Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AFL, APOL, T, BAC, CAKE, EMC, ETFC, GD, GM, HGSI, ITT, JNPR, PCS, MU, MSFT, NDAQ, S, WLP)

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Published: January 13, 2011 8:31 am

Last Updated: April 28, 2020 8:15 am

These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms.

AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) Reiterated Buy and raised estimates at Argus.
AT&T, Inc. (NYSE: T) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) Removed from Top Pick Live List at Citigroup.
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (NASDAQ: CAKE) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) Reiterated Neutral with $25 target at BofA/ML.
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM) Started as Buy at Argus.
Human Genome Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: HGSI) Reiterated Underperform with $24 target at BofA/ML.
ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) Reiterated Underperform but raised target to $66 from $58 at BofA/ML.
Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR) Raised to Buy at ThinkEquity.
MetroPCS Communications Inc. (NYSE: PCS) Reiterated Buy and $16 target at Argus.
Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) Raised to Outperform at Baird; Raised to Buy at Stern Agee.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Reiterated Outperform and $36 target at Credit Suisse.
Nasdaq OMX Group (NASDAQ: NDAQ) Kept at Buy but Removed from Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
WellPoint. Inc. (NYSE: WLP) Reiterated Outperform and $74 target at Credit Suisse.

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