Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACOR, MT, BBBY, CHK, CLF, CMCSA, DELL, EMN, EPD, LEAP, PBR, RL, VLO, WYNN, ZNGA)

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Published: February 17, 2012 8:09 am

Last Updated: April 28, 2020 8:12 am

These are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACOR) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup.
Arcelor Mittal (NYSE: MT) named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) Reiterated Buy with $70 target at Argus.
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) Cut to Buy from Strong Buy at S&P Capital IQ.
Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) Cut to Hold at Argus.
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
Eastman Chemical Co. (NYSE: EMN) named as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE: EPD) Reiterated Buy and target set at $61 by Argus.
Leap Wireless International (NASDAQ: LEAP) Cut to Neutral at Collins Stewart.
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (NYSE: PBR), or Petrobras, Cut to Equalweight at Barclays.
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE: RL) Raised to Buy with $202 target at Argus.
Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) Reiterated Outperform with $145 target at Credit Suisse.
Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) named as Aggressive Growth stock of the day at Zacks.

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