Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AWK, AMTG, NLY, BZH, CHK, CXS, CRY, F, KFT, L, PGR, RF, TICC, WMT)
August 6, 2012 by Jon C. Ogg
American Water Works Company Inc. (NYSE: AWK) raised to Outperform at Baird.
Apollo Residential Mortgage Inc. (NYSE: AMTG) started as Market Outperform at JMP Securities.
Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) cut to Underperform at FBR.
Beazer Homes (NYSE: BZH) raised to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) cut to Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets.
Crexus Investment Corp. (NYSE: CXS) raised to Market Perform at FBR.
CryoLife Inc. (NYSE: CRY) cut to Hold at Benchmark.
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Kraft Foods Inc. (NASDAQ: KFT) raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Loews Corp. (NYSE: L) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Progressive Corp. (NYSE: PGR) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE: RF) raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
TICC Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: TICC) named Value Stock of the Day at Zacks.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) Raised to Buy with $83 target at Stifel Nicolaus.
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