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title: "North American Morning Briefing: Futures Struggle for Direction Ahead of Fed Chair Warsh's Jackson Hole Debut -2-"
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description: "Multiple analysts adjusted ratings for various stocks. Citigroup cut Abercrombie & Fitch to Neutral; Wells Fargo raised BWX Technologies to Equal-Weight. B of A Securities upgraded Everpure and Okta, while BMO Capital raised Extra Space Storage and First Solar but cut SmartStop Self REIT. Piper Sandler upgraded Macerich and Waters Corp. Truist cut Primerica to Hold, Northland raised Semtech, and Baird upgraded Synopsys."
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# North American Morning Briefing: Futures Struggle for Direction Ahead of Fed Chair Warsh's Jackson Hole Debut -2-

ANALYST RATINGS ACTIONS Abercrombie & Fitch Cut to Neutral From Buy by Citigroup

Abercrombie & Fitch Cut to Neutral From Buy by Citigroup 

BWX Technologies Raised to Equal-Weight From Underweight by Wells Fargo 

Everpure Raised to Buy From Neutral by B of A Securities 

Extra Space Storage Raised to Outperform From Market Perform by BMO Capital 

First Solar Raised to Outperform From Market Perform by BMO Capital 

Macerich Raised to Overweight From Neutral by Piper Sandler 

Okta Raised to Neutral From Underperform by B of A Securities 

Primerica Cut to Hold From Buy by Truist Securities 

Semtech Raised to Outperform From Market Perform by Northland Capital Markets 

SmartStop Self REIT Cut to Market Perform From Outperform by BMO Capital 

Sun Communities Raised to Neutral From Underperform by B of A Securities 

Synopsys Raised to Outperform From Neutral by Baird 

Waters Corp Raised to Overweight From Neutral by Piper Sandler 

This article is a text version of a Wall Street Journal newsletter published earlier today. 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

August 28, 2026 06:17 ET (10:17 GMT)

Copyright (c) 2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

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