Nielsen Price Target & Analyst Ratings (NYSE:NLSN)

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5 Wall Street analysts have issued ratings and price targets for Nielsen in the last 12 months. Their average twelve-month price target is $26.40, suggesting that the stock has a possible upside of 26.44%. The high price target for NLSN is $28.00 and the low price target for NLSN is $23.00. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus rating of "Buy."

Nielsen (NYSE:NLSN) Consensus Price Target History

Nielsen (NYSE:NLSN) Analyst Ratings History

Date	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Impact on Share Price	Details
10/10/2019	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$29.00 ➝ $27.00	Low
8/16/2019	Citigroup	Set Price Target	Buy	$28.00	Low
3/28/2019	SunTrust Banks	Set Price Target	Buy	$28.00	Low
3/28/2019	Credit Suisse Group	Lower Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$27.00 ➝ $23.00	High
3/4/2019	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Price Target	Market Perform ➝ Market Perform	$24.00 ➝ $26.00	Low
8/23/2018	Goldman Sachs Group	Upgrade	Sell ➝ Neutral	$20.00 ➝ $25.00	Medium
8/15/2018	Pivotal Research	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$27.00	Low
8/14/2018	Robert W. Baird	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Buy	$26.00 ➝ $30.00	High
8/14/2018	Macquarie	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Outperform	$34.00	High
8/14/2018	Barclays	Upgrade	Underweight ➝ Equal Weight	$21.00 ➝ $27.00	High
7/27/2018	Needham & Company LLC	Lower Price Target	Buy	$30.00	Medium
2/9/2018	Deutsche Bank	Set Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$35.00 ➝ $33.00	High
10/23/2017	Cantor Fitzgerald	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$45.00	N/A

(Data available from 10/18/2017 forward)