Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, ADI, BKS, DLTR, EIX, EL, FDO, GMCR, INTC, LLTC, NFLX, CRM, THOR, X)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning.

Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Reiterated Hold at Argus.
Analog Devices Inc. (NYSE: ADI) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR)  Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Edison International (NYSE: EIX) Raised to Hold at Citigroup.
Estee Lauder Companies (NYSE: EL) Raised to Outperform as the Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) Cut to Equal-weight at Barclays.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) Raised to Buy at KeyBanc.
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) Cut to Hold at S&P Equity Research (late-Monday call).
Linear Technology Corp. (NASDAQ: LLTC) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Cut To Equal-weight at Morgan Stanley.
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Thoratec Corporation (NASDAQ: THOR) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.

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