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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AONE, ACM, ALXN, AEP, LFC, CLNE, COP, CVA, CREE, ENOC, FXCM, IRM, MET, NYX, PCLN, SD, LEDS, VLO, WFSL)

Administrator — Tue, 17 May 2011 12:23:08 +0000

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

A123 Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
AECOM Technology Corporation (NYSE: ACM) Raised to Buy at Argus.
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALXN) Kept at Buy but Removed from Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
American Electric Power Co., Inc. (NYSE: AEP) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (NYSE: LFC) Raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE) Cut to Underperform at BofA/ML.
ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) Reiterated Buy and $95 target at Argus.
Covanta Holding Corporation (NYSE: CVA) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
Cree Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) Cut to Underperform at BofA/ML.
EnerNOC, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENOC) Cut to Underperform at BofA/ML.
FXCM Inc. (NYSE: FXCM) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
Iron Mountain Inc. (NYSE: IRM) Started as Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
MetLife Inc. (NYSE: MET) Reiterated Buy with $54 target at Argus.
NYSE Euronext Inc. (NYSE: NYX) Cut to Hold at Argus.
Priceline.com Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN) Maintained Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
SandRidge Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SD) Started as Neutral at Baird; Started as Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
SemiLEDS Corporation (NASDAQ: LEDS) Cut to Underperform at BofA/ML.
Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO) Maintained Strong Buy as Value at Zacks.

Washington Federal Inc. (NASDAQ: WFSL) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ACM, AEP, ALXN, AONE, CLNE, COP, CREE, CVA, ENOC, FXCM, IRM, LEDS, LFC, MET, NYX, PCLN, SD, VLO, WFSL

Top Analyst Upgrades (AKAM, BSX, CLX, CVA, ESRX, MCRS, PRXL, PFE, QSII, SGMS)

247wallst — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:48:44 +0000

These are some of the top analyst upgrades and positive calls we are seeing this Monday morning:

Akamai (AKAM) Raised to Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.
Boston Scientific (BSX) Raised to Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
Clorox (CLX) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Covanta (CVA) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Express Scripts (ESRX) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Micros Systems (MCRS) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
PAREXEL (PRXL) Raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
Pfizer (PFE) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Quality Systems (QSII) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray.
Scientific Games (SGMS) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.

Jon C. Ogg
February 2, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: AKAM, BSX, CLX, CVA, ESRX, MCRS, PFE, PRXL, QSII, SGMS

Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADSK, CVA, SFD, MMM, ATU, BLK, CBEY, ITW, RFMD, ROP, UPS)

247wallst — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:40:50 +0000

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and downgrades we are seeing this Tuesday morning:

AutoDesk (ADSK) Started as Buy at KeyBanc.
Covanta (CVA) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
Smithfield Foods (SFD) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
3M (MMM) Cut to Underweight at Barclays.
Actuant (ATU) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
BlackRock (BLK) Cut to Market Perform at Wachovia.
Cbeyond (CBEY) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies.
Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Cut to Underweight at Barclays.
RF Micro Devices (RFMD) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Roper (ROP) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
UPS (UPS) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
December 9, 2008

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: ADSK, ATU, BLK, CBEY, CVA, ITW, MMM, RFMD, ROP, SFD, UPS