Monday, August 13, 2012

U.S. ANALYST RATINGS: Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations

UPGRADES:
  * Bed Bath and Beyond (BBBY) to buy: Canaccord Genuity
  * Campbell Soup (CPB) to conviction buy: Goldman Sachs
  * Copano Energy (CPNO) to neutral: Global Hunter
  * ConocoPhillips (COP) to buy: SocGen
  * EOG Resources (EOG) to outperform: Raymond James
  * Fiserv (FISV) to overweight: JPMorgan
  * Google (GOOG) to overweight: Morgan Stanley
  * Heartland Payment (HPY) to overweight: JPMorgan
  * International Paper (IP) to outperform: Credit Suisse
  * JM Smucker (SJM) to buy: Goldman Sachs
  * Packaging Corp. (PKG) to outperform: Credit Suisse
  * Pembina Pipeline (PBA) to sector outperformer: CIBC
  * Rock-Tenn (RKT) to outperform: Credit Suisse
  * Ross Stores (ROST) to overweight: Piper Jaffray
  * Solazyme (SZYM) to outperform: Raymond James
  * SunOpta (STKL) to buy: Desjardins Capital
  * Stoneridge (SRI) to buy: B. Riley
  * Sprint Nextel (S) to buy: BofA Merrill
  * Spreadtrum (SPRD) to hold: Jefferies
  * Tranzyme Pharma (TZYM) to buy: Canaccord Genuity
  * Virtusa (VRTU) to overweight: JPMorgan
  * WNS Holdings (WNS) to neutral: JPMorgan


DOWNGRADES:
  * Aviva (AV) to neutral: Exane
  * ACI Worldwide (ACIW) to neutral: Wedbush
  * Broadridge Financial (BR) to neutral: JPMorgan
  * Cardtronics (CATM) to neutral: JPMorgan
  * Coca-Cola (KO) to neutral: Goldman Sachs
  * Exlservice (EXLS) to neutral: JPMorgan
  * First Solar (FSLR) to sell: DNB Markets
  * GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to hold: Jefferies
  * Global Payments (GPN) to neutral: JPMorgan
  * Infineon Tech. (IFX) to neutral: Citigroup
  * JC Penney (JCP) to neutral: Piper Jaffray
  * KBR Inc. (KBR) to buy: Lazard Capital
  * Liberty Media (LINTA) to equalweight: Morgan Stanley
  * NextEra Energy (NEE) to hold: Argus Research
  * Pandora Media (P) to equalweight: Morgan Stanley
  * Robbins & Myers (RBN) to neutral: Robert Baird
  * Sagent Pharma (SGNT) to equalweight: Morgan Stanley
  * Syntel (SYNT) to neutral: JPMorgan
  * Thompson Creek (TC) to underperform: Macquarie
  * Time Warner (TWX) to average: Caris
  * Veeco (VECO) to hold: Deutsche Bank
  * Vanceinfo Technologies (VIT) to neutral: Roth Capital
  * Western Union (WU) to neutral: JPMorgan
  * Wright Express (WXS) to underweight: JPMorgan


INITIATIONS:
  * Cummins (CMI) equalweight: Morgan Stanley
  * Durata Therapeutics (DRTX) buy: BofA Merrill
  * Durata Therapeutics (DRTX) outperform: RBC Capital
  * Five Below (FIVE) equalweight: Barclays
  * Five Below (FIVE) market perform: Wells Fargo
  * Five Below (FIVE) buy: Jefferies
  * Five Below (FIVE) neutral: Credit Suisse
  * Five Below (FIVE) neutral: Goldman Sachs
  * Five Below (FIVE) neutral: UBS
  * Michael Kors (KORS) overweight: Barclays
  * Silicon Motion (SIMO) buy: Deutsche Bank
  * SodaStream (SODA) hold: Canaccord Genuity
  * Volterra (VLTR) buy: Deutsche Bank

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