Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ANF, APD, AMZN, ACGL, BWLD, CSCO, GLW, ELN, ERJ, HES, JEC, LEAP, MOT, OGE, RY, SD, WBD)

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

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Added to Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List.
Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (NYSE: APD) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $105 at Jefferies.
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Reiterated Neutral but Raised Target to $165 at Credit Suisse.
Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ: ACGL) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. (NASDAQ: BWLD) Raised to Strong Buy at Raymond James.
Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) Reiterated Buy with $24 target at BofA/ML.
Elan Corp. plc (NYSE: ELN) Raised to Buy at UBS.
EMBRAER (NYSE: ERJ) Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) Raised to Market Weight and $80 target at Credit Suisse.
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) Raised to Buy at Canaccord.
Leap Wireless International Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP) Cut to Hold at Auriga.
Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) Reiterated Buy at BofA/ML.
OGE Energy Corporation (NYSE: OGE) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE: RY) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.
Sandridge Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SD) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Wimm-Bill-Dan (NYSE: WBD) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

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