Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BBY, BWLD, CR, EMC, EXLP, GPS, IBN, INVN, LULU, MU, PAAS, BTU, RTN, RIMM, VVUS)

Administrator — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:07:22 +0000

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday.

Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) Maintained Hold at Argus.

Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. (NASDAQ: BWLD) Started as Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley.

Crane Company (NYSE: CR) named as Value stock of the day at Zacks.

EMC Inc. (NYSE: EMC) Reiterated Buy and Raised target to $36 at Argus.

Exterran Partners L.P. (NYSE: EXLP) Started as Neutral with $23 target at Credit Suisse.

Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) Raised to Buy at Janney.

ICICI Bank Ltd. (NYSE: IBN) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.

InvenSense, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVN) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer; Started as Equal-weight at Morgan Stanley.

Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) Started as Buy at UBS.

Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) Reiterated Buy with $11 target at Jefferies.

Pan American Silver Corporation (NASDAQ: PAAS) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.

Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE: BTU) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Raytheon Co. (NYSE: RTN) Cut to Sector Perform at RBC.

Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Maintained Underperform with $12 target at Jefferies.

VIVUS Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) Raised to Buy at Brean Murray.

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Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (AOC, BAC, CR, DOV, FSLR, HPT, MMM, MMC, MA, SPWRA, TROW, V, WU)

247wallst — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:55:33 +0000

These are some of the top analyst upgrades we are seeing in early hours of pre-market trading this Tuesday morning:

AON Corp. (AOC) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs
Bank Of America (BAC) Raised to Strong Buy from Outperform at Raymond James
Crane Co. (CR) Raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs
Dover Corp. (DOV) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs
First Solar (FSLR) Raised to Market Perform at FBR
Hospitality Properties Trust (HPT) Raised to Outperform at Wachovia
3M (MMM) Raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs
Marsh & McLennan (MMC) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs
MasterCard (MA) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan
SunPower Corp. (SPWRA) Raised to Market Perform at FBR
T. Rowe Price (TROW) Raised to Market Perform at KBW
Visa Inc. (V) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray
Visa (V) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan
Western Union (WU) Raised to Overweight at JP Morgan

Jon C. Ogg
October 14, 2008

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: AOC, BAC, CR, DOV, FSLR, HPT, MA, MMC, MMM, SPWRA, TROW, V, WU

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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BBY, BWLD, CR, EMC, EXLP, GPS, IBN, INVN, LULU, MU, PAAS, BTU, RTN, RIMM, VVUS)

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