Friday, September 21, 2012

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

UPGRADES:
  * Altria (MO) to buy: Citi
  * AutoNation (AN) to buy: BofA Merrill
  * Conagra (CAG) to buy: UBS
  * Expedia (EXPE) to buy: Deutsche Bank
  * Everbank Financial (EVER) to outperform: Macquarie
  * International Paper (IP) to buy: Deutsche Bank
  * Invensense (INVN) to outperform: Oppenheimer
  * Kapstone (KS) to buy: Deutsche Bank
  * MasterCard (MA) to buy: Citigroup
  * Molina Healthcare (MOH) to positive: Susquehanna
  * Novo Nordisk (NVO) to buy: UBS
  * Omnivision (OVTI) to outperform: Oppenheimer
  * Packaging Corp. (PKG) to buy: Deutsche Bank
  * Pearson (PSO) to outperform: Exane
  * Rock-Tenn (RKT) to buy: Deutsche Bank
  * Time Warner Cable (TWC) to overweight: Evercore Partners
  * Wet Seal (WTSLA) to buy: Roth Capital
  * Zions (ZION) to neutral: Sterne Agee


DOWNGRADES:
  * Cooper Tire (CTB) to hold: KeyBanc
  * Celanese (CE) to market perform: Wells Fargo
  * E*Trade Financial (ETFC) to underweight: Evercore Partners
  * Goodyear Tire (GT) to hold: KeyBanc
  * IHS Inc. (IHS) to neutral: Robert Baird
  * Inteliquent (IQNT) to underperform: Raymond James
  * LG Display (LPL) to neutral: UBS
  * MakeMyTrip (MMYT) to hold: Deutsche Bank
  * New York Community (NYB) to neutral: Macquarie
  * Peabody Energy (BTU) to hold: Brean Murray
  * Responsys (MKTG) to equalweight: Morgan Stanley
  * Schwab (SCHW) to underweight: Evercore Partners
  * Walter Energy to hold: Brean Murray


INITIATIONS:
  * Ancestry.com (ACOM) buy: Cantor Fitzgerald
  * Amazon.com (AMZN) buy: Cantor Fitzgerald
  * Amazon.com (AMZN) buy: Deutsche Bank
  * Automatic Data Processing (ADP) outperform: BMO Capital
  * American Capital Mortgage (MTGE) outperform: Keefe Bruyette
  * AOL (AOL) buy: Deutsche Bank
  * Angie’s List (ANGI) hold: Deutsche Bank
  * Burger King Worldwide (BKW) neutral: UBS
  * Blue Nile (NILE) buy: Deutsche Bank
  * CafePress (PRSS) buy: Cantor Fitzgerald
  * Chipotle Mexican (CMG) market perform: Wells Fargo
  * Ceco Environmental (CECE) market outperform: JMP Securities
  * Dice Holdings (DHX) hold: Cantor Fitzgerald
  * Demand Media (DMD) hold: Deutsche Bank
  * Esterline Technologies (ESL) neutral: BofA Merrill
  * eBay (EBAY) hold: Deutsche Bank
  * eBay (EBAY) hold: Cantor Fitzgerald
  * Expedia (EXPE) buy: Cantor Fitzgerald
  * EMC Corp. (EMC) buy: Jefferies
  * Express (EXPR) outperform: BlueFin Research
  * Finisar (FNSR) buy: Janney Capital
  * First Business (FBIZ) outperform: Raymond James
  * Facebook (FB) hold: Deutsche Bank
  * Facebook (FB) buy: Cantor Fitzgerald
  * Google (GOOG) buy: Cantor Fitzgerald
  * Golar LNG (GLNG) buy: Jefferies
  * Gaslog (GLOG) buy: Jefferies
  * IBM (IBM) hold: Jefferies
  * IAC/Interactive (IACI) buy: Deutsche Bank
  * LinkedIn (LNKD) hold: Cantor Fitzgerald
  * Liquidity Services (LQDT) buy: Deutsche Bank
  * Moody’s (MCO) outperform: Raymond James
  * McGraw-Hill (MHP) outperform: Raymond James
  * Melco Crown (MPEL) buy: Topeka
  * MercadoLibre (MELI) hold: Deutsche Bank
  * Netflix (NFLX) buy: Cantor Fitzgerald
  * Nordstrom (JWN) outperform: William Blair
  * Netgear (NTGR) neutral: Sterne Agee
  * NetApp (NTAP) hold: Jefferies
  * NuVasive (NUVA) buy: Brean Murray
  * Orbitz (OWW) hold: Cantor Fitzgerald
  * Priceline (PCLN) buy: Cantor Fitzgerald
  * Priceline (PCLN) buy: Deutsche Bank
  * Paychex (PAYX) market perform: BMO Capital
  * Panera Bread (PNRA) market perform: Wells Fargo
  * Polaris (PII) equalweight: Stephens
  * Radware (RDWR) buy: Needham
  * Shutterfly (SFLY) hold: Cantor Fitzgerald
  * Smith & Nephew (SNN) hold: Brean Murray
  * Stryker (SYK) hold: Brean Murray
  * Schwab (SCHW) neutral: Sterne Agee
  * TD Ameritrade (AMTD) buy: Sterne Agee
  * TripAdvisor (TRIP) hold: Deutsche Bank
  * ValueClick (VCLK) buy: Cantor Fitzgerald
  * VistaPrint (VPRT) buy: Cantor Fitzgerald
  * Vical (VICL) buy: Canaccord Genuity
  * Velti (VELT) hold: Deutsche Bank
  * Wright Medical (WMGI) buy: Brean Murray
  * Yelp (YELP) hold: Cantor Fitzgerald
  * Yahoo (YHOO) hold: Cantor Fitzgerald
  * Zimmer Holdings (ZMH) buy: Brean Murray

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