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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMGN, AON, AMAT, ATML, CBS, CMA, CY, GIS, JNPR, LEA, ORCL, RIMM, LUV, VFC, V)
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These are some of this Friday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.
Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Raised to Outperform at Leerink Swann.
AON Corporation (NYSE: AON) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) Started as Buy at ThinkEquity.
CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) Raised to Buy with $24 target at BofA/ML.
Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: CY) Started as Buy at ThinkEquity.
General Mills Inc. (NYSE: GIS) Reiterated Buy and $42 target at Argus.
Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR) Started as Buy at Needham.
Lear Corp. (NYSE: LEA) Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer; Raised estimates and target to $38 at Credit Suisse.
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Raised estimates and target to $85 at Credit Suisse; target raised to $60 at Canaccord.
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) Raised to Buy at Soleil.
VF Corporation (NYSE: VFC) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Visa, Inc. (NYSE: V) Removed from Conviction Buy List but maintained as Buy at Goldman Sachs.
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