downgrade
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However, Fitch in its downgrade of Delaware Life said the plan may prove “insufficient to fully address governance, reporting, and investment oversight issues.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
President Nicusor Dan, a pro-European centrist, tried to address people's concerns last weekend after Romania avoided a downgrade of its credit rating by Fitch to "junk", or below investment grade.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The analysts downgrade the stock to underweight from sector weight, with a $250 price target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Jenrick said: "Frankly I find it astonishing that, just a short period after he was elected to Parliament, the authorities, the government, chose to massively downgrade his security".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
I think what he needed was evidence to downgrade the stock.”
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
RBC Capital Markets analyst Trung Huynh downgrades shares of the Keytruda maker following a nearly 13% rally.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
It downgrades the stock to neutral from outperform “in the absence of a more attractive met-coal market backdrop.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Rieck reduces his price target on the stock to 1,050 euros from 1,150 euros and downgrades the rating to sell from hold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
They hold that economic growth expectations are lower compared to earlier in the year, which means there’s opportunity for a positive surprise as those downgrades are reversed, they said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
If Moody’s downgrades GE paper, it is a big deal.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Fitch Ratings last week downgraded its long-term issuer default rating on Baidu to A-minus from A, citing the structural decline in the company’s search ad business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
This was downgraded to a level four by Friday morning, but they continue to warn of landslide and flooding risks.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The level-5 warnings of heavy rain were all downgraded to level-4 as of Friday morning.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Last month, S&P Global downgraded Oracle’s credit rating to BBB-, from BBB, on weaker free operating cash flow than previously anticipated for fiscal 2027.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
I pulled my feelings book from under my pillow, flipped to the current page, and downgraded from desperate to mediocre.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
Ader upgraded Backblaze shares to Market Perform from Underperform—just a few months after downgrading the stock.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
China had sent its defense minister, a primarily diplomatic role with no combat responsibilities, to four straight editions of the dialogue before downgrading its representation last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Anmuth was more critical of Meta’s spending plans, downgrading the stock to neutral from overweight on Thursday.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
Accompanying that rise has been an increase in attacks on livestock, and that has led to the EU downgrading the "strictly protected" status of wolves to "protected".
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
Another principle of the educational system is the promotion of technical or vocational education and the simultaneous downgrading of the humanities.
From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Violeta D. Baluyut
