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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (CM, CTB, EIX, FMCN, GT, HD, JNS, LM, LOW, OPEN, PAYX, RY, UA, WAG)

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

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NYSE: CM) Raised to Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley.
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE: CTB) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
Edison International (NYSE: EIX) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Focus Media Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ: FMCN) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE: GT) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
Janus Capital Group (NYSE: JNS) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Legg Mason Inc. (NYSE: LM) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
OpenTable, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPEN) Started as Perform at Oppenheimer.
Paychex Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE: RY) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
Under Armour, Inc. (NYSE: UA) Cut to Neutral at Stern Agee.
Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) Raised to Buy at UBS.

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