Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ABB, MDRX, BSX, DROOY, GFI, HMY, WFR, BTU, POT, PHM, PUK, STM, WEN)

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Published: June 9, 2010 8:30 am

Last Updated: April 3, 2020 4:26 pm

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning:

ABB Ltd. (NYSE: ABB) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) Raised to Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) Maintained Sell at Goldman Sachs, but removed from Conviction Sell List.
DRDGold (NASDAQ: DROOY) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Gold Fields Ltd. (NYSE: GFI) Started as Equal-weight at Morgan Stanley.
Harmony Gold Mining Co. (NYSE: HMY) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE: WFR) Cut to Buy from Strong Buy at S&P (late yesterday).
Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) Raised to Outperform at BMO Capital.
Potash Corp of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Pulte Homes (NYSE: PHM) Raised to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
Prudential plc (NYSE: PUK) Started as Buy at UBS.
STMicroelectronics NV (NYSE: STM) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
Wendy’s/Arby’s (NYSE: WEN) Raised to Buy at SunTrust.

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