Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMZN, BAC, BA, SCHW, CME, FB, GALE, PCG, RF, STI, AMTD, TM, VLO, WSO, WNR, YUM)

Investing

Jon C. Ogg

Published: June 4, 2012 8:09 am

Last Updated: April 28, 2020 8:21 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Monday.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) removed from Conviction Buy List at Evercore.

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) Raised to Overweight at Evercore.

The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.

The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup.

CME Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) Started as Underperform at Bernstein.

Galena Biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: GALE) Raised to Buy at Cantor Fitzgerald.

PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG) Started as Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley.

Regions Financial (NYSE: RF) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.

SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE: STI) Raised to Overweight at Evercore.

TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (NYSE: AMTD) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup.

Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE: TM) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO) Reiterated Buy with $35 target and raised estimates at Argus.

Watsco, Inc. (NYSE: WSO) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.

Western Refining Inc. (NYSE: WNR) named as Value Stock of the Day at Zacks.

YUM! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) Cut to Market Perform at Raymond James.

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