These are this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations.
American Electric Power Co. (NYSE: AEP) was reiterated as Buy and the price target was raised to $70 from $66 at Argus.
American Midstream Partners L.P. (NYSE: AMID) was downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Barclays.
Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) was maintained as Neutral but the price target was cut to $9 from $11.50 at Credit Suisse, with the note that buyout chatter could put a floor in on the stock. Avon closed Friday at $7.74.
Cameron Corp. (NYSE: CAM) was raised to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays.
Cedar Fair L.P. (NYSE: FUN) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs, and the price target is $59 versus a $54.32 close.
DCP Midstream Partners L.P. (NYSE: DPM) was downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Barclays.
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Deckers Outdoor Corp. (NYSE: DECK) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs, although the price target was lowered to $90 from $95 after Friday’s weakness took shares down 19% to $66.05.
Diamond Foods Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform with a $32 price target (versus a $24.58 prior close, after a 9.9% drop on Friday) at BMO Capital Markets.
Government Properties Income Trust (NYSE: GOV) was raised to Hold from Underperform at Jefferies.
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (NYSE: LH) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS.
NuStar Energy L.P. (NYSE: NS) was raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS, but it was downgraded to Neutral from outperform at Credit Suisse.
NuStar GP Holdings LLC (NYSE: NSH) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY) was reiterated as Buy but the price target was cut to $93 from $103 at Argus.
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Randgold Resources Ltd. (NASDAQ: GOLD) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS.
Western Gas Partners L.P. (NYSE: WES) was started as Overweight at Barclays.
Western Union Co. (NYSE: WU) was downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
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