Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (STD, BRCM, CSIQ, CMG, DD, EBAY, ENDP, IACI, JASO, KR, MRVL, NDAQ, PCX, BTU, SWY, SOLF, TWX, YGE)

These are some of this Friday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.

Banco Santander S.A. (NYSE: STD) Raised to Overweight at HSBC.
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) Cut to Market Weight at Wells Fargo.
Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) Cut to Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley.
EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (NYSE: DD) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ENDP) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
IAC/InterActiveCorp. (NASDAQ: IACI) Raised to Neutral at BofA/ML.
JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) Cut to Underperform at Wells Fargo.
The Kroger Company (NYSE: KR) Cut to Equal-Weight at Barclays.
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
Patriot Coal Corporation (NYSE: PCX) Cut to Underperform at BMO.
Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE: BTU) Raised to Outperform at BMO.
Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) Cut to Underweight at Barclays.
Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: SOLF) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) Started as Buy at Stifel Nicolaus
Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: YGE) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.

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