These are this Monday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades from 24/7 Wall St.
Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHN) was raised to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank, and the price target was raised to $17 from $6 in the call (versus a $9.90 close). Achillion was also in our own 10 analyst stock picks under $10 over the weekend.
Arrow Electronics Inc. (NYSE: ARW) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Cardinal Health Inc. (NYSE: CAH) was reiterated as Buy with an $83 price target (versus a $71.43 close) at Argus after a strong quarterly report.
CareFusion Corp. (NYSE: CFN) was reiterated as Buy with a $50 price target (versus a $43.97 close) at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Constellium N.V. (NYSE: CSTM) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR) was raised to Hold from Underperform at Jefferies.
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) was reinstated as Outperform with a $30 price target (versus a $25.64 close) at Credit Suisse.
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Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: LGF) was reiterated as Buy with a $41 price target at Argus, based on it trading at a discount to peers on an enterprise value/EBITDA basis.
Monster Beverage Corp. (NASDAQ: MNST) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies. Credit Suisse reiterated its Outperform rating and raised the price target up to $98 from $82.
Newmont Mining Corp. (NYSE: NEM) was reiterated as Buy with a $30 price target (versus a $26.89 close) at Sterne Agee.
NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) was downgraded to Sell from an already cautious Neutral rating at Goldman Sachs. Sterne Agee maintained its Buy rating and $82 price target.
SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: SEAS) was started as Outperform with a $23 price target (versus a $18.66 close) in a bottom-fishing analyst admission call at Credit Suisse.
Synergy Resources Corp. (NYSEMKT: SYRG) was started with a Buy rating and $17 price target at Canaccord Genuity.
Werner Enterprises Inc. (NASDAQ: WERN) was downgraded to Underperform from an already cautious Neutral rating at Merrill Lynch.
WisdomTree Investments Inc. (NASDAQ: WETF) was raised to Neutral from Sell at Citigroup.
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