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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AEP, CEDC, CBOE, EL, INTU, KMB, PTEN, SNY, SLB)

These are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades seen from Wall Street research calls:

American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Central European Distribution (NASDAQ: CEDC) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
CBOE Holdings (NASDAQ: CBOE) Started as Market Perform at BMO; Started as Neutral at JPMorgan; Started as Market Perform at KBW; Started as Neutral at UBS.
Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL) Cut to Underperform at Oppenheimer.
Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU) Started as Outperform at Cowen & Co.
Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) Removed from Conviction Sell List by Goldman Sachs.
Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ: PTEN) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB) Cut to Neutral at Capital One; Reiterated Outperform at FBR.

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