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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Schwab, 3D Systems, Stratasys, Groupon, Lifepoint, E*Trade and More

Adeptus Health Inc. (NASDAQ: ADPT) was started as Buy with a price target of $88 (versus a $76.48 close) at Goldman Sachs.

AES Corp. (NYSE: AES) was raised to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan.

AmSurg Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSG) was started as Buy with a price target of $81 (versus a $68.51 close) at Goldman Sachs.

Bazaarvoice Inc. (NASDAQ: BV) was raised to Buy from Neutral at B. Riley with an $8.50 price target (versus a $5.78 close). This is ahead of next week’s earnings report, and after Needham started it with a Buy rating a week earlier.

Chubb Corp. (NYSE: CB) was raised to Market Perform from Underperform at Keefe Bruyette & Woods.

Citizens Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: CFG) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Keefe Bruyette & Woods.

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Denny’s Corp. (NASDAQ: DENN) was raised to Outperform from Neutral with a $14 price target (versus a $10.57 close) at Wedbush.

Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Macquarie.

DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. (NASDAQ: DWA) was raised to Buy from Hold with a $34 price target (versus a $27.46 close) at Stifel.

ExOne Co. (NASDAQ: XONE) was started as Market Perform with a $13.00 price target (versus a $12.89 close) at FBR. ExOne has a consensus target of almost $18.

8×8 Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at B. Riley.

Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) was reiterated as Neutral with a fair value target of $40 (versus a $38.59 close) at Janney Capital Markets.

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (NYSE: GSK) was downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley.

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (NYSE: LYG) was raised to Buy from Hold at HSBC.

Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB) was started as Overweight at Atlantic Equities.

Team Health Holdings Inc. (NYSE: TMH) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy with a $68 price target at Goldman Sachs.

Universal Health Services Inc. (NYSE: UHS) was started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Virtus Investment Partners Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS) was raised to Buy from Hold at Jefferies.

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In case you missed Thursday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades, they were in shares of Twitter, Whiting Petroleum, Groupon, Goldman Sachs BDC, AT&T and over a dozen more.

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