes coverage with outperform rating

* Aura Minerals Inc AUGO.O: National Bank of Canada resumes coverage with price target $35

* Avalonbay Communities Inc AVB.N: Morgan Stanley cuts PT to $225 from $228

* Avalonbay Communities Inc AVB.N: Morgan Stanley ups to overweight from equal-weight

* Bally'S Corp BALY.N: Barclays cuts target price to $11 from $13

* Bitcoin Depot Inc BTM.O: H.C. Wainwright raises target price to $6.5 from $5

* BKV Corp BKV.N: Mizuho raises target price to $35 from $33

* Black Hills Corp BKH.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* Blackstone BX.N: Jefferies raises target price to $207 from $176

* Brainsway Ltd BWAY.O: Northland Capital raises target price to $19 from $15

* Brookfield Asset Management Ltd BAM.N: Jefferies raises PT to $62 from $55

* Brookfield Infrastructure BIPC.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Brookfield Renewable BEPC.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Brown & Brown Inc BRO.N: Wells Fargo cuts target price to $101 from $104

* Brown & Brown Inc BRO.N: Wells Fargo cuts to equal weight from overweight

* Brown-Forman Corp BFb.N: Citigroup raises target price to $31 from $28

* Buckle Inc BKE.N: UBS raises target price to $51 from $40

* BWX Technologies Inc BWXT.N: BofA Global Research raises PT to $220 from $155

* C3.Ai Inc AI.N: Oppenheimer cuts to perform from outperform

* California Water Service CWT.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Camden Property Trust CPT.N: Morgan Stanley cuts target price to $124 from $130

* Cannae Holdings Inc CNNE.N: RBC cuts target price to $22 from $26

* Cardinal Health Inc CAH.N: Baird raises target price to $203 from $197

* Cardinal Health Inc CAH.N: Citigroup cuts target price to $165 from $170

* Cardinal Health Inc CAH.N: Wells Fargo raises target price to $185 from $183

* Caris Life Sciences Inc CAI.O: Citigroup raises target price to $42 from $34

* Caris Life Sciences Inc CAI.O: JP Morgan raises target price to $40 from $31

* Carlyle Group Inc CG.O: Jefferies raises target price to $66 from $54

* Cava Group Inc CAVA.N: Barclays cuts target price to $74 from $91

* Cava Group Inc CAVA.N: BofA Global Research cuts PT to $100 from $121

* Cava Group Inc CAVA.N: Citigroup cuts target price to $88 from $102

* Cava Group Inc CAVA.N: Jefferies cuts target price to $100 from $125

* Cava Group Inc CAVA.N: JP Morgan cuts target price to $90 from $95

* Cava Group Inc CAVA.N: Morgan Stanley cuts target price to $97 from $107

* Cava Group Inc CAVA.N: TD Cowen cuts target price to $90 from $120

* Celanese Corp CE.N: Baird cuts target price to $50 from $67

* Celanese Corp CE.N: BofA Global Research cuts price objective to $59 from $65

* Celanese Corp CE.N: Deutsche Bank cuts target price to $52 from $60

* Celanese Corp CE.N: Jefferies cuts target price to $47 from $59

* Celanese Corp CE.N: Wells Fargo cuts target price to $60 from $72

* Cencora Inc COR.N: Wells Fargo raises target price to $354 from $337

* Centerpoint Energy CNP.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* CF Industries CF.N: Barclays raises target price to $100 from $95

* CF Industries CF.N: Barclays raises to overweight from equal-weight

* Chesapeake Utilities CPK.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* Chevron Corp CVX.N: Mizuho raises target price to $192 from $186

* CMS Energy Corporation CMS.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Cogent Communications Holdings Inc CCOI.O: JP Morgan cuts PT to $37 from $62

* Commercial Metals Co CMC.N: UBS raises target price to $56 from $48

* Communities Inc MAA.N: Morgan Stanley cuts target price to $169 from $177

* Community Healthcare Trust CHCT.N: Truist Securities cuts PT to $19 from $23

* Compass Minerals International CMP.N: JP Morgan cuts to underweight from overweight

* Compass Minerals International CMP.N: JP Morgan raises PT to $18 from $15

* Consolidated Edison Inc ED.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* Coreweave Inc CRWV.O: Deutsche Bank raises target price to $125 from $50

* Coreweave Inc CRWV.O: Macquarie raises target price to $115 from $65

* Coreweave Inc CRWV.O: Meluis Research raises target price to $128 from $110

* Coreweave Inc CRWV.O: Stifel raises target price to $120 from $115

* Coreweave Inc CRWV.O: Wells Fargo raises target price to $105 from $60

* Corteva Inc CTVA.N: Barclays raises target price to $84 from $75

* Corteva Inc CTVA.N: Barclays raises to overweight from equal-weight

* CVR Energy Inc CVI.N: Mizuho cuts target price to $27 from $30

* Dana Inc DAN.N: UBS raises target price to $25 from $23

* Dell Technologies Inc DELL.N: Susquehanna raises target price to $120 from $105

* Denali Therapeutics Inc DNLI.O: Deutsche Bank cuts target price to $26 from $28

* Denali Therapeutics Inc DNLI.O: Jefferies cuts target price to $40 from $45

* Dollar General Corp DG.N: Truist Securities raises target price to $119 from $112

* Dollar Tree Inc DLTR.O: Truist Securities raises target price to $127 from $109

* Dominion Energy Inc D.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* Dte Energy Company DTE.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Duke Energy Corp DUK.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Ecolab Inc ECL.N: Jefferies raises target price to $315 from $310

* Edison International EIX.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Encompass Health Corp EHC.N: Mizuho raises target price to $134 from $130

* Entergy Corp ETR.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Equity Residential EQR.N: Morgan Stanley cuts target price to $75 from $76.50

* Essential Utilities WTRG.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* Essex Property Trust Inc ESS.N: Morgan Stanley cuts target price to $285 from $304

* Eve Holding Inc EVEX.N: BTIG assumes coverage with neutral rating

* Evergy Inc EVRG.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Eversource Energy ES.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Exelon Corporation EXC.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* Expand Energy Corp EXE.O: Scotiabank raises target price to $140 from $135

* Expedia Group Inc EXPE.O: Citigroup raises target price to $206 from $177

* Fate Therapeutics Inc FATE.O: Wells Fargo cuts target price to $2.5 from $4

* FirstEnergy FE.N: Jefferies raises target price to $45 from $43

* FirstEnergy FE.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* Five Below Inc FIVE.O: Truist Securities raises target price to $141 from $128

* Fluence Energy FLNC.O: Barclays cuts target price to $8 from $9

* FMC Corp FMC.N: Barclays cuts target price to $48 from $49

* Fractyl Health Inc GUTS.O: Canaccord Genuity cuts target price to $6 from $12

* Generation Bio Co GBIO.O: Jefferies cuts target price to $12 from $40

* Generation Bio Co GBIO.O: Wedbush cuts to neutral from outperform

* H & R Block Inc HRB.N: Barrington Research cuts target price to $62 from $70

* HanesBrands Inc HBI.N: Wells Fargo raises target price to $5 from $4

* Harrow Inc HROW.O: H.C. Wainwright raises target price to $64 from $60

* Hasbro Inc HAS.O: UBS raises target price to $88 from $82

* Hawaiian Electric Industries HE.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* Hertz Global Holdings HTZ.O: Deutsche Bank cuts target price to $4 from $5.25

* Hii HII.N: BofA Global Research raises price objective to $260 from $180

* Home Depot Inc HD.N: Truist Securities raises target price to $433 from $417

* I3 Verticals Inc IIIV.O: D.A. Davidson raises target price to $39 from $34

* Idacorp Inc IDA.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* Insmed Inc INSM.O: H.C. Wainwright raises target price to $240

* Insmed Inc INSM.O: Jefferies raises target price to $148 from $129

* Insmed Inc INSM.O: Leerink Partners raises target price to $133 from $125

* Insmed Inc INSM.O: Mizuho raises target price to $165 from $130

* Insmed Inc INSM.O: Morgan Stanley cuts to equal-weight from overweight

* Insmed Inc INSM.O: Morgan Stanley raises target price to $126 from $112

* Insmed Inc INSM.O: RBC raises target price to $138 from $120

* Insmed Inc INSM.O: TD Cowen raises target price to $154 from $135

* Insmed Inc INSM.O: UBS raises target price to $140 from $133

* Insmed Inc INSM.O: Wells Fargo raises target price to $140 from $130

* Intapp Inc INTA.O: Barclays raises target price to $47 from $44

* Intapp Inc INTA.O: UBS cuts target price to $72 from $83

* Karat Packaging Inc KRT.O: BofA Global Research initiates coverage with neutral rating

* Karat Packaging Inc KRT.O: BofA Global Research initiates coverage with PT $28

* Kindercare Learning Companies KLC.N: Barclays cuts target price to $9 from $20

* Kindercare Learning Companies KLC.N: Barclays cuts to equal-weight from overweight

* Kindercare Learning Companies Inc KLC.N: BMO cuts target price to $12 from $18

* Kindercare Learning Companies Inc KLC.N: JP Morgan cuts to neutral from overweight

* Kindercare Learning Companies Inc KLC.N: JP Morgan cuts target price to $10 from $15

* Kindercare Learning Companies Inc KLC.N: Morgan Stanley cuts PT to $14 from $15

* KKR KKR.N: Jefferies raises target price to $183 from $157

* Korro Bio Inc KRRO.O: H.C. Wainwright cuts target price to $90 from $100

* Korro Bio Inc KRRO.O: Raymond James cuts target price to $147 from $153

* Lemonade Inc LMND.N: Jefferies raises target price to $37 from $30

* Liquidia Corp LQDA.O: BTIG raises target price to $49 from $40

* Liquidia Corp LQDA.O: Raymond James raises target price to $41 from $33

* Liquidia Corporation LQDA.O: Wells Fargo raises target price to $31 from $25

* Lowe's Companies Inc LOW.N: RBC raises target price to $243 from $242

* Lumentum Holdings Inc LITE.O: Barclays raises target price to $135 from $75

* Lumentum Holdings Inc LITE.O: Jefferies raises target price to $140 from $105

* Lumentum Holdings Inc LITE.O: JP Morgan raises target price to $145 from $123

* Lumentum Holdings Inc LITE.O: Morgan Stanley raises target price to $100 from $92

* Lumentum Holdings Inc LITE.O: Needham raises target price to $145 from $135

* Lumentum Holdings Inc LITE.O: Raymond James raises target price to $145 from $125

* Lumentum Holdings Inc LITE.O: Stifel raises target price to $132 from $100

* Lumentum Holdings Inc LITE.O: Susquehanna raises PT to $140 from $125

* Lumentum Holdings Inc LITE.O: UBS raises target price to $130 from $78

* Luminar Technologies LAZR.O: Deutsche Bank cuts target price to $4 from $6

* McKesson Corporation MCK.N: Wells Fargo raises target price to $772 from $766

* Mediaalpha Inc MAX.N: BMO cuts target price to $18 from $24

* Mercury Systems Inc MRCY.O: Jefferies raises target price to $75 from $50

* Metlife Inc MET.N: BMO cuts target price to $82 from $90

* Microvast Holdings Inc MVST.O: H.C. Wainwright raises target price to $6 from $3

* Murphy Oil Corp MUR.N: UBS raises target price to $24 from $23

* National Fuel Gas Co NFG.N: Scotiabank raises target price to $102 from $98

* Neuropace Inc NPCE.O: Wells Fargo cuts target price to $15 from $17

* New Jersey Resources Corp NJR.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* Nextera Energy Inc NEE.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* NiSource Inc NI.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Northwest Natural Holding NWN.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* Northwestern Energy Group NWE.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* NRG Energy Inc NRG.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Nuscale Power Corp SMR.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with underweight rating

* Nvidia Corp NVDA.O: Piper Sandler raises target price to $225 from $180

* Oge Energy Corp OGE.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* Ollie'S Bargain Outlet Holdings OLLI.O: Truist Securities ups PT to $146 from $128

* One Gas Inc OGS.N: Jefferies raises target price to $89 from $84

* One Gas Inc OGS.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* ONEOK Inc OKE.N: RBC cuts target price to $88 from $94

* Opendoor Technologies OPEN.O: KBW cuts to underperform from market perform

* O'Reilly Automotive Inc ORLY.O: RBC raises target price to $111 from $104

* Owens & Minor Inc OMI.N: UBS cuts target price to $7 from $13

* Palo Alto Networks PANW.O: Deutsche Bank raises target price to $220 from $200

* Palo Alto Networks PANW.O: Deutsche Bank raises to buy from hold

* Parsons Corp PSN.N: TD Cowen raises target price to $85 from $65

* Passage Bio PASG.O: Wedbush adjusts PT to $40 from $3 to reflect 1-for-20 reverse stock split

* Permian Resources Corporation PR.N: Wells Fargo raises target price to $21 from $20

* PG&E Corporation PCG.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc PNFP.O: KBW cuts target price to $95 from $125

* Pinnacle West Capital PNW.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* Pixelworks Inc PXLW.O: Needham cuts target price to $13 from $18

* Portland General Electric Company POR.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* PPL Corporation PPL.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Primerica Inc PRI.N: BMO cuts target price to $292 from $297

* Public Service Enterprise PEG.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Quaker Houghton KWR.N: Deutsche Bank raises target price to $150 from $138

* Radnet Inc RDNT.O: Raymond James raises target price to $75 from $66

* Repay Holdings Corp RPAY.O: UBS raises target price to $5.75 from $4.5

* Rigetti Computing Inc RGTI.O: Benchmark raises target price to $20 from $14

* Sailpoint Inc SAIL.O: JP Morgan raises to overweight from neutral

* Salesforce Inc CRM.N: Stifel cuts target price to $325 from $375

* Science Applications International Corp SAIC.O: Jefferies raises PT to $130 from $115

* Sempra SRE.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Shift4 Payments Inc FOUR.N: Truist Securities cuts target price to $88 from $109

* Smithfield Foods Inc SFD.O: Barclays raises target price to $30 from $28

* Smithfield Foods Inc SFD.O: Morgan Stanley raises target price to $30 from $29

* Snowflake Inc SNOW.N: UBS cuts target price to $250 from $265

* Solid Biosciences Inc SLDB.O: Wedbush cuts target price to $14 from $17

* Southern Company SO.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* Southwest Gas Holdings SWX.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* Spire Inc SR.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* Standard Biotools Inc LAB.O: TD Cowen cuts target price to $1.55 from $1.60

* Standard Biotools Inc LAB.O: TD Cowen cuts to hold from buy

* Stoke Therapeutics Inc STOK.O: Wedbush raises target price to $22 from $16

* Synovus Financial Corp SNV.N: KBW cuts target price to $50 from $65

* Synovus Financial Corp SNV.N: KBW cuts to market perform from outperform

* target Corp TGT.N: Truist Securities raises target price to $107 from $90

* Taysha Gene Therapies Inc TSHA.O: Wells Fargo raises target price to $8 from $7.5

* Tempus Ai Inc TEM.O: TD Cowen raises target price to $72 from $62

* Tencent Music Entertainment TME.N: New Street Research ups PT to $28 from $17

* Toast Inc TOST.N: Truist Securities raises target price to $51 from $50

* TPG Inc TPG.O: Jefferies raises target price to $63 from $51

* Trimas Corp TRS.O: Keybanc raises to overweight from sector weight

* Trinet Group Inc TNET.N: TD Cowen cuts target price to $67 from $72

* UDR Inc UDR.N: Morgan Stanley cuts target price to $44.50 from $47.50

* UGI Corporation UGI.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating

* United Parks & Resorts Inc PRKS.N: Mizuho raises target price to $46 from $44

* United Therapeutics Corp UTHR.O: UBS raises target price to $415 from $385

* Urgent.Ly Inc ULY.O: Needham cuts target price to $8 from $12

* V2X Inc VVX.N: BofA Global Research raises price objective to $65 from $55

* V2X Inc VVX.N: BofA Global Research raises to buy from neutral

* Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc VRCA.O: TD Cowen raises target price to $20 from $5

* Veru Inc VERU.O: Raymond James cuts target price to $20 from $30

* Walmart WMT.N: Oppenheimer raises target price to $115 from $110

* Walmart Inc WMT.N: Oppenheimer raises target price to $115 from $110

* Webtoon Entertainment Inc WBTN.O: JP Morgan raises target price to $14 from $9

* Webtoon Entertainment Inc WBTN.O: Morgan Stanley raises PT to $11 from $10

* Wec Energy Group Inc WEC.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* Xcel Energy Inc XEL.O: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with overweight rating

* XPLR Infrastructure XIFR.N: Wells Fargo initiates coverage with equal weight rating