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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (APOL, EXC, GAP, JDSU, KSU, MPEL, NTAP, NRG, NKE, NG, SODA, OVTI, UA, VRWY, WNR)
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These are some of this Monday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.
Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) Raised to Market Perform at FBR.
Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (NYSE: GAP) Cut to Sell from Hold at Citigroup.
JDS Uniphase Corporation (NASDAQ: JDSU) Raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray.
Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (NASDAQ: MPEL) Maintained Overweight but Target Raised at Morgan Stanley.
NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) Raised to Buy at UBS.
NovaGold Resources Inc. (NYSE: NG) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
SodaStream International (NASDAQ: SODA) Started as Hold at Deutsche Bank; Started as Outperform at William Blair; Started as Neutral at JPMorgan.
OmniVision Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: OVTI) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Under Armour, Inc. (NYSE: UA) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Verigy, Ltd. (NASDAQ: VRGY) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus; Raised to Equal-Weight at Barclays.
Western Refining Inc. (NYSE: WNR) Cut to Underperform at RBC.
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