Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, ABX, BSX, C. CLX, EBAY, GNW, HBAN, JDSU, LNKD, ERIC, NFLX, NXPI, RJET, SNI, SBNY, SKYW, SPWRA, LCC)
July 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.
Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Maintained Underperform but raised estimates at Credit Suisse.
Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX) Reiterated Strong Buy as Value at Zacks.
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) Cut to Underweight at Barclays.
Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) maintained Buy with $53 target but slightly cut estimates at BofA/ML; Reiterated Sell at Argus.
Clorox Corporation (NYSE: CLX) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer; Raised to Market Perform at Bernstein.
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) Staretd as Buy with $40 target at Argus.
Genworth Financial Inc. (NYSE: GNW) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Huntington Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: HBAN) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
JDS Uniphase Corporation (NASDAQ: JDSU) Maintained Neutral but cut target to $15.50 at Credit Suisse.
LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) Cut to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan.
LM Ericsson Telephone Co. (NASDAQ: ERIC) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Cut to Sector Perform at Pacific Crest.
NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ: NXPI) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Republic Airways Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: RJET) Cut to Underperform at BofA/ML.
Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI) Cut to Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley.
Signature Bank (NASDAQ: SBNY) Started as Buy with $64 target at BofA/ML.
SkyWest Inc. (NASDAQ: SKYW) Reiterated Underperform and cut target to $10 at BofA/ML.
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWRA) Cut to Sell at Collins Stewart; Reiterated Underperform at BofA/ML.
US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE: LCC) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
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JON C. OGG
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