Wells Fargo, Group 1, Align: Price Targets, October 5 2026

This stock price target news roundup for October 5, 2026 covers the analyst rating and price target changes below.

Three unrelated sectors drew fresh analyst action Monday morning. Banking, auto retail, and dental devices each saw a named analyst change a number on the record. None of the three moves followed an earnings report. All three came ahead of one. Two of the three were outright rating changes. The third was an upgrade that kept its price target exactly where it stood the day before.

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo is a national bank. It takes deposits and makes consumer and commercial loans. It also runs a large wealth and investment management arm alongside its branch network. The bank posted earnings per share of $2.00 last quarter. Revenue came in at $22.62 billion, beating the Street’s forecast by 28 cents a share.

Manan Gosalia of Morgan Stanley upgraded Wells Fargo from Equal-Weight to Overweight today. He kept his price target at $102. He is the only analyst with a same-day move on this ticker. The timing still matters. Wells Fargo reports third-quarter results on October 13. The Street wants earnings per share of $1.85 on revenue of $22.36 billion. The bank has beaten that consensus line in each of its last four quarters.

John Pancari at Evercore ISI has rated the stock Buy since April 2021, with a $90 target. Those calls have hit 18 of 26 times, a 69% rate. David George at Baird rates it Neutral with a $92 target. His calls have hit 20 of 21 times, a 95% rate. Vivek Juneja at JPMorgan trimmed his own target to $91.50 from $95.50 three days ago. He kept his rating at Hold.

Twenty analysts cover Wells Fargo in AnaChart’s own database. Their average price target sits at $95.88. The highest target on record is $108. The lowest is $75.60. Of the twenty, more than half rate the stock a Buy. Across every tracked target on the stock, AnaChart’s own record shows a materialized rate near 87%. The average call there takes about 448 days to land. Wells Fargo’s own loan book and deposit base have both grown this year. Management pointed to lower provisions for credit losses as one reason the second-quarter beat was as wide as it was.

Group 1 Automotive

Group 1 Automotive runs more than 200 dealership locations across the United States and the United Kingdom, organized into regional platforms. It sells new and used vehicles and operates the service and parts business behind them, earning a margin on each. The company carries a market capitalization near $2.5 billion and posted revenue of $5.4 billion last quarter.

Daniela Haigian at Morgan Stanley downgraded Group 1 Automotive from Equal-Weight to Underweight today. She cut her price target to $232 from $300, a reduction of more than 22%. The call did not stand alone. The same morning, Haigian lowered targets on Sonic Automotive, Lithia Motors and Asbury Automotive Group. She also downgraded AutoNation to Equal-Weight. Five dealership names moved in one sitting.

The numbers behind it are not flattering. Group 1 missed earnings consensus in each of its last three reported quarters. It missed by $1.40 per share in the second quarter of 2026 and by 89 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2025. Its next report lands October 28. The Street wants earnings per share of $10.86 on revenue of $5.73 billion.

Where other analysts stand on Group 1

Michael Ward at Citi rates the stock Buy with a $357 target. Ten of his last 15 calls on the name have landed within range. John Babcock at Barclays rates it Buy with a $365 target. Rajat Gupta at JPMorgan rates it Hold with a $275 target. His calls have landed 33 of 40 times.

Six analysts cover Group 1 Automotive. Their average target is $368.50. The highest target on record is $470. The lowest is $275. Haigian’s own sweep also touched Lithia Motors, cut to $310 from $358, and Asbury Automotive Group, cut to $184 from $230. AutoNation’s target came down to $175 from $250 on her downgrade. AnaChart’s own record for Group 1 shows a materialized rate near 72% across every tracked target, with the average call taking about 149 days to land.

Align Technology

Align Technology makes clear aligners and intraoral scanners for orthodontic treatment, selling through its Invisalign brand to dentists and orthodontists worldwide. The company posted earnings per share of $2.64 on revenue of $1.06 billion last quarter, a beat of 2 cents against consensus.

Elizabeth Anderson at Evercore ISI downgraded Align Technology from Outperform to In-Line today. She cut her price target to $155 from $220, a reduction of nearly a third. Align has beaten earnings estimates in each of its last several quarters, including a 32-cent beat in the fourth quarter of 2025 and a 28-cent beat in the first quarter of 2026. Its next report is due October 28. The Street wants earnings per share of $2.80 on revenue near $1.01 billion. Anderson’s note framed the cut as a valuation call, not a results call.

Where other analysts stand on Align

Jonathan Block at Stifel has rated the stock Buy since 2013, with a $210 target. His calls have hit 45 of 70 times. Jason Bednar at Piper Sandler rates it Buy at $235. His calls have hit 24 of 53 times. Erin Wright at Morgan Stanley rates it Hold at $188. Her calls have hit 26 of 40 times.

Ten analysts cover Align Technology. Their average target is $199.85. The highest target on record is $235. The lowest is $140. Six of the ten rate the stock a Buy. AnaChart’s own record for Align shows a materialized rate near 67% across every tracked target, with the average call taking about 130 days to land. The company’s Invisalign case volume has kept growing even as Anderson’s note questioned how much more multiple expansion the stock deserves at today’s level.

Every figure above, for all three names, comes from AnaChart’s own price-target database, the same record available in full through AnaChart’s store. Wells Fargo, Group 1 Automotive and Align Technology all report within the next three weeks. Each of today’s three analysts moved ahead of that calendar, not after it.