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Piper Sandler Maintains Overweight on Federal Realty Investment, Raises Price Target to $149
Piper Sandler analyst Alexander Goldfarb maintains Federal Realty Investment (NYSE:FRT) with a Overweight and raises the price target from $127 to $149.
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