Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ANF, BA, BWA, BKI, KMX, CHK, COP, FDO, GT, NFLX, QCOM, CODE, SYMC)

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

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Maintained Outperform but cut target to $88 at Credit Suisse.
BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Buckeye Technologies Inc (NYSE: BKI) Raised to Outperform and $32 target at Credit Suisse.
CarMax Inc. (NYSE: KMX) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) Reiterated Outperform but Raised target to $80 at Credit Suisse.
Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE: GT) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Raised to Buy with $275.00 target at BofA/ML; Raised to Market Perform at Morgan Keegan.
QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Spansion Inc. (NASDAQ: CODE) Reiterated Buy and $28 target at Gleacher & Co.
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.

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JON C. OGG