Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (A, MO, BAC, BCS, CPHD, DF, DNR, HAL, JCI, LH, LYG, RMBS, SWIR, VMI, WSM)

Photo of Jon C. Ogg
By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published
This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them.

Jon Ogg
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

Contact [email protected] for any questions or corrections.

Photo of Jon C. Ogg
About the Author Jon C. Ogg →

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.

Featured Reads

Our top personal finance-related articles today. Your wallet will thank you later.

Continue Reading

Top Gaining Stocks

META Vol: 40,760,422
KMX Vol: 2,288,021
WY Vol: 6,523,553
SBAC Vol: 1,443,801
NVDA Vol: 148,249,982

Top Losing Stocks

MRNA Vol: 9,176,778
CTRA Vol: 73,319,495
CRWD Vol: 9,269,567
DDOG Vol: 5,135,556
EPAM Vol: 1,164,561