Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, AWK, WTR, CHU, CYN, CBSH, FII, HFC, MTB, MCHP, PEGA, BOX, SEE, SU, TSO)

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

Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
American Water Works Co. (NYSE: AWK) Reiterated Buy at Gabelli.
Aqua America Inc (NYSE: WTR) Reiterated Buy at Gabelli.
China Unicom (NYSE: CHU) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
City National Corporation (NYSE: CYN) Raised to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Commerce Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: CBSH) Cut to Underperform at BofA/ML.
Federated Investors, Inc. (NYSE: FII) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE: HFC) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML; Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
M&T Bank Corp. (NYSE: MTB) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP) Maintained Buy but cut target to $40 at Gleacher & Co.
Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA) Cut to Hold at Canaccord Genuity.
SeaCube Container Leasing Limited (NYSE: BOX) reiterated Buy as Value at Zacks.
Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE: SU) named as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO) Cut to Underperform at BofA/ML.

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