Friday, August 17, 2012

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

UPGRADES:
  * Cabot Oil & Gas (COG) to overweight: JPMorgan
  * Ceradyne (CRDN) to buy: ThinkEquity
  * GT Advanced (GTAT) to buy: Canaccord Genuity
  * Idenix Pharma (IDIX) to hold: Brean Murray
  * Viacom (VIAB) to outperform: Wells Fargo
  * Walgreen (WAG) to equalweight: Morgan Stanley


DOWNGRADES:
  * Acme Packet (APKT) to underperform: Raymond James
  * China Mobile (CHL) to sell: Bank of China
  * China Mobile (CHL) to hold: Haitong Securities
  * Cerner (CERN) to equalweight: Morgan Stanley
  * Groupon (GRPN) to underweight: Evercore
  * Gardner Denver (GDI) to hold: Capstone
  * Liberty Interactive (LINTA) to equalweight: Morgan Stanley
  * MYR Group (MYRG) to neutral: Robert Baird
  * McKesson (MCK) to equalweight: Morgan Stanley
  * Marvell Technology (MRVL) to sector perform: RBC Capital
  * MolyCorp (MCP) to hold: Dahlman Rose
  * Vivus (VVUS) to underperform: Jefferies
  * Wellpoint (WLP) to equalweight: Morgan Stanley


INITIATIONS:
  * Beam Inc. (BEAM) underperform: CLSA
  * Cymer (CYMI) hold: Deutsche Bank
  * Cooper Cos. (COO) buy: Northcoast Research
  * Durrect Corp. (DRRX) buy: CK Cooper
  * FuelCell (FCEL) market perform: FBR Capital
  * HollyFrontier (HFC) neutral: JPMorgan
  * Krispy Kreme (KKD) outperform: Wedbush
  * Phillips 66 (PSX) overweight: JPMorgan
  * Progressive Waste (BIN) sector performer: CIBC
  * Pain Therapeutics (PTIE) buy: CK Cooper
  * Proto Labs (PRLB) equalwieght: Stephens
  * Stifel Financial (SF) neutral: Susquehanna
  * Tesoro (TSO) overweight: JPMorgan
  * Valero (VLO) neutral: JPMorgan
  * Waters (WAT) hold: WallachBeth Capital

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