Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AGU, ACAS, CIB, ERTS, KGC, MWA, PCLN, SNY, SIRI)

August 5, 2010 by Jon C. Ogg

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

Agrium (NYSE: AGU) has seen targets raised at CIBC, Canaccord, and TD.
American Capital (NASDAQ: ACAS) Raised to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
Bancolombia (NYSE: CIB) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) Raised to Neutral at Devenport.
Kinross Gold Corp. (NYSE: KGC) Raised to Perform at CIBC.
Mueller Water Products (NYSE: MWA) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
Priceline.com Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN) Raised to Buy with $335 target at Stifel Nicolaus.
Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY) Reiterated Overweight Overweight (raised EU target) at JPMorgan.
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) Raised to Buy with $1.50 target at Wunderlich.

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