Tervita (TSX:TEV) CIBC starts coverage of Canada's largest oilfield waste management and environmental services company with an "outperformer" and a 12-18 month price target of $13.50. The stock closed Wednesday at $9.30.

Canaccord Genuity upgrades to "speculative buy" and moves the target to $50 from $34, saying Constellation Brands $5.2 billion investment in the company is a "transformational industry event". Canaccord acknowledges that WEED trades at 29 times 2020 EV/EBITDA but says the company has 12 times more cash than its closet competitor and has global first mover advantage. Echelon Wealth Partners sees the deal as a "very strong endorsement" of Canopy but maintains a sell and moves the target to $34.50 from 30.

Theratechnologies (TSX:TH) Mackie Research has helped investors to a 750% gain on this stock since it launchedcoverage. Mackie maintains its "buy" rating and atarget of $19.50, giving the stock an additional potential return of 116%.

TransGlobe Energy (TSX:TGL;NASDAQ:TGA) RBC boosts the price target to $5 from $4.30, implying 23% upside, and maintains an "outperform".

BSR REIT (TSX:HOM.UN) Industrial Alliance upgrades to "strong buy" and keeps the target at $11.

LXR&Co (TSX:LXR) Canaccord Genuity downgrades the stock and cuts the target to $0.45 from $3 after the company said it was planning to restate its historic financial results, which could result in a breach of a convenant on a credit facility, and said it will undergo a strategic and financial review.

CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL) RBC lifts the target to $27 (U.S.) from $22, which implies 30% gains, and maintains an "outperform" after the company's "solid" quarter and that it increased its full-year forecast.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) is a much slower grower compared to its heyday although a triple in five years is not bad. RBC is lifting the target to $52 from $50, expecting 22% gains, and maintaining its "outperform" after the company beat estimates with its earnings and raised its guidance.

Embraer (NYSE:ERJ) Morgan Stanley raises the Bombardier rival to "overweight" saying the stock ofers an attractive riskreward after a recent sellof.

StorageVault Canada (TSXV:SVI) This acquisitive consolidator of storage units took a Q2 net loss of $9.2 million loss, compared to a loss of $3 million a year ago due to $14.3 million of depreciation and amortization and $1.9 million in stockbased compensation. Q2 revenue nearly doubled to $23.2 million, and existing self-storage stores revenue jumped by 5.6% from last year.

Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) is up 11% in pre-market trading after the world's largest retailer said e-commerce sales surged 40% from last year, a faster pace than the 33% recorded in the previous quarter.

BCE (TSX:BCE) BellMedia has struck a deal to be the exclusive Canadian broadcaster of programming for Vice Media. Vice previously had a deal with Rogers Media that was not renewed.

Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) is making its largest-ever purchase by buying GreatCall for $800 million in cash. GreatCall is an emergency response services company for seniors and has about 900,000 subscribers.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) is reportedly looking into buying cinema chain Landmark theatres.

JD.com (OTC:JD) is down after China's second-largest ecommerce company missed sales estimates and took a Q2 net loss.