Boyd Gaming price target raised to $74 from $67 at Stifel

Stifel raised the firm’s price target on Boyd Gaming (BYD) to $74 from $67 and keeps a Hold rating on the shares. Boyd is “slowly starting to stick out from their peer group” given continued healthy, stable trends in their core Las Vegas locals market coupled now with a “decent-sized long-term growth project” in Norfolk, Virginia that will come online in stages starting next year, the analyst tells investors following the company’s Q3 report.