Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMD, AXP, AZN, CCI, DF, HBAN, ERIC, MHS, NFLX, SNDK, SZYM, TLAB, UNH)

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

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Market Perform at Wells Fargo; Raised to Buy at Canaccord Genuity.
American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $65 at Argus.
AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE: CCI) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
Huntington Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: HBAN) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
LM Ericsson Telephone Co. (NASDAQ: ERIC) Reiterated Buy with $19 target at Argus; Raised to Buy at S&P Equity Research.
Medco Health Solutions Inc. (NYSE: MHS) Cut to Hold at Argus.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Maintained Outperform with $280 target at Credit Suisse.
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) Maintained Sell at Zacks; Reiterated Buy at Gleacher.
Solazyme, Inc. (NASDAQ: SZYM) Started as Outperform at Baird.
Tellabs Inc. (NASDAQ: TLAB) Maintained Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) Reiterated Buy as Value at Zacks.

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