These are this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations.
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) may have been granted a patent case dismissal on Monday, but R.W. Baird downgraded it to Neutral and Wells Fargo downgraded it to Market Perform. The downgrades on Tuesday were after a 3.3% gain to $40.84 on Monday.
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: APC) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Bernstein. Argus maintained a Buy rating but cut the target to $120 from $125.
Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) was reiterated as Buy with a $164 price target at Sterne Agee after strong October plane deliveries.
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Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: PLAY) has seen its quiet period end, and shares hit a post-IPO high on Monday. Jefferies and Stifel started it as Buy. It was started as Overweight at Piper Jaffray and as Outperform at William Blair.
Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) was indicated down 13% after missing earnings. The troubled vitamin and supplements retailer was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at SunTrust Robinson Humphreys.
Level 3 Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup.
Navient Corp. (NASDAQ: NAVI) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman Sachs, although the price target was lifted to $20 from $19 (versus a $20 close).
Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) was downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at Bernstein, and the price target of $6.40 compares to a closing price of $8.36.
Penn National Gaming Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) was raised to Neutral from Underperform at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
RCS Capital Corp. (NYSE: RCAP) fell 16% after backing out of an ARCP deal. Now it was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup.
SLM Corp. (NASDAQ: SLM) was raised to Buy from Neutral and the price target was raised to $11.50 from $9.50 at Goldman Sachs.
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Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S) was maintained as Hold at Canaccord Genuity.
Travelport Worldwide Ltd. (NYSE: TVPT) saw its quiet period come to an end. Credit Suisse started it as Outperform. UBS, Deutsche Bank and Jefferies each started it as Buy.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) was started as Neutral with a $70 price target at Sterne Agee.
In case you missed Monday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades, they were in Dendreon, Facebook, Google, Twitter, Home Depot, NVIDIA and a dozen or so more.
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