Top Analyst Upgrades and Stocks to Buy: Cabot, Chipotle, Facebook and More

August 20, 2013 by Jon C. Ogg

Now that stocks have pulled back from recent all-time highs, investors and traders may be looking for new research ideas that can generate higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls each morning to find great ideas from value stocks to growth stocks to dividend stocks. We have broken out the positive analyst calls and these are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, initiations and positive analyst research calls seen from Wall Street.

Ares Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: ARCC) was started as Buy with a $19 price target at Sterne Agee.

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. (NYSE: COG) was started as Buy with a $45 price target at Canaccord Genuity.

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (NYSE: CMG) was raised to Hold from Underperform at Jefferies.

Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN) was started as Buy with a $75 price target at Canaccord Genuity.

Dianna Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX) was raised to Neutral from Underperform at Credit Suisse.

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) was started as Buy with a $50 fair value at Janney Capital.

Southwestern Energy Co. (NYSE: SWN) was started as Buy with a $50 price target at Canaccord Genuity.

Spirit Airlines Inc. (NASDAQ: SAVE) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Raymond James.

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