Thursday, September 27, 2012

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

UPGRADES:
  * Amgen (AMGN) buy: Brean Murray
  * CBOE Holdings (CBOE) to outperform: Raymond James
  * Dean Foods (DF) to outperform: BMO Capital
  * Goodyear (GT) to buy: Goldman Sachs
  * Jazz Pharma (JAZZ) buy: Brean Murray
  * Merrimack Pharma (MACK) buy: Brean Murray
  * Monsanto (MON) to outperform: Wells Fargo
  * Maxim Integrated (MXIM) to buy: Jefferies


DOWNGRADES:
  * AU Optronics (AUO) to reduce: Fubon Securities
  * Acuity Brands (AYI) to neutral: Piper Jaffray
  * Alcoa (AA) to hold: Dahlman Rose
  * Altera (ALTR) to hold: Jefferies
  * ArcelorMittal (MT) to sell: Goldman Sachs
  * Carnival (CCL) to hold: Oriel
  * Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) to underperform: Jefferies
  * Northwestern (NWE) to hold: KeyBanc
  * Telefonica (TEF) to sell: Berenberg
  * TripAdvisor (TRIP) to sector perform: RBC Capital
  * 7 Days Group (SVN) to neutral: Roth Capital


INITIATIONS:
  * Actuate (BIRT) outperform: FBN Securities
  * Allstate (ALL) neutral: SunTrust Robinson
  * Akorn (AKRX) outperform: Leerink Swann
  * Astronics Corp. (ATRO) buy: Topeka Capital
  * CME Group (CME) sell: Berenberg
  * Cooper Tire (CTB) neutral: Goldman Sachs
  * Demandware (DWRE) neutral: Lazard Capital
  * Esterline Tech (ESL) buy: Topeka Capital
  * Freescale Semiconductor (FSL) buy: Needham
  * General Motors (GM) hold: Stifel Nicolaus
  * Halozyme (HALO) neutral: UBS
  * Informatica (INFA) outperform: FBN Securities
  * IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) buy: Berenberg
  * Immunogen (IMGN) sell: UBS
  * Jazz Pharma (JAZZ) buy: Brean Murray
  * Kaman Corp. (KAMN) hold: Topeka Capital
  * Merrimack Pharma (MACK) buy: Brean Murray
  * Nasdaq (NDAQ) buy: Berenberg
  * NYSE Euronext (NYX) hold: Berenberg
  * Pacific Drilling (PACD) buy: Dahlman Rose
  * Qlik Technologies (QLIK) sector perform: FBN Securities
  * Safeguard Scientifics (SFE) buy: Ascendiant Capital
  * Spirit Aerosystems (SPR) buy: Topeka Capital
  * Splunk (SPLK) outperform: FBN Securities
  * Teradata (TDC) outperform: FBN Securities
  * Tibco Software (TIBX) outperform: Topeka Capital
  * Transdigm (TDG) hold: Topeka Capital
  * Tyler Technologies (TYL) outperform: Northland
  * Validus (VR) outperform: Credit Suisse

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