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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Amazon, Chevron, Monster Beverage, Range Resources, Wayfair, Wynn, Yahoo and Many More

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) was reiterated as Buy and the price target was raised to $50 from $40 at Jefferies.

Ametek Inc. (NYSE: AME) was started as Outperform at William Blair.

Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE: APO) was reiterated as Buy and the price target was raised to $20 from $17 (versus $17.08 close) at Jefferies.

AutoZone Inc. (NYSE: AZO) was reiterated as Outperform and the price target was raised to $900 from $800 (versus a $786.58 close) at Oppenheimer.

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (NYSE: AXTA) was started as Outperform with a $33 price target (versus a $28.61 close) at Credit Suisse.

Boyd Gaming Corp. (NYSE: BYD) was raised to Buy from Neutral with a fair value estimate of $25.00 (versus an $18.77 close) at Janney Capital Markets.

Cintas Corp. (NASDAQ: CTAS) was started as Neutral with a price target of $91 (versus a $90.18 close) at Sterne Agee CRT.

Clean Harbors Inc. (NYSE: CLH) was started as Neutral with a price target of $50 (versus a $48.78 close) at Sterne Agee CRT.


EP Energy Corp. (NYSE: EPE) was downgraded to Underperform from Neutral with a price objective of $3 (versus a $5.43 close) at Merrill Lynch.

Energy Transfer Equity L.P. (NYSE: ETE) was maintained as Buy but the price target was cut to $15 from $19 at Jefferies.

Manpower Inc. (NYSE: MAN) was started as Buy with a price target of $92 (versus a $79.40 close) at Sterne Agee CRT.

O’Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ: ORLY) was raised to Outperform from Perform with a $300 price target (versus a $269.61 close) at Oppenheimer.

PPG Industries Inc. (NYSE: PPG) was started as Outperform with a price target of $115 (versus a $108.89 close) at Credit Suisse.

Sherwin-Williams Co. (NYSE: SHW) was started as Outperform with a $308 price target (versus a $273.29 close) at Credit Suisse.

Spark Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: ONCE) was started as Buy and was assigned a $64 price target (versus a $34.94 close) at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.

Sunoco L.P. (NYSE: SUN) was downgraded to Hold from Buy and the price target was cut to $35 from $50 (versus a $33.50 close) at Jefferies.

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. (NYSE: WST) was started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.

If you missed Monday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades, they included AK Steel, Intel, Symantec, Tesla, U.S. Steel, Valeant Pharmaceuticals and over a dozen more.

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