These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from select Wall St. research calls this Friday.
Aflac Inc. (NYSE: AFL) raised to Buy from Neutral at Stern Agee.
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) was maintained as Outperform but its target cut to $320 from $334 at Credit Suisse.
Anheuser-Busch InBev N.V. (NYSE: BUD) was cut to a Conviction Sell from a normal Sell rating at Goldman Sachs.
Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) was raised to Buy from Hold at BB&T.
Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX) raised to Outperform from Neutral and target price raised to $8.75 from $8.50 at Credit Suisse.
Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) reiterated Buy with $20 price target at Argus.
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) reiterated Buy with $65 target as pullback brings favorable entry point according to Argus.
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) was raised to Strong Buy from Outperform at Raymond James.
National Instruments Corp. (NASDAQ: NATI) was downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at J.P. Morgan.
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE: PMT) was raised to Outperform at KBW.
Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) reiterated Buy with $80 target, and the sell-off viewed as an opportunity to initiate or add to positions according to Argus.
Raymond James Financial Inc. (NYSE: RJF) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup.
Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE: RF) was raised to Buy from Hold at Jefferies.
SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) was raised to Outperform from Neutral at Baird.
Unisys Corp. (NYSE: UIS) raised to Positive from Neutral at Susquehanna.
USG Corp. (NYSE: USG) was removed from the Top Pick List at RBC Capital Markets and was given a new Outperform rating.
Windstream Corp. (NASDAQ: WIN) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.
Credit Suisse on MLPs: DCP Midstream Partners L.P. (NYSE: DPM) and Exterran Partners L.P. (NASDAQ: EXLP) were both downgraded to Neutral from Outperform as growth is priced in. EQT Midstream Partners L.P. (NYSE: EQM) was raised to Outperform from Neutral and target raised to $47 from $41 after strong results.
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