Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BBY, CPLA, GS, HGSI, MAR, SNDK, SGMS)

Investing

Published: July 13, 2009 6:50 am

These are the top pre-market upgrades and downgrades seen early this Monday morning ahead of the earnings season rush:

Best Buy (BBY) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Capella Education (CPLA) Cut to Neutral at Creedit Suisse.
Goldman Sachs (GS) Raised to Buy by Meredith Whitney.
Human Genome Science (HGSI) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Marriott (MAR) Raised to Outperform at JMP Securities.
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Raised to Neutral from Sell at UBS.
SanDisk (SNDK) Raised to Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
Scientific Games (SGMS) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
July 10, 2009

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