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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Auxilium, BofA, Genworth, MGM, Walgreen, Wynn, Yahoo and More
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These are this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations covered by 24/7 Wall St.
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: AUXL) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Stifel.
Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) was written up over the weekend in Barron’s as having the potential to rise 50% or more, now that most of its legal issues are behind it (or believed to be). Shares were up only 0.5% in early Monday indications.
CenterPoint Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNP) was raised to Buy from Neutral at SunTrust.
Genworth Financial Inc. (NYSE: GNW) was written up in Barron’s over the weekend as having 80% upside potential.
GlaxoSmithKline PLC (NYSE: GSK) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform and the price target was cut to a range of $60 to $70 from $80 to $85 at Wells Fargo.
Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (NASDAQ: MPEL) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform and the price target was cut to a range of $28 to $31 from $38 to $40 at Wells Fargo.
Mallinckrodt PLC (NYSE: MNK) was started with an Overweight rating and was assigned a $105 price target by Barclays.
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MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) was reiterated as Buy and the price target was raised to $12 from $11 at Canaccord Genuity.
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (NYSE: PEG) was downgraded to Hold from Buy and the price target was cut to $39 from $41 at Jefferies.
Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY) was downgraded to Underperform from Neutral with a $37 price target at Credit Suisse.
TreeHouse Foods Inc. (NYSE: THS) was raised to Buy from Neutral at SunTrust.
Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) was downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight and the price target was cut to $68 from $92 at Barclays.
Watts Water Technologies Inc. (NYSE: WTS) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Janney Capital Markets.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, but in a strange twist the price target was raised to $46 from $40. Bernstein also downgraded the stock to Market Perform from Outperform, but the firm raised its target to $42 from $40 in the call.
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In case you missed Friday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades, they included shares of Alibaba, Amazon, Apple, Concur, Oracle and More.
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