Top Analyst Downgrades and Stocks to Sell: Bud, Deere, Clearwire and More

June 24, 2013 by Jon C. Ogg

Investors frequently get to see the analyst upgrades and Buy ratings from 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. We have broken out the negative analyst calls today. These are this Monday’s top analyst downgrades and cautious research notes from Wall Street.

Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A./N.V. (NYSE: BUD) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Soc-Gen.

Allergan Inc. (NYSE: AGN) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank and to Market Perform from Outperform at Leerink Swann.

Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) was downgraded to Market Perform from Buy at Janney.

Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) was downgraded to Underweight from Neutral at J.P. Morgan.

Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: HOV) was started as Sell at Goldman Sachs.

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) was downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

PulteGroup Inc. (NYSE: PHM) was started as Sell at Goldman Sachs.

RealD Inc. (NYSE: RLD) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at B. Riley.

Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (NYSE: TOO) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup.

Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Cantor Fitzgerald.

Here are the top analyst upgrades and positive calls for Monday.

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