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These are this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) was started Buy with an $80 price target (versus a $63.63 close) at Deutsche Bank.
Children’s Place Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCE) was started as Neutral at Sterne Agee.
Empire State Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: ESRT) was raised to Buy from Hold with an $18 price target (versus a $16.01 close) at Stifel.
Harley-Davidson Inc. (NYSE: HOG) was raised to Buy from Neutral and the price target was raised to $81 from $66 at Goldman Sachs.
IAMGOLD Corp. (NYSE: IAG) was raised to Overweight from Neutral at HSBC.
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Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) was downgraded to Underperform from Neutral with a $39 price target (versus a $45.19 close) at Sterne Agee.
National Oilwell Varco Inc. (NYSE: NOV) was started as Neutral at UBS.
NetEase.com Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES) is up after earnings, and it was raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS. HSBC raised its rating to Overweight from Underweight.
Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Sterne Agee.
Ross Stores Inc. (NASDAQ: ROST) was downgraded to Sell from Hold but the price target was raised to $72 from $68 at Canaccord Genuity.
SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) was maintained as Buy and with a $36 price target at Canaccord Genuity, despite a disappointing outlook and no formal decision on a yieldco yet.
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TJX Companies Inc. (NYSE: TJX) was downgraded to Sell from Hold but the price target was raised to $58 from $54 (versus a $63.50 close) at Canaccord Genuity.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) was downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform with a $78 price target (versus a $82.94 close) at BMO Capital Markets.
In case you missed Thursday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades, they included Alliant Techsystems, Applied Materials, Broadcom, SanDisk, Cisco Systems, Discover Financial Services, Macy’s, Marvell Technology and a dozen or so more.
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