
American Eagle Outfitters Inc. (NYSE: AEO) was downgraded to Hold at Brean Capital and downgraded to Neutral at Janney after its earnings warning; shares are down about 17%.
Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE: APO) was started as Buy with a $33 price target at Stern Agee.
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) was reiterated Buy but the price target was raised to $88 from $80 at Argus.
Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) was downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at William Blair.
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) was downgraded to Underperform from Neutral with a downside price target of $175 at Credit Suisse. We also recently showed why one short ETF has IBM as its largest short sale position.
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. (NASDAQ: ODFL) was raised to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital Markets.
Responsys Inc. (NASDAQ: MKTG) was raised to Outperform from Neutral and the target price was raised to $20 from $13 at Credit Suisse.
Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) was reiterated Buy but the price target was raised to $35 from $28 at Argus.
Volcano Corp. (NASDAQ: VOLC) was raised to Buy from Hold at Canaccord Genuity.
Web.com Inc. (NASDAQ: WWWW) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Roth Capital.
Cowen issued a Buy alert for the top refining stocks now that the shares have been beaten down from highs as solid value.