Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, MO, AIG, BBVA, DPZ, ETN, ELNK, FAST, MMM, MS, RCL, S, SBUX, VPRT)

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Published: July 29, 2011 8:24 am

Last Updated: April 3, 2020 4:34 pm

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

Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Sell at S&P Equity Research.
Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Started as Hold at Citigroup.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (NYSE: BBVA) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Domino’s Pizza Inc. (NYSE: DPZ) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $33 at Argus.
Eaton Corporation (NYSE: ETN) Reiterated Buy as Value at Zacks.
EarthLink Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNK) Raised to Strong Buy at S&P Equity Research.
Fastenal Company (NASDAQ: FAST) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) Reiterated Buy with $108 target at Argus.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) Maintained Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan; Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) Maintained Outperform but cut target to $7 at Credit Suisse.
Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) Reiterated Outperform and raised target to $48 at Credit Suisse.
Vistaprint N.V. (NASDAQ: VPRT) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.

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