Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, CCL, CLNE, DFS, ESRX, GNC, GG, GRPN, KGC, NFLX, NEM, PM, SLB, TKR, URBN)

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Started as Buy at Auriga; target raised to $715 at JPMorgan

Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL) named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Clean Energy Fuels Corporation (NASDAQ: CLNE) Started as Neutral at Macquarie.

Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) named as Bull of the Day at Zacks.

Express Scripts Inc. (NASDAQ: ESRX) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.

GNC Holdings Inc. (NYSE: GNC) Raised to Outperform at BMO.

Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE: GG) Started as Neutral at Citigroup.

Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) Started as Neutral at Stern Agee.

Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE: KGC) Started as Buy at Citigroup.

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Cut to Equal-weight at Barclays.

Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup.

Philip Morris International, Inc. (NYSE: PM) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB) Raised to Buy at Stern Agee.

The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) named as Value stock of the day at Zacks.

Urban Outfitters Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) Raised to Neutral at Citigroup.

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