Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BUD, BWLD, CB, STZ, EPD, ERIC, GME, JOSB, MA, OIS, ORCL, UPS, VZ, WETF, WYNN)

Photo of Jon C. Ogg
By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published
This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them.

These are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls.

Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A./N.V. (NYSE: BUD) cut to Hold at Soc-Gen.

Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. (NASDAQ: BWLD) raised to Buy at KeyBanc.

Chubb Corp. (NYSE: CB) raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.

Constellation Brands Inc. (NYSE: STZ) cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch.

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE: EPD) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

GameStop Inc. (NYSE: GME) raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray.

Joseph A. Bank Clothiers Inc. (NASDAQ: JOSB) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.

MasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA) cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.

Oil States International Inc. (NYSE: OIS) started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.

Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) raised to Outperform at BMO.

United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) cut to Neutral at Citigroup.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray.

WisdomTree Investments Inc. (NASDAQ: WETF) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.

Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) raised to Buy at Janney.

The World Gold Council’s “bullish” outlook for 2013 has a lot of issues that is making us rethink the 12-year rally in gold.

If you want to know how capital inflows are impacting stocks, you better take a look. This is acting to drive stocks, and is one part of why we are considering raising our 2013 DJIA target from 14,590.

Photo of Jon C. Ogg
About the Author Jon C. Ogg →

Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. a673b.bigscoots-temp.com.

Featured Reads

Our top personal finance-related articles today. Your wallet will thank you later.

Continue Reading

Top Gaining Stocks

CBOE Vol: 1,568,143
PSKY Vol: 12,285,993
STX Vol: 7,378,346
ORCL Vol: 26,317,675
DDOG Vol: 6,247,779

Top Losing Stocks

LKQ
LKQ Vol: 4,367,433
CLX Vol: 13,260,523
SYK Vol: 4,519,455
MHK Vol: 1,859,865
AMGN Vol: 3,818,618