Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALL, ARR, OFC, ISRG, COV, HMSY, JAKK, JMI, LOCK, LXFR, URI, WIT, YZC)

Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.

Armour Residential REIT (NYSE: ARR) started as Outperform with $7.50 target at Credit Suisse.

Corporate Office Properties (NYSE: OFC) raised to Outperform at BMO Capital Markets.

Intuitive Surgical Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG) added to US 1 Focus List at BofA/ML; Covidien PLC (NYSE: COV) and HMS Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: HMSY) were being removed from the BofA/ML Focus 1 List.

JAKKS Pacific Inc. (NASDAQ: JAKK) maintained Underperform and named Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Javelin Mortgage Investment Corp. (NYSE: JMI) started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.

LifeLock Inc. (NYSE: LOCK) started as Buy at Needham; started as Buy at Deutsche Bank; started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.

Luxfer Holdings PLC (NYSE: LXFR) started as Outperform with $13 target at Credit Suisse.

United Rentals Inc. (NYSE: URI) named value stock of the day at Zacks.

Wipro Ltd. (NYSE: WIT) raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.

Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. (NYSE: YZC) cut to Underweight at HSBC.

HTC is not U.S.-traded on liquid markets but this hit a multiyear low and it was downgraded by both Macquarie and Daiwa in overseas coverage.

JON C. OGG