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Vertical Research upgrades, downgrades and price targets

Vertical Research has published 176 rating actions on 111 companies in the Quantisnow ratings feed since June 2021: 62 upgrades, 68 downgrades and 44 initiations. Its most recent action on LMT was on Oct 14, 2026: Vertical Research upgrades to Buy from Hold, price target $600. Going by its latest rating on each stock, Vertical Research rates 56% of the companies it covers Buy or an equivalent and 5% Sell or an equivalent. Industrials is the sector it rates most often.

Rating actions

176

Stocks rated

111

Upgrades

62

Downgrades

68

Latest Vertical Research rating actions

• Oct 14, 2026LMT
  UpgradeLMTVertical Research upgrades to Buy from Hold, price target $600
• Oct 7, 2026OC
  DowngradeOCVertical Research downgrades to Sell from Hold, price target $106
• Sep 29, 2026SPXC
  InitiateSPXCVertical Research starts coverage at Buy, price target $215
• Sep 17, 2026TE
  InitiateTEVertical Research starts coverage at Hold, price target $5
• Sep 8, 2026IEX
  InitiateIEXVertical Research starts coverage at Buy, price target $250
• Sep 8, 2026AME
  InitiateAMEVertical Research starts coverage at Buy, price target $255
• Aug 6, 2026IFF
  DowngradeIFFVertical Research downgrades to Hold from Buy, price target $93
• Jul 22, 2026SOLS
  UpgradeSOLSVertical Research upgrades to Buy from Hold, price target $79

  Vertical Research on SOLS
• May 27, 2026RAL
  DowngradeRALVertical Research downgrades to Hold from Buy, price target $65
• May 26, 2026ALB
  UpgradeALBVertical Research upgrades to Buy from Hold, price target $224

  Vertical Research on ALB
• May 14, 2026SOLS
  DowngradeSOLSVertical Research downgrades to Hold from Buy, price target $90

  Vertical Research on SOLS
• May 11, 2026MAIR
  InitiateMAIRVertical Research starts coverage at Buy, price target $50
• May 1, 2026AMRZ
  UpgradeAMRZVertical Research upgrades to Buy from Hold, price target $70
• Apr 30, 2026LII
  UpgradeLIIVertical Research upgrades to Buy from Hold, price target $600
• Apr 23, 2026CSX
  DowngradeCSXVertical Research downgrades to Hold from Buy, price target $44
• Apr 22, 2026FMC
  DowngradeFMCVertical Research downgrades to Sell from Hold, price target $14

  Vertical Research on FMC
• Mar 9, 2026LYB
  UpgradeLYBVertical Research upgrades to Buy from Hold, price target $75

  Vertical Research on LYB
• Mar 9, 2026DOW
  UpgradeDOWVertical Research upgrades to Buy from Hold, price target $37
• Mar 9, 2026CE
  UpgradeCEVertical Research upgrades to Buy from Hold, price target $60

  Vertical Research on CE
• Feb 27, 2026IBP
  UpgradeIBPVertical Research upgrades to Hold from Sell, price target $326
• Feb 6, 2026RAL
  UpgradeRALVertical Research upgrades to Buy from Hold, price target $45
• Jan 9, 2026TER
  DowngradeTERVertical Research downgrades to Hold from Buy, price target $220
• Jan 7, 2026SHW
  UpgradeSHWVertical Research upgrades to Buy from Hold, price target $371
• Jan 7, 2026MAGN
  DowngradeMAGNVertical Research downgrades to Hold from Buy, price target $16

  Vertical Research on MAGN
• Jan 7, 2026SOLS
  UpgradeSOLSVertical Research upgrades to Buy from Hold, price target $58

  Vertical Research on SOLS
• Jan 7, 2026LYB
  DowngradeLYBVertical Research downgrades to Hold from Buy, price target $48

  Vertical Research on LYB
• Jan 5, 2026HON
  DowngradeHONVertical Research downgrades to Hold from Buy, price target $220
• Jan 5, 2026CNI
  UpgradeCNIVertical Research upgrades to Buy from Hold
• Dec 23, 2025DY
  InitiateDYVertical Research starts coverage at Buy, price target $420
• Dec 15, 2025NDSN
  UpgradeNDSNVertical Research upgrades to Buy from Hold, price target $270
• Nov 20, 2025MAGN
  UpgradeMAGNVertical Research upgrades to Buy from Hold, price target $15

  Vertical Research on MAGN
• Nov 19, 2025JHX
  UpgradeJHXVertical Research upgrades to Buy from Hold, price target $21
• Nov 5, 2025TREX
  DowngradeTREXVertical Research downgrades to Hold from Buy, price target $32
• Nov 3, 2025UHAL
  InitiateUHALVertical Research starts coverage at Buy, price target $80
• Oct 27, 2025GD
  UpgradeGDVertical Research upgrades to Buy from Hold, price target $400
• Oct 21, 2025BLD
  InitiateBLDVertical Research starts coverage at Buy
• Oct 21, 2025QXO
  InitiateQXOVertical Research starts coverage at Buy, price target $30
• Oct 21, 2025FBIN
  InitiateFBINVertical Research starts coverage at Hold, price target $52
• Oct 20, 2025TREX
  InitiateTREXVertical Research starts coverage at Buy
• Oct 20, 2025OC
  InitiateOCVertical Research starts coverage at Hold

Stocks Vertical Research rates most

Questions about Vertical Research ratings

How many stocks does Vertical Research cover?

Vertical Research has rated 111 companies in the Quantisnow feed since June 2021, across 176 rating actions.

What was Vertical Research's latest upgrade?

On Oct 14, 2026, Vertical Research upgrades to Buy from Hold, price target $600 on LMT.

What was Vertical Research's latest downgrade?

On Oct 7, 2026, Vertical Research downgrades to Sell from Hold, price target $106 on OC.

Does Vertical Research upgrade or downgrade more often?

Vertical Research has made 62 upgrades and 68 downgrades in the feed, so 48% of its rating changes were upgrades.

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From rating actions in the Quantisnow feed since June 2021. Counts refresh every six hours. See also today's analyst upgrades and the live ratings feed.