Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ABMD, MT, BXP, DPZ, DRYS, FET, GPS, BLOX, LYB, OAK, POOL, SNTA, TSLA, URBN, WPI, ZIP)

May 22, 2012 by Jon C. Ogg

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday.

ABIOMED Inc. (NASDAQ: ABMD) Cut to Neutral at Lazard Capital.

ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Boston Properties Inc. (NYSE: BXP) Reiterated Buy with target price of $120 at Argus.

Domino’s Pizza Inc. (NYSE: DPZ) Reiterated Buy with target price of $46 at Argus.

DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) Started as Buy at Global Hunter.

Forum Energy Technologies, Inc (NYSE: FET) Started as Outperform with $28.00 target price at Credit Suisse; Started as Outperform at Howard Weil; Started as Buy at Citigroup.

Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) Raised to Buy at Lazard Capital.

Infoblox Inc. (NYSE: BLOX) Started as Buy with $21 target at UBS.

LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE: LYB) Started as Outperform with $60.00 target at Credit Suisse.

Oaktree Capital Group, LLC (NYSE: OAK) Started as Neutral with $45.00 target at Credit Suisse; Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs; Started as Neutral at JPMorgan.

Pool Corporation (NASDAQ: POOL) raised to Bull of the Day at Zacks.

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. (NASDAQ: SNTA) Started as Buy at Jefferies.

Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) Started as Buy at Maxim Group.

Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ: URBN) Maintained as HOLD with $26 target price but lower estimates at Canaccord Genuity.

Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NYSE: WPI) Reiterated Buy with $90 target as “Top Idea Post” at Canaccord Genuity.

Zipcar, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZIP) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley.

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