Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, AMZN, AOL, BP, CZR, CMG, COH, DE, EBAY, HD, HGSI, JBHT, LVS, LOW, MPEL, NOK, S, TGT, VIA, DIS, WYNN)

Investing

Jon C. Ogg

Published: July 17, 2012 8:27 am

Last Updated: April 28, 2020 8:18 am

Source: Jon Ogg

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Tuesday.

Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU): Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN): Started as Buy at Lazard.

AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL): Started as Equal Weight at Evercore.

BP, Plc (NYSE: BP): Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Caesars Entertainment Corp. (NASDAQ: CZR): Started as Underperform at RBC Capital Markets.

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG): Raised to Buy at Citigroup.

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

Deere & Company (NYSE: DE): Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY): Started as Buy at Lazard.

The Home Depot (NYSE: HD): Cut to Neutral at Janney.

Human Genome Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: HGSI): Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT): Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS): Started as Outperform at RBC Capital.

Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW): Cut to Neutral at Janney.

Melco Crown PBL (NASDAQ: MPEL): Started as Outperform at RBC Capital.

Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK): Cut to Underperform at Jefferies.

Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S): Maintained Outperform and raised target to $6 from $4 at Credit Suisse.

Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup.

Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA): Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.

The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS): Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.

Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN): Started as Outperform at RBC Capital.

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