Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (A, MO, BAC, BCS, CPHD, DF, DNR, HAL, JCI, LH, LYG, RMBS, SWIR, VMI, WSM)

November 19, 2012 by Jon C. Ogg

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

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.

Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) raised to Buy at UBS.

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.

Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.

Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Dean Foods Co. (NYSE: DF) raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.

Denbury Resources Inc. (NYSE: DNR) named a trading buy ahead of the holiday at Credit Suisse.

Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) raised to Outperform at Macquarie.

Johnson Controls Inc. (NYSE: JCI) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Lab Corp. of America (NYSE: LH) cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (NYSE: LYG) cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.

Sierra Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: SWIR) named value stock of the day at Zacks.

Valmont Industries Inc. (NYSE: VMI) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.

Williams-Sonoma Inc. (NYSE: WSM) raised to Buy at BofA/ML.

JON C. OGG

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