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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BA, COST, CVRR, DFS, EPB, EQM, FIG, FCX, ORCL, SYMC, SYRG, TLLP, TXN, VZ, WAG, WMT, YUM, ZTS, AMD)
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These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and reiterations seen by 24/7 Wall St. from the key Wall St. research calls this Wednesday.
Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) reiterated Buy with $100 price target at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) reiterated Buy and target raised by $2 to $115 at Argus.
CVR Refining L.P. (NYSE: CVRR) raised to Outperform and target raised to $34 from $32 at Credit Suisse.
Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) reiterated Buy with $47 target at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
El Paso Pipeline Partners L.P. (NYSE: EPB) cut to Neutral but raised target by $1 to $44 at Credit Suisse.
EQT Midstream Partners L.P. (NYSE: EQM) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE: FIG) raised to Buy and target raised to $8.50 from $6 at Goldman Sachs.
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) named Bear of the Day as copper and gold are weighing down lots of miners at Zacks Investment Research.
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) raised to Buy from Hold at Canaccord Genuity.
Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) named Bull of the Day as cyber security threats are on the rise at Zacks Investment Research.
Synergy Resources Corp. (NYSEMKT: SYRG) started as Buy at KeyBanc.
Tesoro Logistics L.P. (NYSE: TLLP) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse; cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: TXN) cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) reiterated Buy and raised target $6 to $54 at Argus.
Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) raised to Buy at UBS.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) reiterated Buy with $85 price target at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) maintained Outperform and raised target by $3 to $70 at Credit SUisse.
Zoetis (NYSE: ZTS) started as Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch, started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs, started as Buy at Jefferies, started as Overweight at J.P. Morgan and started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
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