Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ANDE, BAC, DELL, GEVO, GT, KMB, OIS, OCR, PWAV, RAX, RCL, SWY, TRMB, ZNGA)

February 15, 2012 by Jon C. Ogg

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

The Andersons, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANDE) named as Value stock of the day at Zacks.
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) Cut to UNderperform at Stern Agee.
Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) Started as Buy with $16 target at Canaccord Genuity.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: GT) Cut to Hold at S&P Capital IQ.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) Cut to Neutral at Janney.
Oil States International (NYSE: OIS) Started as Buy with $103 target at Canaccord Genuity.
OmniCare Inc. (NYSE: OCR) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Powerwave Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: PWAV) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan; Target cut to $1.00 at Canaccord Genuity.
Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX) Cut to Market Perform at Raymond James.
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Trimble Navigation (NASDAQ: TRMB) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) Cut to Neutral at Baird; Cut to Equal-weight at Barclays.

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