Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AIV, CSCO, EBAY, FDO, HAL, ISSI, KBH, LEN, MEE, RYL, SLB, SPWRA)

These are this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research notes this morning:

Apartment Investment & Management Co. (NYSE: AIV) Raised to Sector Perform at RBC Capital.
Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) Started as Buy at Wunderlich.
Ebay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) Started as Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
Family Dollar Stores (NYSE: FDO) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
Integrated Silicon Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: ISSI) Started as Hold at Auriga.
KB Home (NYSE: KBH) Started as Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN) Started as Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
Massey Energy Co. (NYSE: MEE) maintained Buy at Jefferies.
Ryland Group Inc. (NYSE: RYL) Started as Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWRA) Resumed coverage as Underweight at JPMorgan.

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