These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms:
ADC Telecommunications Inc. (NASDAQ: ADCT) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL) Started as Perform at Oppenheimer.
American Superconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSC) Started as Buy at Jefferies
Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX) Started as Perform at Oppenheimer.
Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) Started as Hold at Jefferies.
EnerNOC, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENOC) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
KB Home (NYSE: KBH) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus; Goldman Sachs maintains Neutral at cut target to $13.
Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
ProLogis (NYSE: PLD) Started as Outperform at FBR.
Ryland Group Inc. (NYSE: RYL) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus; Goldman Sachs at Neutral but cut target to $18.
Sherwin-Williams Co. (NYSE: SHW) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL) STarted as Buy at Jefferies.
VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQQ: VVUS) Raised to Outperform at Leerink Swann.
Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: YGE) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
JON C. OGG