Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, MO, AIG, BBVA, DPZ, ETN, ELNK, FAST, MMM, MS, RCL, S, SBUX, VPRT)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning.

Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Sell at S&P Equity Research.
Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Started as Hold at Citigroup.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (NYSE: BBVA) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Domino’s Pizza Inc. (NYSE: DPZ) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $33 at Argus.
Eaton Corporation (NYSE: ETN) Reiterated Buy as Value at Zacks.
EarthLink Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNK) Raised to Strong Buy at S&P Equity Research.
Fastenal Company (NASDAQ: FAST) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) Reiterated Buy with $108 target at Argus.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) Maintained Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan; Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) Maintained Outperform but cut target to $7 at Credit Suisse.
Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) Reiterated Outperform and raised target to $48 at Credit Suisse.
Vistaprint N.V. (NASDAQ: VPRT) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.

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