-- Quebecor Inc. (QBR-B.TO) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at TD Securities on Thursday.
Analyst Vince Valentini raised his price target on shares of the Canadian media and telecom company to $63 from $60.
"Pricing in the Canadian wireless market has continued to improve slightly in April, so our fears of an escalating price war (including an aggressive response from QBR/Freedom) have diminished," Valentini said in a note to clients.
"Furthermore, with an ARPU starting point of nera $35, QBR faces less downside repricing risk if competitive tension gets worse again," the analyst said.
"This backdrop, combined with the recent 9% pullback for the stock, has allowed us to revisit our thesis," Valentini said.
"Updating for our end of quarter channel checks, we expect solid underlying EBITDA and FCF results in Q1/26, which have pushed up our estimates for FY27 (less impact on Q1/26 or FY26 results owing to yet another quarter of elevated non-cash stock-based compensation expense)."
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