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title: "This Occidental Petroleum Analyst Begins Coverage On A Bullish Note; Here Are Top 5 Initiations For Thursday"
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description: "Wall Street analysts initiated coverage on several stocks Thursday. Seaport Global's Vin Lovaglio rated ConocoPhillips (COP) Neutral, Occidental Petroleum (OXY) Buy with a $73 target, and SM Energy (SM) Sell with a $35 target. BTIG's Thomas Shrader initiated a Buy on Tiziana Life Sciences (TLSA) with a $7 target. HC Wainwright's Lander Egaña Gorroño initiated a Buy on Neurosense Therapeutics (NRSN) with an $8 target."
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# This Occidental Petroleum Analyst Begins Coverage On A Bullish Note; Here Are Top 5 Initiations For Thursday

Top Wall Street analysts changed their outlook on these top names. For a complete view of all analyst rating changes, including upgrades, downgrades and initiations, please see our analyst ratings page.

-   Seaport Global analyst Vin Lovaglio initiated coverage on **ConocoPhillips** (NYSE:COP) with a Neutral rating. ConocoPhillips closed at $137.20 on Wednesday. See how other analysts view this stock.
-   BTIG analyst Thomas Shrader initiated coverage on **Tiziana Life Sciences Ltd – ADR** (NASDAQ:TLSA) with a Buy rating and announced a price target of $7. Tiziana Life Sciences shares closed at $0.93 on Wednesday. See how other analysts view this stock.
-   Seaport Global analyst Vin Lovaglio initiated coverage on **Occidental Petroleum Corp** (NYSE:OXY) with a Buy rating and announced a price target of $73. Occidental Petroleum closed at $60.91 on Wednesday. See how other analysts view this stock.
-   HC Wainwright & Co. analyst Lander Egaña Gorroño initiated coverage on **Neurosense Therapeutics Ltd** (NASDAQ:NRSN) with a Buy rating and announced a price target of $8. NeuroSense Therapeutics shares closed at $0.41 on Wednesday. See how other analysts view this stock.
-   Seaport Global analyst Vin Lovaglio initiated coverage on **SM Energy Co** (NYSE:SM) with a Sell rating and announced a price target of $35. SM Energy closed at $38.29 on Wednesday. See how other analysts view this stock.

Considering buying OXY stock? Here’s what analysts think:

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