Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CPN, KEX, MMM, MCP, NOK, NVTL, OVTI, TXT, WFMI, WMB)

Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Calpine Corp. (NYSE: CPN) Raised to Overweight at Barclays. Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX)  Raised to Buy and $60 target…

Published February 22, 2011, 8:10am ET · 1 min read

Jon Ogg
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning.

Calpine Corp. (NYSE: CPN) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX)  Raised to Buy and $60 target at BofA/ML.
3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) Raised to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) Cut to Sell at RBS.
Novatel Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVTL) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.  Omnivision Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: OVTI) Maintained Buy and $39 target at Gleacher & Co.
Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFMI) noted as Bull of the Day with Outperform and $65 target at Zacks.
Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE: WMB) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.

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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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