Wednesday, August 15, 2012

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

UPGRADES:
  * Cooper Cos. (COO) to overweight: JPMorgan
  * Jive Software (JIVE) to outperform: Robert Baird
  * Steiner Leisure (STNR) to overweight: Stephens


DOWNGRADES:
  * American Capital (AGNC) to neutral: Macquarie
  * Cache (CACH) to neutral: Piper Jaffray
  * Entergy (ETR) to underperform: BofA Merrill
  * HSBC (HBC) to hold: Investec
  * Lone Pine Resources (LPR) to market perform: Raymond James
  * QR Energy (QRE) to market perform: Wells Fargo
  * Thompson Creek (TC) to hold: BB&T Capital
  * Vodafone (VOD) to neutral: BofA Merrill
  * Westar Energy (WR) to neutral: BofA Merrill


INITIATIONS:
  * Agrium (AGU) overweight: Barclays
  * CF Industries (CF) overweight: Barclays
  * Celanese (CE) to hold: Dahlman Rose
  * CVS Caremark (CVS) buy: Cantor
  * CVR Energy (CVI) equalweight: Barclays
  * Francesca’s Holdings (FRAN) buy: Janney Capital
  * Five Below (FIVE) buy: Deutsche Bank
  * Invensense (INVN) overweight: Evercore
  * Intrepid Potash (IPI) equalweight: Barclays
  * Joy Global (JOY) buy: SunTrust Robinson
  * Movado Group (MOV) buy: Capstone
  * Mosaic (MOS) buy: Ameriprise Advisor
  * Mosaic (MOS) overweight: Barclays
  * Nokia (NOK) equalweight: Evercore
  * Potash (POT) equalweight: Barclays
  * Qualcomm (QCOM) overweight: Evercore
  * Research in Motion (RIMM) equalweight: Evercore
  * US Silica Holdings (SLCA) buy: BB&T Capital
  * ViroPharma (VPHM) hold: WallachBeth Capital
  * Walgreen (WAG) buy: Cantor

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