Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AIXG, BMY, DKS, HEV, GNC, HMY, HBAN, HUN, JASO, JNJ, NTAP, NYB, QIHU, SBUX, UTI, WMB)

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

Aixtron SE (NASDAQ: AIXG) Cut to Sell at Canaccord Genuity.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE: DKS) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Ener1, Inc. (NASDAQ: HEV) Cut to Sell at Wunderlich.
GNC Holdings Inc. (NYSE: GNC) Started as Market Perform at BMO; Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs; Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley; Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse; Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. (NYSE: HMY) Raised to Neutral at HSBC.
Huntington Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: HBAN) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Huntsman Chemicals Corp (NYSE: HUN) Maintained Strong Buy and Value at Zacks.
JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) Raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
New York Community Bancorp (NYSE: NYB) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. A (NYSE: QIHU) Started as Buy at Citigroup (late-Tuesday).
Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) Reiterated Buy and $42 target at Argus.
Universal Technical Institute (NYSE: UTI) maintained Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
The Williams Companies (NYSE: WMB) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks. 

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