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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AEO, AVP, BONT, CSCO, CORT, JNPR, KMI, LEN, LULU, NTAP, PHM, QCOM, RVBD, SD, STI, RIG, VE)

Source: Jon Ogg
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Friday.

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.

Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.

The Bon-Ton Stores. Inc. (NASDAQ: BONT) Raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) Started as Buy at Citigroup.

Corcept Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CORT) Started as Outperform with $6 target at Credit Suisse.

Juniper Networks Inc. (NYSE: JNPR) Started as Buy at Citigroup.

Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.

Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN) Cut to Sell from Neutral at Citigroup.

Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) Maintained outperform but lowered estimates at Credit Suisse.

NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) Cut to Equal-Weight at Barclays.

PulteGroup (NYSE: PHM) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.

Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) Reiterated Buy with $80 target at Argus.

Riverbed Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: RVBD) Started as Buy at Citigroup.

SandRidge Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SD) Started as Outperform at RBC Capital.

SunTrust Banks Inc. (NYSE: STI) Raised to Buy with $30 target at Argus.

Transocean Ltd. Co. (NYSE: RIG) Reiterated Hold but raised estimates at Argus.

Veolia Environnement S.A. (NYSE: VE) Started as Overweight at Barclays.

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