Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADM, CIEN, DLTR, EK, EXC, GPS, LDK, MA, WFR, MET, TAP, MOT, EDU, VECO)

These are this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls:

Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
CIENA Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) Cut to Equal Weight at Barclays.
Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK) Raised to Hold at Brean Murray.
Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
LDK Solar (NYSE: LDK) Raised to Neutral at HSBC.
Mastercard (NYSE: MA) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
MEMC Electronics (NYSE: WFR) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
MetLife (NYSE: MET) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
Molson Coors (NYSE: TAP) Started as Overweight at Barclays.
Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
New Oriental Education (NYSE: EDU) Raised to Buy at Brean Murray; Started as Neutral at Cowen.
Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ: VECO) Started as Buy at Lazard.

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JON C. OGG