Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CSCO, CRXL, ITW, LVS, NFLX, POT, PT, SUPM, WRI, XEL)

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Published: August 18, 2010 8:07 am

Last Updated: April 3, 2020 3:08 pm

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

Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) Cut to Underperform at First Global.
Crucell NV (NASDAQ: CRXL) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) Target Raised to $22 at Citigroup.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Cut to Underperform at Morgan Keegan.
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) Target raised to $170 at UBS; Traget Raised to $160 at CIBC; Credit Suisse raised Target to $150.
Portugal Telecom SA (NYSE: PT) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
SuperMedia (NASDAQ: SUPM) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Weingarten Realty Investors Company (NYSE: WRI) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Xcel Energy Inc. (NYSE: XEL) Started as Neutral at JPMorgan.

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