Tuesday, August 14, 2012

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

UPGRADES:
  * Elan (ELN) to buy: UBS
  * Skywest (SKYW) to neutral: BofA Merrill
  * Wright Medical (WMGI) to buy: Mizuho Securities
  * Willis Group (WSH) to: buy: BofA Merrill


DOWNGRADES:
  * Aviva (AV) to hold: Canaccord
  * China Mobile (CHL) to hold: BNP Paribas
  * Domino’s Pizza (DPZ) to neutral: Goldman Sachs
  * Envivio (ENVI) to hold: Deutsche Bank
  * Envivio (ENVI) to neutral: Goldman Sachs
  * Groupon (GRPN) to neutral: Citigroup
  * Groupon (GRPN) to hold: Benchmark Co.
  * New York & Co. (NWY) to neutral: Janney Capital
  * NCR Corp. (NCR) to neutral: Wedbush
  * Pearson (PSO) to equalweight: Morgan Stanley
  * Real Goods Solar (RSOL) to hold: ThinkEquity
  * Scansource (SCSC) to hold: KeyBanc
  * Southwest (LUV) to underperform: BofA Merrill
  * Scientific Games (SGMS) to hold: Deutsche Bank
  * Thompson Creek Metals (TC) to hold: TD Securities
  * Vale (VALE) to neutral: BofA Merrill


INITIATIONS:
  * ARM Holdings (ARMH) overweight: Evercore
  * Avnet (AVT) outperform: CLSA
  * Arrow Electronic (ARW) outperform: CLSA
  * Changyou.com (CYOU) buy: Citigroup
  * Community Health (CYH) hold: WallachBeth Capital
  * Durata (DRTX) outperform: Credit Suisse
  * Giant Interactive (GA) buy: Citigroup
  * Huntington Ingalls (HII) neutral: JPMorgan
  * HCA Holdings (HCA) buy: WallachBeth Capital
  * Health Management (HMA) buy: WallachBeth Capital
  * Ingram Micro (IM) underperform: CLSA
  * Kayak Software (KYAK) equalweight: Morgan Stanley
  * Kayak Software (KYAK) neutral: Piper Jaffray
  * Kayak Software (KYAK) buy: Deutsche Bank
  * LifePoint Hospitals (LPNT) hold: WallachBeth Capital
  * NetEase.com (NTES) neutral: Citigroup
  * Perfect World (PWRD) buy: Citigroup
  * Palo Alto Networks (PANW) equalweight: Morgan Stanley
  * Palo Alto Networks (PANW) neutral: Citigroup
  * Palo Alto Networks (PANW) buy: Goldman Sachs
  * Palo Alto Networks (PANW) outperform: Credit Suisse
  * Palo Alto Networks (PANW) equalweight: Barclays
  * Palo Alto Networks (PANW) strong buy: Raymond James
  * Shanda Games (GAME) neutral: Citigroup
  * Synnex Corp. (SNX) buy: CLSA
  * Select Comfort (SCSS) overweight: Barclays
  * Sealy (ZZ) underweight: Barclays
  * Tech Data (TECD) outperform: CLSA
  * Universal Health (UHS) buy: WallachBeth Capital

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