Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARO, BRCM, CPB, CCL, DMND, HMA, KBH, LPX, DGX, RCL, SLM, S, TSO, TXN, TWC, WRB)

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Published: April 6, 2011 8:20 am

Last Updated: April 28, 2020 8:23 am

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

Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) Raised to Hold at KeyBanc.
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE: CPB) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) Started as Neutral with $43 target at Credit Suisse.
Diamond Foods Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) Cut to Hold at BB&T.
Health Management Associates Inc. (NYSE: HMA) Removed from Focus List at Credit Suisse.
KB Home (NYSE: KBH) Reiterated Hold at Argus; Maintained Underperform at Credit Suisse.
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE: LPX) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) Started as Outperform at Macquarie.
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) Started as Outperform and $55 target at Credit Suisse.
SLM Corp. (NYSE: SLM) Cut to Neutral at Zacks.
Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) Reiterated Outperform with $8 target at Credit Suisse.
Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO) Maintained as Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) Reiterated Buy and $40 target at Argus.
Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) Reiterated Buy at Argus.
W.R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: WRB) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.

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