These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Monday.
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) raised to Buy at UBS.
Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Dean Foods Co. (NYSE: DF) raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Denbury Resources Inc. (NYSE: DNR) named a trading buy ahead of the holiday at Credit Suisse.
Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) raised to Outperform at Macquarie.
Johnson Controls Inc. (NYSE: JCI) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Lab Corp. of America (NYSE: LH) cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Lloyds Banking Group PLC (NYSE: LYG) cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Sierra Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: SWIR) named value stock of the day at Zacks.
Valmont Industries Inc. (NYSE: VMI) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Williams-Sonoma Inc. (NYSE: WSM) raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
JON C. OGG