Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (MT, BMC, CIM, CYH, DYN, ESLR, RE, GPS, GPC, GOOG, INFY, JCP, JPM, IRM, KBH, KFT, MRVL, PCG)

April 18, 2011 by Jon C. Ogg

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

Arcelor Mittal (NYSE: MT) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
BMC Software Inc. (NYSE: BMC) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.
Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) Reiterated Hold at Argus.
Evergreen Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: ESLR) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
Everest Re Group, Ltd. (NYSE: RE) named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML; Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC) Reiterated Buy at Argus.
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Maintained Buy but cut estimates at Argus.
Infosys Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: INFY) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse;target and estimates cut at HSBC.
J.C. Penney Co., Inc. (NYSE: JCP) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) Reiterated Hold at Argus.
Iron Mountain Inc. (NYSE: IRM) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
KB Home (NYSE: KBH) Raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) Cut to Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley.
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) Cut to Neutral at Susquehanna.
PG & E Corp. (NYSE: PCG) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.

If you are interested in the top research upgrades and downgrades from last week, those include CYH, GOOG, GTXI, MPEL, KWK, RIG, SLW, RGLD, and THC.

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JON C. OGG

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