Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (FCX, FIO, HNZ, JDSU, LGF, MFRM, MET, ZQK, SPG, SCCO, SBUX, JOE, TIF)

Investing

Published: December 6, 2012 8:21 am

Last Updated: March 18, 2020 8:24 pm

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

Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs, cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank and cut to Neutral at Citigroup.

Fusion-io Inc. (NYSE: FIO) started as Buy at BofA/ML.

H.J. Heinz Co. (NYSE: HNZ) reiterated Buy with $64 target at Argus.

JDS Uniphase Corp. (NASDAQ: JDSU) cut to Market Perform at Raymond James.

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: LGF) started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Mattress Firm Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: MFRM) cut to Market Perform at William Blair.

MetLife Inc. (NYSE: MET) cut to Equal Weight at Barclays.

Quiksilver Inc. (NYSE: ZQK) started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Simon Property Group Inc. (NYSE: SPG) raised to Buy at UBS.

Southern Copper Corp. (NYSE: SCCO) raised to Buy at Citigroup.

Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) raised to Outperform at Baird.

The St. Joe Co. (NYSE: JOE) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.

Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Here is an analysis calling for a gold pairs trade for 2013.

JON C. OGG

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