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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AIG, BHP Billiton, Cypress Semi, Encana, Newell Rubbermaid, Oracle, Twitter, Visa and Many More

Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. (NYSE: APAM) was downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Citigroup.

Carlyle Group L.P. (NASDAQ: CG) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup.

Constellation Brands Inc. (NYSE: STZ) was started as Neutral with a $152 price target (versus a $137.69 close) at UBS.

Integrated Device Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: IDTI) was started as Overweight with a $32 price target (versus a $27.36 close) at Pacific Crest.

Johnson Controls Inc. (NYSE: JCI) was downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital Markets.

Sally Beauty Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SBH) was raised to Overweight from Sector Weight at KeyBanc Capital Markets.

Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE: STNG) was started as Hold with a $9 price target (versus a $7.95 close) at Deutsche Bank.

Southwestern Energy Co. (NYSE: SWN) was raised to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan.

Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SPB) was started as Outperform with a $106 price target (versus a $96.58 close) at Raymond James.

Sysco Corp. (NYSE: SYY) was started as Sell with a $37 price target (versus a $41.21 close) at Goldman Sachs.


Tenneco Inc. (NYSE: TEN) was downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital Markets.

Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. (NYSE: WDR) was downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Citigroup.

WNS Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: WNS) was raised to Buy from Neutral with a $36 price target at Goldman Sachs.

WPX Energy Inc. (NYSE: WPX) was started as Buy with a $10 price target (versus a $5.84 close) at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.

Zoe’s Kitchen Inc. (NYSE: ZOES) was downgraded to Underperform from Neutral and the price target was cut to $27 from $36 at Credit Suisse.

Glencore’s primary listing is not in the United States, but its shares in London were raised to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan.

In case you missed Monday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades, they included Coach, DuPont, GoPro, Match, Puma Bio, Square, Tesla Motors and over a dozen more.

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