Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AGNC, AAPL, ADM, CALM, CAT, DLTR, FDO, HPQ, KIRK, LNC, MON, NAV, TIF, VECO)

October 17, 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.

American Capital Agency (NASDAQ: AGNC) Cut to Market Perform at JMP Securities.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Outperform with $500 target at Credit Suisse.
Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) Started as Hold at Argus.
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM) named value stock of the day at Zacks.
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) Cut to Equal-Weight at Barclays.
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) Reiterated Buy with $40 target at Argus.
Kirkland’s, Inc. (NASDAQ: KIRK) Cut to Underperform as bear of the day at Zacks.
Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE: LNC) Added to the U.S. 1 List at BofA/ML.
Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) Reiterated Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) Started as Buy at Stern Agee.
Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) Cut to Sell at Canaccord Genuity.

JON C. OGG

 

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