These are this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations covered by 24/7 Wall St.
CBOE Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) was started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) was started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Express Scripts Holdings Co. (NASDAQ: ESRX) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy with a $75 price target (versus a $75.05 close) at Goldman Sachs.
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (NYSE: ICE) was started with a Hold at Deutsche Bank.
JD.com Inc. (NASDAQ: JD) was started with a Buy rating at Brean Capital.
JDS Uniphase Corp. (NASDAQ: JDSU) was raised to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital Markets, with a price target hike to $18 from $11. This may be the first of several positives after its proposed breakup.
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Live Nation Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: LYV) was started as Buy with a $27 price target (versus a $23.62 close) at Jefferies.
Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Sterne Agee.
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) was started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. (NYSE: NSM) was started as Equal Weight at Barclays.
Omnicare Inc. (NYSE: OCR) was raised to Buy from Neutral with a $76 price target (versus $62.49 close) at Goldman Sachs.
Palo Alto Networks Inc. (NYSE: PANW) was started as Buy with a $120 price target (versus a $98.75 close) at Roth Capital.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (NYSE: PBR), or Petrobras, was started as Outperform at Cowen.
SeaWorld Entertainement Inc. (NYSE: SEAS) was raised to Outperform from Neutral at Macquarie
Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) was started as Buy with a $62 price target (versus a $52.91 close) at Canaccord Genuity, on the heels of a UBS upgrade on Wednesday.
Walter Investment Management Corp. (NYSE: WAC) was started as Underweight with a $22 price target (versus a $24.70 close) at Barclays.
Wet Seal Inc. (NASDAQ: WTSL) was raised to Buy from Neutral with a $1.50 price target (versus $a 0.68 close) at B. Riley.
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Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ: YNDX) was started with a Buy rating and given a $38 price target (versus a $30.80 close) at Canaccord Genuity.
In case you missed Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades, they included Apple, Netflix, eBay, GT Advanced Technology, Noodles & Co., Twitter and a dozen more.
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