** Home appliance maker SharkNinja's shares SN.N rise 2%
to $73.58
** BofA initiates coverage with "buy" rating, price
objective of $90
** The price objective represents a ~25% upside to the
stock's last close
** BoFA sees SN to gain market share in its existing
categories with shelf space expansion at key retailers,
including Walmart WMT.N , Amazon AMZN.O and Costco COST.O
** Also sees share gains in new categories citing co's data
driven approach to innovation, notes opportunity in new sporting
goods category
** Four brokerages rate the stock "strong buy", five "buy"
and one "hold"; their median PT is $83.25 - LSEG
** Stock had risen 43% YTD
(Reporting by Aatreyee Dasgupta)
((Aatreyee.Dasgupta@thomsonreuters.com))