Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AYR, ARBA, AFFY, AIPC, BIG, BVF, ETR, FTI, LNCR, NOV, RYAAY)

These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes:

Aircastle Ltd. (NYSE: AYR) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Ariba Inc. (NASDAQ: ARBA) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Affymax, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFY) Cut to Market Weight at Thomas Weisel.
American Italian Pasta Co. (NASDAQ: AIPC) Cut to Neutral at Janney; Cut to Hold at BB&T Capital.
Big Lots Inc. (NYSE: BIG) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Biovail Corporation (NYSE: BVF) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup.
FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FTI) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Lincare Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: LNCR) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE: NOV) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ: RYAAY) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.

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