Five Big Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades for Wednesday (BA, WAG, WMT, YUM, ZTS)

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24/7 Wall St. has seen many analyst upgrades and downgrades this Wednesday, but there are several calls which really stand out in key companies.

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) was reiterated with a “Buy” rating and with a $100 price target at BofA Merrill Lynch based partly upon Dreamliner tests resuming. It was also upgraded to Hold from Underweight at BB&T and Stifel Nicolaus maintained a “Buy” rating and raised its target to $100 from $85 this morning.

Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) was raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) was reiterated as “Buy” but what stood out here was the firm’s $85 price target at BofA Merrill Lynch.

Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) was also maintained as Outperform and its target price was raised by $3 to $70 at Credit SUisse based upon the bleeding in China finally letting up.

Zoetis Inc. (NYSE: ZTS) was started in coverage by the major brokerage firms now that the quiet period has ended: started as Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch; started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs; started as Buy at Jefferies; started as Overweight at JPMorgan; started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.

by Jon C. Ogg at a673b.bigscoots-temp.com

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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.

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