Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup.
American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
American Water Works Co. (NYSE: AWK) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Baird.
Bank of Montreal (NYSE: BMO) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup, just a day ahead of its earnings report.
Big Lots Inc. (NYSE: BIG) was downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at J.P. Morgan.
CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup.
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Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) saw two key upgrades: to Market Perform from Underperform, and the valuation range was raised to $83 to $86 from $72 to $75, by Wells Fargo, and to Neutral from Underweight, with the price target raised to $90 from $83, at J.P. Morgan.
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. (NASDAQ: DWA) was downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform with a $14 price target at FBR Capital Markets.
Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) was raised to Buy from Neutral and the price target was raised to $9.50 from $8.00 based upon a sum of the parts analysis (versus a $7.53 close) at Merrill Lynch.
Monster Beverage Corp. (NASDAQ: MNST) was downgraded to Outperform, from being one of the firm’s Top Picks, at RBC Capital Markets.
Seadrill Ltd. (NYSE: SDRL) suspended its dividend last week and its stock fell from over $20 to less than $15 on the news. Now it was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Guggenheim. Wells Fargo raised the rating to Market Perform from Underperform, but lowered its valuation range to $13 to $16 from $20 to $26.
Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. (NASDAQ: FOXA) was started with a Buy rating and a $43 price target (versus a $36.80 close) at Goldman Sachs.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. (NYSE: VRX) was started as Buy with a $178 price target (versus a $145.45 close) at Goldman Sachs.
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Xcel Energy Inc. (NYSE: XEL) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Baird.
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) was started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
YuMe Inc. (NYSE: YUME) was started as Equal Weight at Barclays.
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