Monday, September 24, 2012

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

UPGRADES:
  * Allergan (AGN) to outperform: CLSA
  * Body Central (BODY) to outperform: Oppenheimer
  * Cooper Tire (CTB) to buy: Deutsche Bank
  * Canadian Railway (CNI) to buy: TD Securities
  * Green Dot (GDOT) to neutral: SunTrust Robinson
  * Kapstone Paper (KS) to overweight: Stephens
  * Lamar Advertising (LAMR) to overweight: Morgan Stanley
  * Lamar Advertising (LAMR) to outperform: Wells Fargo
  * LyondellBasell (LYB) to outperform: CLSA
  * NetSpend (NTSP) to buy: SunTrust Robinson
  * PVH Corp. (PVH) to overweight: Piper Jaffray
  * Packaging Corp. (PKG) to outperform: BMO Capital
  * Questar (STR) to buy: UBS
  * Rubicon Technology (RBCN) to neutral: Goldman Sachs
  * Rockwell Collins (COL) to buy: KeyBanc
  * Robert Half (RHI) to buy: BofA Merrill
  * SVB Financial (SIVB) to buy: Sterne Agee
  * Time Warner Cable (TWC) to overweight: Morgan Stanley
  * ViroPharma (VPHM) to outperform: Wells Fargo


DOWNGRADES:
  * AK Steel (AKS) to sell: Citigroup
  * Atmel (ATML) to neutral: UBS
  * Actuant (ATU) to hold: Jefferies
  * Baxter (BAX) to hold: Deutsche Bank
  * Carnival (CCL) to hold: Topeka Capital
  * Charter Comm (CHTR) to equalweight: Morgan Stanley
  * Crown Castle (CCI) to neutral: Macquarie
  * Citrix Systems (CTXS) to equalweight: Morgan Stanley
  * CARBO Ceramics (CRR) to equalweight: Stephens
  * Darden Restaurants (DRI) to neutral: JPMorgan
  * EQT Midstream (EQM) to neutral: Credit Suisse
  * Embraer (ERJ) to neutral: JPMorgan
  * Flowserve (FLS) to hold: Jefferies
  * Finisar (FNSR) to market perform: Raymond James
  * First Commonwealth (FCF) to market perform: Keefe Bruyette
  * Lufkin (LUFK) to accumulate: Global Hunter
  * Micron (MU) to sector perform: Pacific Crest
  * Nice Systems (NICE) to sector perform: RBC Capital
  * Peabody Energy (BTU) to underperform: BofA Merrill
  * Preferred Bank (PFBC) to market perform: Raymond James
  * Questcor (QCOR) to market perform: Leerink Swann
  * Regal-Beloit (RBC) to hold: Jefferies
  * Sequenom (SQNM) to neutral: Piper Jaffray
  * Stoneridge (SRI) to hold: BB&T Capital
  * Talisman Energy (TLM) to neutral: Credit Suisse
  * TrueBlue (TBI) to neutral: BofA Merrill
  * U.S. Steel (X) to neutral: Citigroup
  * Veeco (VECO) to sell: Goldman Sachs
  * Walter Energy (WLT) to neutral: BofA Merrill
  * Webster Financial (WBS) to underweight: Morgan Stanley


INITIATIONS:
  * Genworth (GNW) neutral: Macquarie
  * Halcon Resources (HK) overweight: Barclays
  * Incontact (SAAS) overweight: Piper Jaffray
  * On Assignment (ASGN) buy: BofA Merrill
  * On Assignment (ASGN) outperform: Wells Fargo

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