downgrade

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Scotts Miracle-Gro’s stock gets a downgrade from J.P.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

It also gave the U.K. the largest growth downgrade of the 20 economies for which it provides forecasts, with activity now seen expanding 0.7% this year, down from 1.2%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

With Bhatia’s downgrade, there are as many analysts with neutral-equivalent ratings on Adobe’s stock as there are with buy-equivalent ratings, according to FactSet data.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Eli Lilly falls following a downgrade to Reduce from Hold at HSBC, with analyst Rajesh Kumar citing pricing competition.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

The surveillance department was meant to monitor subprime bonds and downgrade them if the loans that underpinned them went bad.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis