These are this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from 24/7 Wall St.
Approach Resources Inc. (NASDAQ: AREX) was downgraded to Hold from Buy, based on valuation, at Canacord Genuity.
Cash America International Inc. (NYSE: CSH) was started as Buy with a $29 price target (versus a $20.72 close) at Jefferies.
DSW Inc. (NYSE: DSW) was raised to Buy from Hold with a $45 price target (versus a $35.81 close) at Canaccord Genuity.
EOG Resources Inc. (NYSE: EOG) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS.
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Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) was downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Atlantic Equities, just a day after Bank of America Merrill Lynch raised its rating.
Hasbro Inc. (NYSE: HAS) was downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Barclays.
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (NASDAQ: JAZZ) was started as Outperform with a $200 price target (versus a $170.80 close) at BMO Capital Markets.
Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI) was started as Overweight with a $50 price target (versus a $42.01 close) at Barclays.
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform with a $21 price target at FBR Capital Markets. Merrill Lynch reiterated an Underperform rating and lowered its price objective to $13.
Noodles & Co. (NASDAQ: NDLS) was indicated down over 25% and trading under $21 after putting its 2015 guidance at the low-end of growth estimates. The restaurant chain was downgraded to Neutral at Janney Capital Markets, and it was downgraded to Neutral at Baird.
Northern Oil and Gas Inc. (NYSE: NOG) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Canaccord Genuity.
Oil States International Inc. (NYSE: OIS) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform and the price target was cut to $43 from $56 at Credit Suisse.
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (NYSE: RS) was raised to Buy from Hold with $66 price target (versus a $56.78 close) at KeyBanc Capital Markets.
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Rocket Fuel Inc. (NASDAQ: FUEL) was downgraded to Perform from Outperform at Oppenheimer, and the firm removed its $22 price target (versus a $14.77 close).
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) was downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Barclays.
In case you missed Thursday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades, they included Amarin, CenturyLink, Legg Mason, Rackspace, Transocean, Valero Energy and a dozen more.
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