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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (MO, AEA, CCK, GE, HIBB, HBC, ITC, LNKD, PCS, SAP, SON, TSO, VZ)

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

Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Advance America, Cash Advance Centers Inc. (NYSE: AEA) named as value stock of the day at under 10-times earnings by Zacks.
Crown Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CCK) Started as Outperform with $43 target and was added to the Focus List at Credit Suisse.
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) Raised to Outperform by Bernstein (call was made late Monday afternoon).
Hibbett Sporting Goods (NASDAQ: HIBB) maintained Outperform with $47 target and named as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
HSBC Holdings PLC (NYSE: HBC) started as Underperform and named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
ITC Holdings Corp. (NYSE: ITC) Cut to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS) Raised to Outperform from Market Perform on valuation by William Blair.
SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) Cut to Hold at S&P Equity Research.
Sonoco Products Co. (NYSE: SON) Started as Neutral with $34.00 price target at Credit Suisse.
Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO) Cut to Neutral with $34 target from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) Reiterated Buy with a $44 price target at Argus.

JON C. OGG

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