Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAPL, BIDU, DTV, LLY, EPD, EVER, FB, ITW, JNJ, INTC, IPG, LAZ, NFLX, OPTR, PIR, RSH, TSM, VRTX)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published

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

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reiterated Outperform with $750 target at Credit Suisse.

Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.

DirecTV Group Inc. (NASDAQ: DTV) cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.

Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs and maintained Neutral but raised target to $59 at Credit Suisse.

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE: EPD) reiterated Buy with $61 target at Argus.

EverBank Financial Corp. (NYSE: EVER) started as Buy with $16 target at Goldman Sachs.

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) maintained Hold and said that its discounted cash flow model points to a price in the high $20s according to Argus.

Illinois Tools Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.

Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) cut to Underperform at Bernstein.

The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (NYSE: IPG) raised to Buy at Citigroup.

Lazard Ltd. (NYSE: LAZ) started as Sell at UBS and cut to Market Perform at KBW.

Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) cut to Underperform with $72 target at BofA/ML.

Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: OPTR) reiterated Underperform and lowered target to $11 from $15 at BofA/ML.

Pier One Imports Inc. (NYSE: PIR) started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.

RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) raised to Buy at BofA/ML.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. ADR (NYSE: TSM) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTX) started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.

JON C. OGG

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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.

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