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Top Analysts Upgrade and Downgrades: Apple, Coach, EMC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Pfizer, Verizon and More

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After a solid day on Wednesday, traders may be looking to take some profits as a slew of financial data is coming out, and the start of the heavy parade of earnings reports is right around the corner. Toss in the continued election cycle chatter — Thursday it’s delegate rules under scrutiny — and you have a mixture designed to produce some volatility.

24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of analyst research reports each morning to find new trading and investing ideas for its readers. Some analyst calls cover stocks to buy, while others cover stocks to sell or avoid.

These are this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) was maintained at Buy at BTIG research, but the price target was lowered to $130 from $141. The Thomson/First Call consensus price target is $134.21. The 52-week trading range for the shares is $92 to $134.54, and they closed Wednesday at $110.96.

Barnes Group Inc. (NYSE: B) was raised to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank. The consensus price target is $40.71. The 52-week trading range is $30.07 to $41.78. The shares closed most recently at $33.32.


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