Friday, September 7, 2012

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

UPGRADES:
  * AstraZeneca (AZN) to equalweight: Morgan Stanley
  * Boston Properties (BXP) to buy: Citigroup
  * Barclays (BCS) to buy: Deutsche Bank
  * Cabela’s (CAB) to outperform: Credit Suisse
  * Charm Communications (CHRM) to outperform: Credit Suisse
  * Denbury Resources (DNR) to buy: Sterne Agee
  * Equity Residential (EQR) to buy: Cantor Fitzgerald
  * Priceline (PCLN) to buy: Nomura
  * Paterson-UTI (PTEN) to outperform: BMO capital
  * Rock-Tenn (RKT) to conviction buy: Goldman Sachs
  * SunTrust Banks (STI) to outperform: BMO Capital
  * Sunoco (SUN) to neutral: Citigroup
  * Synacor (SYNC) to buy: BofA Merrill
  * Zimmer Holdings (ZMH) to outperform: Bernstein


DOWNGRADES:
  * Audience (ADNC) to underperform: Credit Suisse
  * Audience (ADNC) to sector perform: Pacific Crest
  * Audience (ADNC) to neutral: JPMorgan
  * Audience (ADNC) to sell: Deutsche Bank
  * Adtran (ADTN) to underperform: Jefferies
  * Apollo Group (APOL) to sell: Deutsche Bank
  * Allied Nevada (ANV) to underperform: Macquarie
  * Big 5 Sporting (BGFV) to underperform: Credit Suisse
  * Digital Domain (DDMG) to neutral: Roth Capital
  * DCT Industrial (DCT) to hold: ISI Group
  * First Horizon (FHN) to neutral: Guggenheim Securities
  * Gartner (IT) to neutral: Lazard Capital
  * Horizon Technology (HRZN) to market perform: Wells Fargo
  * Jacobs Engineering (JEC) to neutral: Lazard Capital
  * MetroPCS (PCS) to neutral: Macquarie
  * Met-Pro (MPR) to hold: Brean Murray
  * Nvidia (NVDA) to hold: Cantor Fitzgerald
  * Seattle Genetics (SGEN) to perform: Oppenheimer
  * Tortoise MLP (NTG) to neutral: BofA Merrill
  * Teco Energy (TE) to sell: UBS
  * Teck Resources (TCK) to hold: Dahlman Rose
  * UTI Worldwide (UTIW) to hold: BB&T Capital
  * Williams-Sonoma (WSM) to hold: BB&T Capital
  * Wolverine World Wide (WWW) to neutral: Susquehanna
  * Weyerhaeuser (WY) to neutral: Goldman Sachs


INITIATIONS:
  * Alleghany (Y) market perform: JMP Securities
  * Colony Financial (CLNY) buy: Stifel Nicolaus
  * Cisco (CSCO) equalweight: Evercore Partners
  * CSX Corp. (CSX) market perform: FBR Capital
  * Chemtura (CHMT) buy: Lazard Capital
  * Computer Programs and Systems (CPSI) buy: ThinkEquity
  * CareFusion (CFN) buy: ThinkEquity
  * Cinemark Holdings (CNK) outperform: Credit Suisse
  * DSW Inc. (DSW) neutral: Credit Suisse
  * Endologix (ELGX) outperform: BMO Capital
  * Ellie Mae (ELLI) buy: Dougherty & Co.
  * Entertainment Properties (EPR) hold: Stifel Nicolaus
  * Foot Locker (FL) outperform: Credit Suisse
  * Finish Line (FINL) neutral: Credit Suisse
  * Genesis Energy (GEL) buy: Global Hunter
  * Green Mountain Coffee (GMCR) buy: Lazard Capital
  * Henry Schein (HSIC) hold: WallachBeth Capital
  * Huntington Bancsares (HBAN) neutral: Guggenheim Securities
  * Juniper Networks (JNPR) equalweight: Evercore Partners
  * KeyCorp (KEY) buy: Guggenheim Securities
  * Kansas City Southern (KSU) outperform: FBR Capital
  * LivePerson (LPSN) buy: ThinkEquity
  * M/A-Com (MTSI) buy: Goldman Sachs
  * Midway Gold (MDW) outperform: RBC Capital
  * Molina Healthcare (MOH) market perform: Raymond James
  * Metals USA (MUSA) buy: Deutsche Bank
  * Medidata Solutions (MDSO) buy: ThinkEquity
  * Norfolk Southern (NSC) market perform: FBR Capital
  * Omnicell (OMCL) buy: ThinkEquity
  * Performant Financial (PFMT) neutral: SunTrust Robinson
  * Regal Entertainment (RGC) neutral: Credit Suisse
  * SolarWinds (SWI) market perform: BMO Capital
  * Strayer Education (STRA) sell: Deutsche Bank
  * Union Pacific (UNP) outperform: FBR Capital

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