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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BP, BEN, IVZ, LNCR, KR, PHG, SWY, SWN, TSO, WMB)
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These are some of this Friday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes:
BP plc (NYSE: BP) target cut at HSBC; Cut to Hold at UniCredit; Moody’s cut the debt rating; BP was also raised to Buy at Societe Generale.
Franklin Resources Inc. (NYSE: BEN) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ) Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Lincare Holdings (NASDAQ: LNCR) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) Cut to Underperform at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV (NYSE: PHG) Raised to Buy at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) Cut to Underperform at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Southwestern Energy Co. (NYSE: SWN) Cut to Neutral from Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO) Raised to Sector Perform at RBC.
Willams Cos. (NYSE: WMB) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
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JON C. OGG
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