Sell Alert: 10 Stocks Analysts Just Downgraded

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4. TransUnion (NYSE:TRU)

Average Upside Potential: 9%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 35

Rothschild & Co Redburn downgraded TransUnion to Neutral from Buy on November 9 while raising its price target to $91 from $89. The firm pointed to slower growth in US non-mortgage business, disappointing margins, and extra interest expense from the third quarter, and it expects US mortgages to add to the challenges in 2027. Cash conversion and growth in India were the positives it noted.

TransUnion collects consumer credit data and sells reports and risk scores to lenders and other businesses. Third-quarter revenue rose 12.2% to $1.31 billion, though the adjusted EBITDA margin slipped to 35.4% from 36.3%. Chief Executive Officer Chris Cartwright said TransUnion “delivered another quarter of strong results exceeding our guidance.”

The company raised its full-year adjusted earnings guidance, so the debate is about the quality of growth rather than whether it is there. Bulls point out that guidance moved up, not down, and that the downgrade came with a higher price target. Bears note that the margin slipped and that Redburn sees 2027 as a tougher year for mortgage-related business. Organic constant-currency revenue growth was 7.6%, well below the headline 12.2%.

3. Molson Coors (NYSE:TAP)

Average Upside Potential: 6%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 41

JPMorgan analyst Drew Levine downgraded Molson Coors to Underweight from Neutral on November 9 and lowered his price target to $37 from $41, after the brewer’s third-quarter report. He pointed to soft US beer demand, a tough competitive picture in the UK, and cost increases that outrun the savings, with little room left to trim marketing and administrative spending.

The company’s own report shows what he means. Molson Coors, the brewer behind Coors and Miller, saw third-quarter net sales fall 1.6% to $2.93 billion, and global brand volume dropped 4.9%. Management now expects 2026 underlying earnings per share to decline 16% to 19%, a steeper fall than the 11% to 15% it forecast before.

Bulls can point to a strategy still in motion and to cost cuts already made, while bears argue those savings are being outrun by rising costs. Chief Executive Officer Rahul Goyal said, “We believe our strategy is on the right track,” but the quarter did not yet show enough payoff from it. Our ranking of the best beverage stocks according to analysts covers more of the group.

2. Amrize (NYSE:AMRZ)

Average Upside Potential: 6%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 39

Berenberg cut Amrize to Hold from Buy on November 9, a day that put the building materials maker among the stocks analysts marked down. Amrize sells cement, aggregates, and building envelope products such as roofing, and its latest update showed demand and costs pressing on profit.

Full-year adjusted EBITDA is now expected at $2.95 billion to $3.05 billion and revenue at $12.2 billion to $12.4 billion, a forecast that reflects cost inflation and elevated interest rates. The weakest spot is the Building Envelope segment, where EBITDA fell 14.6% to $182 million and the margin dropped 410 basis points to 19.6%. Cement volume slipped 4.2% in the quarter, a worrying sign because cement is a business that depends on construction activity, so higher rates weigh on demand.

Bulls can point to a company that is still growing. Third-quarter revenue rose 2.2% to $3.77 billion, and adjusted EBITDA edged up 0.2% to $1.08 billion despite the pressure in roofing. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jan Jenisch said the company is “proactively managing what we can control.” Even so, a rating cut like Berenberg’s suggests analysts want proof that margins have stopped slipping before they get more positive.

1. Installed Building Products (NYSE:IBP)

Average Upside Potential: -2%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 29

Stifel analyst W. Andrew Carter cut Installed Building Products to Hold from Buy on November 9, even as he raised his price target to $225 from $220. His argument centers on valuation, and he also lowered his fiscal 2028 EBITDA estimate to $534 million from $551 million.

Installed Building Products puts insulation and other building products into new homes and commercial buildings. The third quarter backs up Carter’s caution on margins. Revenue rose 3.9% to $808.4 million, but adjusted EBITDA fell 8.3% and the margin dropped to 15.9% from 18.0%. Commercial same-branch sales jumped 10.3%, while residential sales fell 2.6%.

Chief Executive Officer Jeff Edwards said “affordability and consumer confidence remain headwinds for single-family construction.” That leaves commercial work carrying the growth. Bulls like that commercial work is growing at a double-digit pace and offsetting a soft home-building market. Bears note that the valuation argument leaves little cushion if estimates keep falling and single-family construction stays weak, a risk that Carter’s lower 2028 estimate already hints at. Our piece on how the company grows revenue while margins quietly slip lays out the same tension.

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