Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BWA, CTL, CHKR, CTRN, EXXI, F, HON, ITMN, JEF, JPM, ORCL, RIMM, TDC, WPI)

Investing

Published: December 21, 2011 8:03 am

Last Updated: April 28, 2020 8:25 am

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

BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) Started as Buy at Stern Agee.
CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) Raised to Outperform as the Bull of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust (NYSE: CHKR) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs; Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Citi Trends, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRN) maintained long-term Underperform as the Bear of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
Energy XXI (Bermuda) Limited (NASDAQ: EXXI) named as Value stock of the day at Zacks Investment Research.
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) Started as Buy at Stern Agee.
Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) Reiterated Buy with $70.00 price target at Argus.
InterMune Inc. (NASDAQ: ITMN) maintained Outperform but cut price target down to $20.00 from $37.00 at Credit Suisse.
Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF) Cut to Market Perform at Keefe Bruyette & Woods.
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) Cut to Neutral at Stern Agee.
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) Cut to Hold from Buy at Canaccord Genuity; maintained Outperform but cut price target to $40.00 from $42.00 at Credit Suisse.
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Raised to Buy from Hold but price target is only $16.00 at ThinkEquity.
Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC) Cut to Perform from Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NYSE: WPI) maintained Buy with a price target objective of $78.00 per share at Argus.

JON C. OGG

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