Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, AGNC, BX, BA, CG, C, DKS, ENS, HFC, KKR, LULU, NDAQ, TNAV, WABC)

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated as Outperform with $675 price target at FBR; Maintained Buy with $800 target at Canaccord Genuity.

American Capital Agency (NASDAQ: AGNC) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.

The Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Raised to Outperform at Bernstein.

Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs; Started as Equal-weight at Barclays; Started as Buy at UBS; Started as Buy at Citigroup; Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.

Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) removed from U.S. 1 List but maintained Buy rating at BofA/ML.

Dick’s Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) removed from U.S. 1 List but maintained Buy rating at BofA/ML.

EnerSys Inc. (NYSE: ENS) named as Value stock of the day at Zacks.

HollyFrontier Corp. (NYSE: HFC) Raised to Buy with $40 target price at Argus.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (NYSE: KKR) Started as Buy with $16 target at Argus.

Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) Maintained Hold at Argus.

NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) Cut to Underperform from Neutral at Zacks.

TeleNav, Inc. (NASDAQ: TNAV) Cut to Underperform at Baird.

Westamerica Bancorp (NASDAQ: WABC) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.

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