** Real estate service provider Zillow Group's shares ZG.O
rise 2.5% to $59.28 premarket
** Wedbush upgrades ZG to "outperform" from "neutral",
citing revenue upside potential from co's software & services
initiatives
** Raises price target to $80 from $50, representing over
38% upside to the stock's last close
** Sees "free-falling" mortgage rates as catalyst for ZG's
core brokerage business
** Two of 21 brokerages rate the stock "strong buy", 10
"buy" and 9 "hold"; their median PT is $55.50 - LSEG data
** Up to last close, stock had risen ~2% YTD
(Reporting by Aatreyee Dasgupta)
((Aatreyee.Dasgupta@thomsonreuters.com))