Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AKAM, BCS, ED, EE, FII, ISRG, LGF, POR, PII, TROW, HD)

These are some of this Monday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes:

Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Barclays plc (NYSE: BCS) Maintained Buy but cut target and estimates at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Consolidated Edison Inc. (NYSE: ED) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
El Paso Electric Co. (NYSE: EE) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Federated Investors, Inc. (NYSE: FII) Raised to Market Perform at FBR.
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG) Cut to Hold at Brean Murray.
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: LGF) Cut to Market Perform at BMO Capital.
Portland General Electric (NYSE: POR) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Polaris Industries, Inc. (NYSE: PII) Raised to Buy at KeyBanc.
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NYSE: TROW) Raised to Outperform at FBR.

The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) Raised target to $45 and raised estimates at Citigroup.

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