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Analysts Conflicted on These Industrial Goods Names: AeroVironment (AVAV), Intuitive Machines (LUNR) and Textron (TXT)

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Analysts have been eager to weigh in on the Industrial Goods sector with new ratings on AeroVironment (AVAV), Intuitive Machines (LUNR) and Textron (TXT).

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AeroVironment (AVAV)

RBC Capital analyst Kenneth Herbert maintained a Buy rating on AeroVironment yesterday and set a price target of $250.00. The company’s shares closed last Thursday at $165.27.

According to TipRanks.com, Herbert is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 24.9% and a 65.2% success rate. Herbert covers the Industrial Goods sector, focusing on stocks such as Amentum Holdings, Inc., L3Harris Technologies, and Karman Holdings Inc. ;'>

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Strong Buy analyst consensus rating for AeroVironment with a $302.29 average price target, which is an 88.9% upside from current levels. In a report issued on April 29, Clear Street also initiated coverage with a Buy rating on the stock with a $293.00 price target.

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Intuitive Machines (LUNR)

Canaccord Genuity analyst Austin Moeller maintained a Buy rating on Intuitive Machines today and set a price target of $41.00. The company’s shares closed last Thursday at $36.52.

According to TipRanks.com, Moeller is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 13.7% and a 43.2% success rate. Moeller covers the Industrial Goods sector, focusing on stocks such as Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, York Space Systems, Inc., and Surf Air Mobility, Inc. ;'>

Currently, the analyst consensus on Intuitive Machines is a Strong Buy with an average price target of $32.13, which is a -0.1% downside from current levels. In a report released yesterday, Roth MKM also maintained a Buy rating on the stock with a $50.00 price target.

Textron (TXT)

In a report released yesterday, Douglas Harned from Bernstein maintained a Hold rating on Textron, with a price target of $108.00. The company’s shares closed last Thursday at $91.54.

According to TipRanks.com, Harned is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 12.2% and a 55.1% success rate. Harned covers the Industrial Goods sector, focusing on stocks such as L3Harris Technologies, StandardAero, Inc., and Huntington Ingalls. ;'>

Textron has an analyst consensus of Moderate Buy, with a price target consensus of $104.80, implying a 13.9% upside from current levels. In a report issued on April 30, TipRanks – Google also downgraded the stock to Hold with a $97.00 price target.

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