Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMT, CAT, F, GM, HSH, EDU, NS, PSX, ROVI, SKS, SFLY, LUV, HOT, TSLA, TIF, VVUS, WFM)
July 18, 2012 by Jon C. Ogg
American Tower Corp. (NYSE: AMT): Cut to Neutral at Citigroup.
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT): Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F): Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM): Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
Hillshire Brands Co. (NYSE: HSH): Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE: EDU): Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
NuStar Energy, L.P. (NYSE: NS): Named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX): Started as Buy at Argus.
Rovi Corp. (NASDAQ: ROVI) warned yesterday and shares are way down; we have seen downgrades to Neutral and the equivalent ratings from JPMorgan, BMO Capital Markets and Piper Jaffray.
Saks Inc. (NYSE: SKS): Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Shutterfly, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFLY): Started as Buy at BofA/ML.
Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV): Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Inc. (NYSE: HOT): Cut to Hold at Argus.
Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA): Cut to Sell at Wunderlich.
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF): Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
VIVUS Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS): Raised to Hold at Jefferies.
Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM): Cut to Perform at Williams Capital.
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