These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Thursday.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) Raised to Outperform at Bernstein.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Started as Market Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN) Reiterated Buy with $15 target at Argus.
Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) Maintained Outperform with $74 target at Credit Suisse.
Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) Reiterated Buy with $24 target at Argus.
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Digital River Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) Started as Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
Headwaters Inc. (NYSE: HW) Maintained Buy with $6.50 target at Canaccord Genuity.
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OREX) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) reiterated Buy with $80 target at Canaccord Genuity.
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) maintained Hold with $10 target and weak pre-earnings commentary at Canaccord Genuity.
Janney Capital Markets lowered 2012 and 2013 earnings estimates for movie chains Cinemark Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CNK) and Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC).
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