Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, ATML, BAC, CSIQ, CSCO, KO, CY, FNSR, ISRG, JDSU, MON, POL, RVBD, USM, VMW, YOKU)

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Published: July 20, 2011 8:09 am

Last Updated: April 3, 2020 4:31 pm

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

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Outperform and $500 target at Credit Suisse; Reiterated Buy and raised target to $460 at Argus; Reiterated Buy and $515 target at BofA/ML.
Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) Reiterated Buy with $17 target at Gleacher.
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) Reiterated Hold at Argus.
Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) Cut to Hold at Canaccord Genuity.
Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) Reiterated Buy with $24 target at Argus.
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: CY) Reiterated Neutral with $23 target at Gleacher.
The Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $78 at BofA/ML.
Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
JDS Uniphase Corporation (NASDAQ: JDSU) Started as Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley.
Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks; Added to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) Reiterated Buy as Value at Zacks.
Riverbed Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: RVBD) Raised to Outperform at Baird; Reiterated Neutral and cut target to $37 at BofA/ML.
US Cellular (NYSE: USM) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) Raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse; Reiterated Buy and raised target to $128 at BofA/ML.
Youku.com Inc (NYSE: YOKU) Started as Neutral at Susquehanna.

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