S&P 500
7,285.00
+0.12%
Dow Jones
49,435.40
+0.24%
Nasdaq 100
28,191.00
+0.27%
Russell 2000
2,848.32
+0.23%
FTSE 100
10,311.80
+0.45%
Nikkei 225
61,085.00
+0.60%

Investing

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADUS, GAS, ALU, AAPL, EAT, CTL, DPZ, DUK, LULU, MSFT, LCC, ULTA, VNO)

Photo of Jon C. Ogg
By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published
Follow 24/7 Wall St. on Google
This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them.

Bull and Bear
Jon Ogg
Investors and traders are always on the lookout for new ideas that will generate positive returns or income for their portfolio. 24/7 Wall St. looks over numerous research calls to find great ideas from value stocks to growth stocks to dividend stocks. Many of these are stocks to buy and stocks to sell, and some come from Wall St. and some come from independent research firms.

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

Addus HomeCare Corp. (NASDAQ: ADUS) cut to Perform from Outperform at Oppenheimer.

AGL Resources Inc. (NYSE: GAS) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) raised to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) started as Buy with $540 price target at Lazard.

Brinker International Inc. (NYSE: EAT) raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.

CenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL) raised to Overweight at J.P. Morgan.

Domino’s Pizza Inc. (NYSE: DPZ) maintained Buy but removed from Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.

Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK) cut to Hold at Argus.

Read also: Stocks Under $10 Where Analysts See Big Upside

Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) cut to Sector Perform at RBC Capital Markets.

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) cut to Neutral from Buy at BofA/Merrill Lynch.

Read also: Nineteen Stocks Expected to Rise 50% to 100% — or More!

U.S. Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC) cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch.

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. (NASDAQ: ULTA) raised to Buy from Hold at Jefferies.

Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) raised to Buy from Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.

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.

Continue Reading

Jon C. Ogg |

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ARG, ALL, BBRY, CEO, CMCSA, FINL, HSP, JCP, LIFE, RBS, SYW, SIAL, SPW, WFM)

Jon OggInvestors and active traders are always on the lookout for new ideas to generate profits. 24/7 Wall St. looks…
Jon C. Ogg |

Top 12 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: FedEx, GE, Ulta Salon and Walmart

These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Tuesday, June 4, 2013.…
Jon C. Ogg |

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMD, ACI, BBY, BCC, CNP, CRL, BREW, GNRC, HPQ, ISRG, KMB, OMX, ODP, ONNN, ORLY, BTU, RGLD, SI, STAN, SYMC, UTX, VZ)

Jon OggInvestors and traders are always looking for good research-driven ideas for stocks to buy and stocks to sell. Some…
Jon C. Ogg |

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADT, BAC, BHP, CHK, CI, GLW, DE, EBAY, EA, JCP, JNPR, LULU, MNTA, OGE, RSH, RIO, TEF, RIG, UNM)

Jon OggInvestors and traders constantly seek new good research-driven ideas for stocks to buy and for stocks to sell. Some…
Jon C. Ogg |

Top Analyst Upgrades and Stocks to Buy: Intel, LinkedIn and More

These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Monday, June 3, 2013.…
Jon C. Ogg |

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: First Solar, NII, NRG, Ulta, Under Armour and More

These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Thursday, March 20, 2014.…
Jon C. Ogg |

Top Analyst Upgrades and Stocks to Buy: Baidu, Tesla, L3, OpenTable and More

These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Friday, July 26, 2013.…
Jon C. Ogg |

Top Analyst Upgrades and Stocks to Buy: Seagate, VeriFone, HP and Others

These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Thursday, May 23, 2013.…
Jon C. Ogg |

Top Analyst Upgrades and Stocks to Buy: Embraer, Lockheed, MGIC, UPS and More

These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Wednesday, July 24, 2013.…

Top Gaining Stocks

Waters
WAT • Vol: 2,131,048
Intel
INTC • Vol: 198,362,091
Akamai
AKAM • Vol: 8,677,900
Micron Technology
MU • Vol: 64,268,462
Qualcomm
QCOM • Vol: 34,272,223

Top Losing Stocks

Huntington Ingalls Industries
HII • Vol: 1,746,810
Pool
POOL • Vol: 2,311,870
Aptiv
APTV • Vol: 10,166,405
Leidos
LDOS • Vol: 2,252,442
PayPal
PYPL • Vol: 39,099,369