Notable Downgrades: Twitter (TWTR), Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO), SanDisk (SNDK), Teradata (TDC), Micron (MU)

Analysts at Axiom Capital lowered their price target for Twitter, Inc. (TWTR) shares from $45 to $40 in a research report issued to clients on Monday. The firm also reduced their target multiple in their valuation of the stock as a result of the user growth challenges and risks tied to the CEO transition.

On valuation measures, Twitter Inc. stock has a t-12-month revenue of $1.59 billion. TWTR ‘s ROE for the same period is (18.36%).

Shares of the $23.46 billion market cap company are down 2.42% year-over-year ; up 0.08% year-to-date.

Twitter Inc., currently with a median Wall Street price target of $45.00 and a high target of $60.00, dropped $0.96 to $34.94 in recent trading.

The chart below shows where the equity has traded over the past 52-weeks.

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. (AGIO) was set to ‘Hold‘ and the price target was lowered to $93 from $103 at Canaccord Genuity.

Shares have traded today between $97.00 and $108.94 with the price of the stock fluctuating between $33.01 to $138.85 over the last 52 weeks.

Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. shares have a t-12 price/sales ratio of 45.06. EPS for the same period registers at ($1.32).

Shares of AGIO have lost $9.92 to $100.21 in midday trading on Monday, giving it a market cap of roughly $3.75 billion. The stock traded as high as $138.85 in January 15, 2015.

Morgan Stanley (MS) reported on Monday that they have lowered their rating for SanDisk Corp. (SNDK). The firm has downgraded SNDK from ‘Overweight‘ to ‘Equal-Weight‘.

SanDisk Corp. recently traded at $63.35, a loss of $2.75 over Friday’s closing price. The name has a current market capitalization of $13.17 billion.

As for passive income investors, the company pays shareholders $1.20 per share annually in dividends, yielding 1.80%.

Teradata Corporation (TDC) had its rating lowered from ‘Market Perform‘ to ‘Market Underperform‘ by analysts at JMP Securities on Monday. Currently there are 5 analysts that rate TDC a ‘Buy‘, 4 analysts rate it a ‘Sell‘, and 20 rate it a ‘Hold‘.

TDC was down $1.32 at $37.25 in mid-day trade, moving within a 52-week range of $36.53 to $47.03. The name, valued at $5.52 billion, opened at $37.61.

On valuation measures, Teradata Corp. shares are currently priced at 17.42x this year’s forecasted earnings. Ticker has a t-12 price/sales ratio of 2.04. EPS for the same period registers at $2.14.

Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) was downgraded by Morgan Stanley (MS) from a ‘Equal-Weight‘ rating to a ‘Underweight‘ rating in a research report issued to clients on Monday. They currently have a $21 price objective on the stock, 9 points lower from their previous price target of $30.

MU closed at $25.13 on Friday and is currently trading down $1.14.

In the past 52 weeks, shares of Boise, Idaho-based company have traded between a low of $23.70 and a high of $36.59 and are now trading at $23.99. Shares are down 18.57% year-over-year and 28.22% year-to-date.

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