These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday.
Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) raised to Outperform at FBR Capital Markets.
Capital Bank Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CBF) started as Buy with $22 target at BofA/ML.
Celgene Corp. (NASDAQ: CELG) cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Cell Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: CTIC) started as Buy at ThinkEquity.
The Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) cut to Underperform at CLSA.
Ecolab Inc. (NYSE: ECL) raised to Outperform with $76 target at Credit Suisse.
Emulex Corp. (NYSE: ELX) reiterated Buy with $11 target at Argus.
Hasbro Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Hibbett Sports Inc. (NASDAQ: HIBB) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Intuitive Surgical Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG) raised to Overweight with $625 target at J.P. Morgan.
Jive Software Inc. (NASDAQ: JIVE) maintained Outperform but cut target to $20 at Credit Suisse.
Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) raised to Buy and raised target to $36 at BofA/ML, and Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) reiterated Buy and raised target to $72 at BofA/ML.
Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (NYSE: NWL) reiterated Buy but added to U.S. Focus List at BofA/ML.
New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE: EDU) raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) reiterated Buy with $39 target at Argus.
Progreesive Corp. (NYSE: PGR) cut to Sell at Citigroup.
Rio Tinto PLC (NYSE: RIO) cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK) raised to Outperform at Wedbush.
Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) raised to Hold at Jefferies.
Take-Two Interactive Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) reiterated Buy with $18 target at BofA/ML.
Trinity Industries Inc. (NYSE: TRN) started as Buy with $38 target at UBS.
United Therapeutics Corp. (NASDAQ: UTHR) named value stock of the day at Zacks.
Weatherford International Ltd. (NYSE: WFT) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.
JON C. OGG
