Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AKAM, AIG, AOL, AVGO, BKW, CMG, DV, FE, FOSL, GT, HSNI, ITMN, PCS, NRG, RA, RSH, TSO, WEC)

July 24, 2012 by Jon C. Ogg

Source: Jon Ogg
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday morning.

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) started as Outperform at William Blair.

American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) started as Overweight at Evercore.

AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Avago Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: AVGO) started as Buy at Canaccord Genuity.

Burger King Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: BKW) started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) cut to Hold at Argus.

DeVry, Inc. (NYSE: DV) cut to Neutral at Citigroup; Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.

FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) cut to Hold at Argus.

Fossil, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOSL) cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE: GT) raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

HSN, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSNI) started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.

InterMune Inc. (NASDAQ: ITMN) cut to Hold at Canaccord Genuity.

MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS) raised to Outperform at Macquarie.

NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.

RailAmerica, Inc. (NYSE: RA) cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo and cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.

RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) cut to Sell at UBS.

Tesoro Corp. (NYSE: TSO) cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.

Wisconsin Energy Corp. (NYSE: WEC) cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.

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