Thursday, August 30, 2012

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

UPGRADES:
  * Calpine (CPN) to overweight: Barclays
  * Cenovus Energy (CVE) to overweight: Barclays
  * Frontline (FRO) to market perform: Wells Fargo
  * Pandora Media (P) to buy: Canaccord Genuity
  * Pandora Media (P) to buy: SunTrust Robinson
  * World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to buy: Roth Capital
  * WPX Energy (WPX) to overweight: Barclays


DOWNGRADES:
  * Angie’s List (ANGI) to hold: Canaccord Genuity
  * Cadence Pharmaceuticals (CADX) to market perform: Leerink  Swann
  * Ericsson (ERIC) to underperform: Credit Suisse
  * Frontline (FRO) to sell: Carnegie
  * Louisiana-Pacific (LPX) to hold: Deutsche Bank
  * Nexen (NXY) to equalweight: Barclays
  * Yingli Green Energy (YGE) to sell: ThinkEquity


INITIATIONS:
  * Alliance Data Systems (ADS) neutral: Citigroup
  * Cephid (CPHD) hold: Cantor
  * Equifax (EFX) hold: Deutsche Bank
  * Geron (GERN) buy: Stifel Nicolaus
  * Magnum Hunter (MHR) neutral: Goldman Sachs
  * Natural Resource Partners (NRP) hold: Dahlman Rose
  * Oncolytics Biotech (ONCY) buy: Stifel Nicolaus
  * Progenics Pharma (PGNX) hold: Stifel Nicolaus
  * QR Energy (QRE) overweight: JPMorgan
  * Synta Pharma (SNTA) hold: Stifel Nicolaus
  * Vertex (VRTX) buy: ThinkEquity

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