Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ANF, ALU, APO, BHI, BP, CPO, ETFC, FUJIY, GMCR, LECO, NVDA, OXY, PEP, QIHU, SNDK, LUV, AMTD, TE)

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Published: May 9, 2011 8:19 am

Last Updated: April 3, 2020 4:05 pm

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

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Cut to Neutral at Susquehanna.
Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Sell at Soc-Gen.
Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE: APO) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse; Started as Overweight at JPMorgan; Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs; Started as Buy at BofA/ML; Started as Buy at UBS.
Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
BP plc (NYSE: BP) Raised to Equal-Weight at Barclays.
Corn Products International Inc. (NYSE: CPO) Noted as Value and Strong Buy at Zacks.
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Fujifilm Holdings (FUJIY) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) Maintained Strong Buy on Momentum at Zacks.
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: LECO) named as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) Maintained Neutral at Gleacher & Co.
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) Cut to Equal-weight at Barclays; Reiterated Buy at Argus.
Pepsico Inc. (NYSE: PEP) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. A (NYSE: QIHU) Started as Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) Raised to Buy at ThinkEquity.
Southwest Airlines Company (NYSE: LUV) Raised to Buy at Dahlman Rose.
TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: AMTD) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
TECO Energy, Inc. (NYSE: TE) Cut to Underperform at BofA/ML.

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