Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: BofA, NetApp, Stratasys, Symantec, Wells Fargo and More

American Electric Power Co. (NYSE: AEP) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies.

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) was downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Atlantic Equities.

Banco Bradesco S.A. (NYSE: BBD) was raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Clovis Oncology Inc. (NASDAQ: CLVS) was started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI) was reiterated as Buy and the price target was raised to $35 from $32 at Argus.

Loew’s Corp. (NYSE: L) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank.

NCI Building Systems Inc. (NYSE: NCS) was started as Qutperform with a $21 price target by Credit Suisse.

NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) was downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley

Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS) was raised to Overweight from Neutral and was given a $125 price target at J.P. Morgan.

Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform, but the price target was cut to $22 from $24, at BMO Capital Markets.

United Continental Holdings Inc. (NYSE: UAL) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Raymond James.

U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) was raised to Neutral from Underweight at Atlantic Equities.

VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) was raised to Buy from Neutral and the price target was raised to $126 from $97 at Sterne Agee. The firm also assigned a three-year potential valuation of $168 per share.

Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) was raised to Neutral from Underweight at Atlantic Equities.

Zions Bancorp. (NASDAQ: ZION) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform by BMO Capital Markets. Credit Suisse maintained an Outperform rating, noting that the sell-off leaves it with more positive upside.