Other Key Analyst Calls Monday Morning

AES Corp. (NYSE: AES) was started with an Outperform rating and a $16 price target (versus a $14.07 close) at RBC Capital Markets.

Alliant Techsystems Inc. (NYSE: ATK) was downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital Markets.

American Tower Corp. (NYSE: AMT) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Macquarie.

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (NYSE: AU) was raised to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank.

BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup.

CONSOL Energy Inc (NYSE: CNX) was started as Buy at SunTrust Robinson Humphreys.

Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) was raised to Buy from Neutral with a $94 price target (versus a $78.12 close) at Goldman Sachs.

Eastman Chemical Co. (NYSE: EMN) was raised to Buy from Hold at Jefferies.

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National Oilwell Varco Inc. (NYSE: NOV) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. (NYSE: NSM) was started as Buy at UBS.

NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) was raised to Sector Perform from Underperform at Pacific Crest.

Royal Gold Inc. (NASDAQ: RGLD) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SPR) was raised to Overweight from Neutral at J.P. Morgan.

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In case you missed Friday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades, they were in shares of Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Avon Products, Atmel, LinkedIn, Ocwen Financial, Visa and a dozen or so more.