Top Wall Street Analyst Downgrades: BBVA, Excelon, Weatherford and More

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Bull and Bear

Investors frequently get to see the analyst upgrades and the myriad of Buy ratings from Wall Street, but they often do not get to see when analysts downgrade stock or when they issue sell ratings. We review many fresh research calls each and every day, and we have broken out the negative analyst calls from the positive calls. These are this Monday’s top analyst downgrades and cautious research notes from Wall Street.

Banco Santender (NYSE: SAN) was cut to Sell from an already cautious Neutral rating at Citigroup.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. (NYSE: BBVA) was also cut to Sell from Neutral at Citigroup.

BroadSoft Inc. (NASDAQ: BSFT) was initiated with a Hold rating at Deutsche Bank.

Corcept Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: CORT) was cut to Neutral from Outperform at Piper Jaffray.

Eldorado Gold Corp. (NYSE: EGO) was cut to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital Markets.

Excelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) was cut to Neutral from Buy at ISI Group.

Heartware International Inc. (NASDAQ: HTWR) was cut to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.

Moody’s Corp. (NYSE: MCO) was cut to  Outperform from Strong Buy at Raymond James.

PACCAR Inc. (NASDAQ: PCAR) was cut to Neutral from Buy at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.

Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ: PAAS) was named Bear of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.

Weatherford International Ltd. (NYSE: WFT) was cut to Neutral from Strong Buy at ISI Group.

See also: Top Analyst Upgrades and Positive Calls This Monday

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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.

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