Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BZH, BP, CIEN, GLW, EXPE, FFIV, BEN, JNS, JNPR, PMCS, PCLN, SPWRA, TROW)

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By Jon C. Ogg Published

These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms:

Beazer Homes (NYSE: BZH) Raised to Buy at UBS.
BP plc (NYSE: BP) Reiterated Buy at Citigroup.
Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) Started as Underweight at JPMorgan.
Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) Started as Neutral at JPMorgan.
Expedia Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) Started as Buy at FBR.
F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) Started as Positive at Susquehanna.
Janus Capital Group Inc. (NYSE: JNS) Started as Positive at Susquehanna.
Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan; Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
PMC-Sierra Inc. (NASDAQ: PMCS) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN) Started as Market Perform at FBR.
SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA) Raised to Hold at Hapoalim.
T. Rowe Price Group Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW) Started as Positive at Susquehanna.

JON C. OGG

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About the Author Jon C. Ogg →

Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.

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