downgrade
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However, Ahmed points out in a note to clients that guidance for fiscal 2027 cash earnings of between A$4.75 billion and A$4.95 billion represents a downgrade relative to consensus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The consequence of the downgrade was less focus and monitoring.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 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
But the analysts said Ericsson’s outlook implies a low single-digit percentage downgrade to 2026 earnings-per-share estimates and low- to mid-single-digit percentage reductions to 2027.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
She submitted a list of the bonds she wished to downgrade to her superiors and received back a list of what she was permitted to downgrade.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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
It downgrades its rating on the stock to hold from buy and cuts its share-price target to A$1.90 a share from A$2.30.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Fowler and his team see the revision cycle for healthcare starting to turn after spending much of 2025 as one of the biggest sources of earnings downgrades.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Jefferies downgrades DBI to hold, from buy, while lifting its price target by 5.2% to A$5.51/share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
If Moody’s downgrades GE paper, it is a big deal.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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
Pizarro also told analysts that without legislation supporting the utilities, Edison’s credit rating could be downgraded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
After major credit-ratings firms downgraded Whirlpool’s debt to junk status, it raised money by selling new shares, and conserved money by suspending the dividend it had paid for 70 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Last month, Horan downgraded AT&T’s stock to perform, citing the risk of Starlink taking market share.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
The trailer sales must’ve been a bust, because they’ve been downgraded to prison glamping.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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
We the people—they refute last week's television commentary downgrading our optimism and our idealism.
From State of the Union Address by Ronald Reagan
