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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, CTL, CHK, COH, DB, HSY, HBC, HUM, JNJ, LDK, LOGM, L, MCD, WFR, NAV, PETM, PIR, RSG, TWI, UNH, VPRT, WWWW, ZNGA)

Source: Jon Ogg
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Wednesday.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Buy with $670 target at Argus; Zacks has maintained a Outperform but it was cautious after WWDC due to the lack of new surprises.

CenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL) Maintained Buy with $48 target at Argus.

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.

Coach Inc. (NYSE: COH) Maintained Buy with $90 target at Argus.

Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.

HSBC Holdings PLC (NYSE: HBC) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) Started as Neutral at JPMorgan.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan; Raised to Buy at Jefferies; Raised to Outperform at Raymond James.

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) Raised to Hold from Sell at S&P Capital IQ (late-Tuesday call).

LogMeIn, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOGM) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.

Loews Corporation (NYSE: L) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.

McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE: WFR) Raised to Hold from Sell at S&P Capital IQ (late-Tuesday call).

Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.

PetSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PETM) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley.

Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (NYSE: PIR) Started as Buy at Jefferies.

Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Titan International Inc. (NYSE: TWI) named Value Stock of the Day at Zacks.

United Health (NYSE: UNH) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.

Vistaprint N.V. (NASDAQ: VPRT) Cut to Underweight at Barclays.

Web.com Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WWWW) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.

Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) Raised to Equalweight from Underweight at Evercore.

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JON C. OGG

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