Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, CELG, CLD, CNX, DRQ, EIX, NOK, PPL, LEN, PHM, TOL)

Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday (Friday the 13th). Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Buy and Raised Target to $770 from $730 at BofA/ML. Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:…

Published April 13, 2012, 8:06am ET · 1 min read

Jon Ogg
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday (Friday the 13th).

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Buy and Raised Target to $770 from $730 at BofA/ML.

Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) Cut to Hold at Auriga.

Cloud Peak Energy Inc. (NYSE: CLD) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Dril-Quip, Inc. (NYSE: DRQ) named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Edison International (NYSE: EIX) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.

Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) Cut to Equal-weight at Barclays.

PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) was maintained as Buy but removed from the Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.

Lennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN), PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM), and Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL) were all raised to Buy from Hold at KeyBanc today.

VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) Started as Overweight at Piper Jaffray.

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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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