Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALJ, APA, CARB, CHK, DVN, JKS, LOGI, MRVL, MGM, MCP, MOS, PHM, PER, SAP, SM, TRV, VMW)

Jon OggThese are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Alon USA Energy, Inc. (NYSE: ALJ) is the value stock of the day at Zacks. Apache Corp. (NYSE:…

Published September 20, 2011, 8:20am ET · 2 min read

Jon Ogg
These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls.

Alon USA Energy, Inc. (NYSE: ALJ) is the value stock of the day at Zacks.
Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Carbonite, Inc. (NASDAQ: CARB) Started as Buy at Canaccord Genuity; Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer; Started as Outperform at William Blair; Started as Buy at BofA/ML.
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) Started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN) Started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE: JKS) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Logitech International SA (NASDAQ: LOGI) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) Cut to Market Perform at JMP Securities.
MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) Raised to Sector Outperform at CIBC.
PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM) Raised to Buy at UBS.
SandRidge Permian Trust (NYSE: PER) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer; Started as Market Weight at Wells Fargo; Started as Outperform at Baird.
SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
SM Energy Co. (NYSE: SM) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.
The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRV) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) Started as Buy at Merriman (Monday night).
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Jon C. Ogg

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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