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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, BLK, BX, CZR, DPZ, FB, HPQ, LEAP, LGF, JWN, PDC, PGR, SHLD, S, SYNC, VRA, VMW, ZNGA)
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Source: Jon Ogg
The well known analyst Gene Munster at Piper Jaffray is considered one of the top Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) analysts out there. Munster is a big Apple bull and he calls the move from Apple into the television market a “when rather than an if” and he thinks Apple can take up to 10% of the market. Munster expects an announcement soon and he thinks that the price tag will be about $2,000 for the unit.
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
The Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) Raised to the Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ: CZR) Started as Neutral at Macquarie.
The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Domino’s Pizza (NYSE: DPZ) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) Started as Outperform at R.W. Baird.
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Leap Wireless International (NASDAQ: LEAP) Cut to Underperform at BMO; Maintained Hold at Canaccord Genuity.
Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE: LGF) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE: JWN) Raised to Buy at Nomura; Started as Outperform at RBC.
Pioneer Drilling Company, Inc. (NYSE: PDC) named as Value Stock of the Day at Zacks.
Progressive Corporation (NYSE: PGR) named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Sears Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) Raised to Outperform and named as the Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Synacor, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYNC) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus; Cut to Neutral at Citigroup.
Vera Bradley, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRA) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) Raised to Buy at Mizuho.
Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) Raised to Neutral at Stern Agee.
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