Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ANF, APOL, BIIB, BX, ELNK, ELN, HAL, LVLT, LULU, MS, NYX, ONXX, R, TSCO, URBN)

April 12, 2011 by Jon C. Ogg

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

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Started as Overweight at Barclays; Cut to Hold at Argus.
Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) Reiterated Buy at Argus.
Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) Started as Outperform at JMP.
EarthLink Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNK) Raised to Buy at S&P Equity Research (late-Monday call).
Elan Corp. plc (NYSE: ELN) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) Reiterated Buy and Raised target to $56 at Argus.
Level 3 Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) Raised to neutral at UBS.
Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) Started as Underweight at Barclays.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
NYSE Euronext Inc. (NYSE: NYX) Maintained Buy at Argus.
Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ONXX) Started as Buy at Roth Capital.
Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Tractor Supply Co. (NASDAQ: TSCO) maintained Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Urban Outfitters Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) Started as Overweight at Barclays.

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JON C. OGG

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