Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMAT, CMG, HGSI, IACI, JTX, NKE, NFLX, SYNA, TIN, UAUA)

These are ten of the top research calls from Wall Street’s analyst wave of daily upgrades, downgrades, and initiations this Friday morning:

• Applied Materials (AMAT) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
• Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Cut to Underperform at Oppenheimer.
• Human Genome Science (HGSI) Cut to “Source of Funds” at ThinkEquity.
• IAC/InterActive (IACI) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
• Jackson-Hewitt (JTX) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
• Nike (NKE) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
• Netflix (NFLX) Started as Underperform at Credit Suisse.
• Synaptics (SYNA) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
• Temple-Inland (TIN) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
• UAL Corp. (UAUA) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
June 5, 2009

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