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