These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from select Wall St. research calls.
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (NYSE: AU) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Apollo Global Management L.P. (NYSE: APO) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Astex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTX) started as Outperform at RBC.
Atmel Corp. (NASDAQ: ATML) raised to Outperform with $8.25 price target at FBR Capital Markets.
Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX) cut to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse (FULL SUMMARY).
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) cut to Neutral from Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Cedar Fair L.P. (NYSE: FUN) started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Charles River Laboratories International Inc. (NYSE: CRL) cut to Sell from Neutral at Citigroup.
Cigna Inc. (NYSE: CI) cut to Neutral at Citigroup.
Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: CBST) cut to Sell from Hold at Cantor Fitzgerald.
Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK) cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) maintained Outperform but target price cut to $28 from $30 at Oppenheimer.
Gold Fields Inc. (NYSE: GFI) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
NextEra Energy Inc. (NYSE: NEE) raised to the Conviction Buy List with $84 price target at Goldman Sachs.
Panera Bread Co. (NASDAQ: PNRA) raised to Market Perform from Underperform at Raymond James and reiterated Outperform and price target raised to $200 from $190 at Oppenheimer.
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: SIX) added to the Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Tumi Holdings Inc. (NYSE: TUMI) started as Outperform with $26 target at Credit Suisse.
TCF Financial Corp. (NYSE: TCB) cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Xcel Energy Inc. (NYSE: XEL) raised to Buy with $32 target at Goldman Sachs.
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