These are this Monday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades featured by 24/7 Wall St.
Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) was started as Neutral at Credit Suisse, although the firm have a target price of $1.50 (versus a $0.98 close), implying 50% upside, with no changes to the firm’s EPS estimates at this time.
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) was started as Overweight with a $90 price target (versus a $74.99 close) at Morgan Stanley.
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) was started as Equal Weight with a $600 price target (versus $559.08 close) at Morgan Stanley.
Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Raymond James.
Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) was started as Equal Weight with a $42 price target (versus a $41.47 close) at Morgan Stanley.
WisdomTree Investments Inc. (NASDAQ: WETF) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup. Friday we showed how this firm may be the top beneficiary of Japanese quantitative easing.
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AES Corp. (NYSE: AES) was started with an Outperform rating and a $16 price target (versus a $14.07 close) at RBC Capital Markets.
Alliant Techsystems Inc. (NYSE: ATK) was downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital Markets.
American Tower Corp. (NYSE: AMT) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Macquarie.
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (NYSE: AU) was raised to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank.
BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup.
CONSOL Energy Inc (NYSE: CNX) was started as Buy at SunTrust Robinson Humphreys.
Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) was raised to Buy from Neutral with a $94 price target (versus a $78.12 close) at Goldman Sachs.
Eastman Chemical Co. (NYSE: EMN) was raised to Buy from Hold at Jefferies.
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National Oilwell Varco Inc. (NYSE: NOV) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. (NYSE: NSM) was started as Buy at UBS.
NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) was raised to Sector Perform from Underperform at Pacific Crest.
Royal Gold Inc. (NASDAQ: RGLD) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SPR) was raised to Overweight from Neutral at J.P. Morgan.
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In case you missed Friday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades, they were in shares of Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Avon Products, Atmel, LinkedIn, Ocwen Financial, Visa and a dozen or so more.
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