Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (A, MT, AUO, CMCSA, COP, K, KFT, LDK, NVO, PLD, RIMM, STX, STRA)

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Published: October 28, 2010 8:17 am

Last Updated: April 3, 2020 4:00 pm

These are some of this Thursday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
AU Optronics (NYSE: AUO) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) Raised to Buy at Kaufman Bros.
ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) Cut to Neutral at Macquarie.
Kellogg Inc. (NYSE: K) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) Raised to Buy at Needham.
Novo Nordisk (NYSE: NVO) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
ProLogis (NYSE: PLD) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ: STX) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
Strayer Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: STRA) Cut to Neutral at Baird.

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