These are this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations.
Alamo Group Inc. (NYSE: ALG) was started as Overweight with a $58 price target (versus a $46.89 close) at Piper Jaffray.
AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. (NYSE: AMC) was started as Buy with a $30 price target (versus a $25.03 close) at Goldman Sachs.
Boot Barn Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BOOT) was started as Overweight with a $23 price target (versus a $20.00 close) at Piper Jaffray. Jefferies started it as Buy with a $24 price target. Baird started as Outperform with a $23 price target. Wells Fargo started as Outperform with a $22 to $24 valuation range.
Cash America International Inc. (NYSE: CSH) was downgraded to Market Underperform from Market Perform at JMP Securities.
Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) was downgraded to Outperform from Strong Buy with a $140 price target (versus a $118.58 close) at Raymond James.
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Expedia Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) was started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Fifth Street Asset Management Inc. (NASDAQ: FSAM) was started as Outperform with an $18 price target (versus a $14.76 close) at Credit Suisse. J.P. Morgan started it as Overweight with a $20 price target. Started as Neutral with an $18 price target at Goldman Sachs.
Hess Corp. (NYSE: HES) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform with a $100 price target (versus a $85.21 close) at Raymond James.
HomeAway Inc. (NASDAQ: AWAY) was started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Imperva Inc. (NYSE: IMPV) was started as Buy at Needham.
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) was downgraded to Sell from Neutral and the target price was cut to $40 from $46 (versus a $49.08 close) at Goldman Sachs.
Kate Spade & Co. (NYSE: KATE) was raised to Buy from Neutral and the price objective was raised to $34 from $33 (versus a $30.22 close) at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY) was raised to Strong Buy from Outperform with a $105 price target (versus a $87.60 close) at Raymond James.
Orbitz Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: OWW) was started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Priceline Group Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN) was started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
SolarCity Corp. (NASDAQ: SCTY) was raised to Outperform from Neutral with an $83 price target (versus a $55.05 close) at Baird.
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TripAdvisor Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP) was started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform and the price target was cut to $42 from 44 at FBR Capital Markets.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup.
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