Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ABB, ADBE, BBVA, BBY, BOKF, BP, EAT, CBS, HGSI, IRG, NAV, BPOP, RF, TSLA, XNPT, ACI, DD, SRE, HES, FSLR, CHSI, STX, QCOM, CVS, EXC, CCE, HIG)

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Published: June 14, 2012 8:28 am

Last Updated: April 28, 2020 8:11 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Thursday. We also have many changes to the Argus Model Portfolio.

ABB Ltd. (NYSE: ABB) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.

Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (NYSE: BBVA) Cut to Sell at UBS.

Best Buy Co, Inc. (NYSE: BBY) Raised to Neutral from Sell at Citigroup; Fitch outlined its buyout rumors yesterday.

BOK Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: BOKF) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.

BP plc (NYSE: BP) Maintained Hold but cut estimates at Argus.

Brinker International (NYSE: EAT) Raised to Buy at Argus.

CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) named as Value Stock of the Day at Zacks.

Human Genome Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: HGSI) Cut to Market Perform at JMP Securities.

Ignite Restaurant Group (NASDAQ: IRG) Started as Outperform at Raymond James.

Navistar International (NYSE: NAV) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Popular, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPOP) Started as Neutral at Stern Agee.

Regions FInancial (NYSE: RF) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.

Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) Started as Buy at Lazard.

Xenoport, Inc. (NASDAQ: XNPT) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.

MANY CHANGES TO ARGUS MODEL PORTFOLIO PICKS:

SELLING: Removing Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI); Removing E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. (NYSE: DD), or DuPont; Removing shares of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE); Removing Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES); Removing First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR); Removing Catalyst Health Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSI).
BUYING: Adding Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ: STX); Adding Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM); Adding CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS); Adding Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC); Adding Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE); Adding The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE: HIG).

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