Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMD, CAH, DMND, FDX, FLR, FWLT, GME, MA, MSFT, NVDA, RVBD, RIG, UPS, V)

There are many more significant calls than we expected in this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls:

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Maintained as Sell with $6 target at Auriga; Maintained Buy with $14 target at Broadpoint AmTech.
AGCO Corporation (NASDAQ: AGCO) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) Raised to Buy at BB&T.
FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) Raised to Outperform at Willian Blair.
Fluor Corp. (NYSE: FLR) Started as Buy at Canaccord.
Foster Wheeler AG (NASDAQ: FWLT) Started as Buy at Canaccord.
GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) Raised to Buy with $32 target at BB&T.
Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) Started as Outperform with $300 target at FBR.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Started as Neutral at Janney.
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) Cut to Hold at Needham.
Riverbed Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: RVBD) Cut to Sell with $25 target at Auriga.
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) Cut to Market Perform at BMO Capital.
United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) Raised to Outperform at Willian Blair.
Visa, Inc. (NYSE: V) Started as Outperform with $115 target at FBR.

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