Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADCT, ALL, AMSC, BSX, CSIQ, ENOC, ITRI, JASO, KBH, LIFE, MDT, PLD, RYL, SHW, TSL, VVUS, YGE)

These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms:

ADC Telecommunications Inc. (NASDAQ: ADCT) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL) Started as Perform at Oppenheimer.
American Superconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSC) Started as Buy at Jefferies
Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX) Started as Perform at Oppenheimer.
Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) Started as Hold at Jefferies.
EnerNOC, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENOC) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
KB Home (NYSE: KBH) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus; Goldman Sachs maintains Neutral at cut target to $13.
Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
ProLogis (NYSE: PLD) Started as Outperform at FBR.
Ryland Group Inc. (NYSE: RYL) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus; Goldman Sachs at Neutral but cut target to $18.
Sherwin-Williams Co. (NYSE: SHW) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL) STarted as Buy at Jefferies.
VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQQ: VVUS) Raised to Outperform at Leerink Swann.
Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: YGE) Started as Buy at Jefferies.

JON C. OGG