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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AKS, ATO, BRCM, BRCD, DUK, EMC, HA, HNT, IRM, MCD, NTAP, NVDA, SKX, SO, TPX, TWX, VAL, WPI, WY)

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

AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.

Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE: ATO) Maintained Hold but cut estimates at Argus.

Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) Started as Outperform at Wedbush.

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD) Raised to Buy at Cantor Fitzgerald.

Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.

EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) Raised to Buy at Cantor Fitzgerald.

Hawaiian Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HA) named Value Stock of the Day at Zacks.

Health Net, Inc. (NYSE: HNT) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Iron Mountain Inc. (NYSE: IRM) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.

McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) Maintained Outperform on Focus List but cut target to $104 at Credit Suisse.

NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) Raised to Buy at Cantor Fitzgerald.

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) Raised to Buy at UBS.

Skechers USA Inc. (NYSE: SKX) Raised to Buy at Stern Agee.

Southern Company (NYSE: SO) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Tempur Pedic International Inc. (NYSE: TPX) Cut to Market Perform at William Blair.

Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) Raised to Market Perform at Bernstein.

The Valspar Corporation (NYSE: VAL) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray

Weyerhaeuser Co. (NYSE: WY) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.

Also Read: Last Week’s Top Analyst Calls where analysts created the most impact or offered keen insight based on their calls with a review of how the stocks reacted after the calls were made.

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