Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (APD, AKAM, FSLR, MA, MHP, MCO, NFLX, SVNT, UA, V)

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Published: December 4, 2009 7:56 am

Last Updated: April 3, 2020 4:40 pm

These are this Friday’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls:

Air Products & Chemicals (NYSE: APD) Started as Outperform at William Blair.
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) Raised to Buy at Collins Stewart.
Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (NYSE: MHP) Started as Buy at BofA Merrill Lynch.
Moody’s Corp. (NYSE: MCO) Started as Buy at BofA Merrill Lynch.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Savient Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: SVNT) Started as Overweight at JPMOrgan.
Under Armour (NYSE: UA) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
Visa, Inc. (NYSE: V) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.

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JON C. OGG

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