Top Analyst Downgrades and Stocks to Sell: CarMax, CME, Coach and More

Jon OggInvestors often get to see the various analyst upgrades and Buy ratings issued by Wall Street firms. What investors often do not get to see is when analyst downgrade stocks to sell or to avoid. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many…

Published May 21, 2013, 8:35am ET · 2 min read

Bull and Bear

Investors often get to see the various analyst upgrades and Buy ratings issued by Wall Street firms. What investors often do not get to see is when analyst downgrade stocks to sell or to avoid. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls each and every day to find great ideas from value stocks to growth stocks to dividend stocks, and we have broken out the negative analyst calls today. These are this Tuesday’s top analyst downgrades and cautious research notes from Wall Street.

Beazer Homes USA Inc. (NYSE: BZH) was cut to Neutral from Buy at Stern Agee.

CarMax Inc. (NYSE: KMX) was cut to Market Perform from Outperform at William Blair.

Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) was cut to Neutral from Buy at UBS.

CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) was cut to Neutral from Outperform at Macquarie.

Coach Inc. (NYSE: COH) was cut to Equal Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley.

Deutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) was cut to Neutral from Overweight at J.P. Morgan.

Life Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: LIFE) was cut to Underperform from Outperform at CLSA.

Oil States International Inc. (NYSE: OIS) was cut to Neutral from Buy at Stern Agee.

V.F. Corp. (NYSE: VFC) was cut to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo.

Wellcare Health Plans Inc. (NYSE: WCG) was cut to Neutral from Buy at Goldman Sachs.

See also: Top Analyst Upgrades and Positive Calls This Monday

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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.

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