Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BUD, BCS, CHKM, CMA, CSC, INTU, LEN, MR, NOK, OAS, RYL, SFD, TXN, TOL, VE)

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

Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
Barclays plc (NYSE: BCS) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Chesapeake Midstream Partners (NASDAQ: CHKM) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Comerica Inc. (NYSE: CMA) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN) Started as Buy at KeyBanc.
Mindray Medical International Limited (NYSE: MR) Raised to Outperform at Macquarie.
Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
Oasis Petroleum Inc. (NYSE: OAS) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Ryland Group (NYSE: RYL) Started as Buy at KeyBanc.
Smithfield Foods (NYSE: SFD) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) Maintained Buy but lowered price target at Jefferies.
Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) Started as Buy at KeyBanc.
Veolia Environnement (NYSE: VE) Cut to Underperform at BNP Paribas.

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