Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAPL, AMAT, ADM, BIDU, CNX, CREE, EA, FDO, FLO, INTC, IRM, LOW, SAP, SODA, SCTY, SXL, WAG, YHOO)

January 7, 2013 by Jon C. Ogg

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall St. research firms this Monday.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) maintained Buy with $750 price target at Canaccord Genuity.

Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) cut to Underweight at J.P. Morgan.

Archer Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE: ADM) started as Underweight at J.P. Morgan.

Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) cut to Equal Weight at Barclays.

CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) cut to Outperform at Raymond James.

Cree Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) cut to Hold at Canaccord Genuity.

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) cut to Neutral at Stern Agee.

Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.

Flowers Foods Inc. (NYSE: FLO) raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.

Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) raised to Buy at Lazard.

Iron Mountain Inc. (NYSE: IRM) named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) cut to Sell at Canaccord Genuity.

SAP A.G. (NYSE: SAP) cut to Neutral at UBS.

SodaStream International Ltd. (NASDAQ: SODA) started as Overweight at Barclays.

SolarCity Corp. (NASDAQ: SCTY) started as Buy at Goldman Sachs, started as Outperform at Credit Suisse and started as Buy at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.

Sunoco Logistics Partners (NYSE: SXL) named as Bull of the Day at Zacks.

Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) raised to Buy at Jefferies.

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.

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