Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AGNC, NLY, CAB, CP, CIM, EDMC, FDX, FSLR, GS, HTS, IVR, JOSB, LQDT, MDR, ODFL, RIMM, SKS, TD, UPS)

These are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls.

American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ: AGNC) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Cabela’s, Inc. (NYSE: CAB) named as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (NYSE: CP) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Education Management Corporation (NASDAQ: EDMC) Raised to Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley.
FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) Reiterated Buy with $140 target at Argus.
Goldman Sachs Group. Inc. (NYSE: GS) Maintained Outperform but cut estimates by Credit Suisse.
Hatteras Financial Corp (NYSE: HTS) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. (NYSE: IVR) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Jos. A Bank Clothiers Inc. (NASDAQ: JOSB) Called the value stock of the day at Zacks.
Liquidity Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: LQDT) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
McDermott International (NYSE: MDR) named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. (NASDAQ: ODFL) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Maintained Neutral but raised target to $37 from $25 at BofA/ML.
Saks Inc. (NYSE: SKS) Maintained Buy with $14 target at Argus.
Toronto Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.

JON C. OGG