Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ARO, AKS, BBY, BHP, BP, CCH, CTB, DE, EXC, FB, HTWR, KCG, MCD, MG, RIMM, SNDK, RIO, WAIR, YHOO)

November 26, 2012 by Jon C. Ogg

Source: Jon Ogg
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Monday.

Aeropostale Inc. (NYSE: ARO) cut to Neutral at Janney Capital.

AK Steel Holding Corp. (NYSE: AKS) raised to Neutral at UBS.

Best Buy Co. (NYSE: BBY) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.

BHP Billiton PLC (NYSE: BHP) started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.

BP PLC (NYSE: BP) started as Outperform at BNP Paribas.

Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Co. (NYSE: CCH) cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE: CTB) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.

Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) reiterated Buy with $93 target at Argus.

Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) raised to Outperform at BofA/ML.

Heartware International Inc. (NASDAQ: HTWR) maintained Outperform but cut target to $99 at Credit Suisse.

Knight Capital Group Inc. (NYSE: KCG) raised to Market Perform at KBW.

McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) cut to Neutral at Lazard.

Mistras Group Inc. (NYSE: MG) raised to Buy at BofA/ML.

Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) raised to Sector Outperform at CIBC.

SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK) started as Outperform with $50 target at Credit Suisse.

RIO Tinto PLC (NYSE: RIO) started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Wesco Aircraft Holdings Inc. (NYSE: WAIR) cut to Underperform at BofA/ML.

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) added to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.

JON C. OGG

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