Barclays raised the firm’s price target on Verizon (VZ) to $47 from $43 and keeps an Equal Weight rating on the shares. The firm says both wireless and broadband pricing are starting to trend lower. Despite this, telecom stocks have benefited as “defensive longs due to macro backdrop which makes earnings set-up asymmetric,” the analyst tells investors in a research note.
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