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Upgrades According to Gordon Haskett, the prior rating for Williams-Sonoma Inc (NYSE: WSM ) was changed from Hold to Accumulate. Williams-Sonoma earned $3.32 in the third quarter, compared to $2.56 in the year-ago quarter. At the moment, the stock has a 52-week-high of $223.32 and a 52-week-low of $118.07. Williams-Sonoma closed at $163.67 at the end of the last trading period. For Lowe''s Companies Inc (NYSE: LOW ), Gordon Haskett upgraded the previous rating of Accumulate to Buy. In the third quarter, Lowe''s Companies showed an EPS of $2.73, compared to $1.98 from the year-ago quarter. The current stock performance of Lowe''s Companies shows a 52-week-high of $263.31 and a 52-week-low of $150.84. Moreover, at the end of the last trading period, the closing price was at $233.66. Daiwa Capital upgraded the previous rating for American Express Co (NYSE: AXP ) from Hold to Buy. In the fourth quarter, American Express showed an EPS of $2.18, compared to $1.76 from the year-ago quarter. The current stock performance of American Express shows a 52-week-high of $198.72 and a 52-week-low of $126.08.

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Petco pet products, grooming, and vaccination services will soon be offered in certain Lowe''s stores.

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on Lowe''s Companies (NYSE: LOW ). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga. Whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual, we don''t know. But when something this big happens with LOW, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen. So how do we know what this whale just did? Today, Benzinga ''s options scanner spotted 13 uncommon options trades for Lowe''s Companies. This isn''t normal. The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 69% bullish and 30%, bearish. Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 3 are puts, for a total amount of $94,025, and 10 are calls, for a total amount of $746,348. What''s Full story available on Benzinga.com

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Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Thursday.

Evercore ISI turns constructive on Lowe''s Companies (LOW) with an upgrade to an Outperform rating from Inline. Read more.

Lowe`s Cos., Inc. (LOW) shares closed today at 1.3% below its 52 week high of $263.31, giving the company a market cap of $175B. The stock is currently up 0.5% year-to-date, up 63.7% over the past 12 months, and up 290.5% over the past five years. This week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.1%, and the S&P 500 rose 0.1%. Trading Activity Trading volume this week was 4.2% higher than the 20-day average.Beta, a measure of the stocks volatility relative to the overall market stands at 0.9. Technical Indicators The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the stock was between 30 and 70.MACD, a trend-following momentum indicator, indicates a downward trend.The stock closed above its Bollinger band, indicating it may be overbought. Market Comparative Performance The company's share price is the same as the S&P 500 Index , beats it on a 1-year basis, and beats it on a 5-year basis The company's share price is the same as the Dow Jones Industrial Average , beats it on a 1-year basis, and beats it on a 5-year basis The company share price is the same as the performance of its peers in the Consumer Discretionary industry sector , beats it on a 1-year basis, and beats it on a 5 year basis Per Group Comparative Performance The company's stock price performance year-to-date beats the peer average by 29.8% The company's stock price performance over the past 12 months beats the peer average by 44.9% The company's price-to-earnings ratio, which relates a company's share price to its earnings per share, is 37.6% higher than the average peer. This story was produced by the Kwhen Automated News Generator. For more articles like this, please visit us at finance.kwhen.com. Write to [email protected]. © 2020 Kwhen Inc.

Howard Capital Management Inc. decreased its holdings in Lowes Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) by 72.7% in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,023 shares of the home improvement retailers stock after selling 2,724 shares during the period. Howard Capital Management Inc.s holdings in []

Waldron Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in Lowes Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) by 11.7% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 9,682 shares of the home improvement retailers stock after acquiring an additional 1,014 shares during the quarter. Waldron Private Wealth []

Blackstone Products, a maker of outdoor griddle cooking appliances, said Thursday it''s going public via a merger with special-purpose acquisition corporation Ackrell SPAC Partners I Co. in a deal with a pro forma enterprise value of $900 million. Once the deal closes, the new company will be named Blackstone Products Inc. and will trade on Nasdaq under the ticker "BLKS." The new company will have about $95 million in proceeds from the SPAC, including a $31 million private investment in public equity, or PIPE. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2022. Blackstone launched its first griddle design in 2008 with its core 36-inch griddle, the companies said in a joint statement. The company has about an 80% share of the U.S. at-home outdoor griddle market, they said, and its products are sold at retailers including Walmart , Lowe''s and on Amazon . Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

Deal is Second Only to the Recent Sale of Lowe''s Cos. Tech Hub

Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc. lowered its position in shares of Lowes Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) by 1.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 54,468 shares of the home improvement retailers stock after selling 923 shares during the period. []

Stockman Wealth Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) by 2.9% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 23,322 shares of the home improvement retailer’s stock after acquiring an additional 653 shares during the period. Stockman Wealth Management Inc.’s holdings in […]

Greatmark Investment Partners Inc. boosted its position in Lowes Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) by 0.7% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 70,548 shares of the home improvement retailers stock after buying an additional 459 shares during the quarter. Lowes Companies makes up []