Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, CI, DV, DDS, IFF, LNKD, MS, QCOM, RIMM, TGT, WAG, WMT, WDC, ZOLL)

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Published: November 21, 2011 8:13 am

Last Updated: November 21, 2011 8:14 am

These are some of Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Outperform and $500 target at Credit Suisse.
CIGNA Corp. (NYSE: CI) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
DeVry, Inc. (NYSE: DV) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Dillard’s Inc. (NYSE: DDS) named as Value stock of the day at Zacks.
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE: IFF) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD) maintained Hold at Argus.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) Raised to Buy at Collins Stewart.
Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) Reiterated Buy and $72 target at Argus.
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Cut target to $20 at Credit Suisse.
Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Western Digital Corporation (NYSE: WDC) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
ZOLL Medical Corp. (NASDAQ: ZOLL) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.

JON C. OGG

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