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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AEO, AAPL, ANGI, ARMH, CIEN, GLUU, AWAY, HALO, JPM, KR, L, QCOM, SSW, VNO, ZNGA)

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

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Buy and raised price target to $660 from $600; valuation range raised at Wells Fargo as well.

Angie’s List, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI) Started as Buy at Canaccord Genuity.

ARM Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: ARMH) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.

Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.

Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ: GLUU) Started as Buy at Canaccord Genuity.

HomeAway Inc. (NASDAQ: AWAY) Started as Hold at Canaccord Genuity.

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HALO) Started as Overweight at Barclays.

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) raised estimates by Morgan Stanley.

The Kroger Company (NYSE: KR) named as Bull of the Day at Zacks.

Loews Corporation (NYSE: L) named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) Reiterated Buy with $72 target at Argus.

Seaspan Corporation (NYSE: SSW) Cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.

Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) Cut to Hold at Argus.

Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) Started as Hold at Canaccord Genuity.

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