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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Citrix, GoPro, HP, Microsoft, Oracle, Teva and More

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Stocks have pulled back after challenging all-time highs, but investors have demonstrated repeatedly that they will buy value stocks when they are discounted or a stock that is overlooked. That being said, energy weakness persists as oil is breaking under $60 per barrel. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls each and every morning for new ideas for its readers. These are Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ALNY) was started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Citrix Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS) was started as Underweight with a $63 price target (versus a $62.31 close) at Piper Jaffray.

Empire State Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: ESRT) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Freescale Semiconductor Ltd. (NYSE: FSL) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Bernstein.

GoPro Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRO) was raised to Overweight from Neutral with a $70 price target (versus a $60.05 close) at J.P. Morgan. As a reminder, this upgrade is within two weeks of a large lockup expiration date.

Goodrich Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: GDP) was downgraded to Underweight from Overweight at J.P. Morgan.

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Hain Celestial Group Inc. (NASDAQ: HAIN) was downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform with a $115 price target at RBC Capital Markets.

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) was started as Buy with a $47 price objective (versus a $38.47 close) at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Harley-Davidson Inc. (NYSE: HOG) was started as Outperform at Wedbush Securities.

Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) was maintained as Hold at Canaccord Genuity after earnings, but the firm did raise its price target to $48 from $42.

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) was started as Overweight with a $54 price target (versus a $47.17 close) at Piper Jaffray.

Oracle Corp. (NYSE: ORCL) was started as Neutral at Piper Jaffray.

Red Hat Inc. (NYSE: RHT) was started as Overweight with a $68 price target (versus a $58.42 close) at Piper Jaffray.

Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE: CRM) was started as Overweight with a $64 price target (versus a $55.48 close) at Piper Jaffray.

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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA) was raised to Buy at Sterne Agee, and the drug maker was given a $65 price target.

VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) was started as Overweight with a $69 price target (versus a $78.13 close) at Piper Jaffray.

Thursday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades included BP, CSX, Dollar General, EMC, Sprint, 3D Systems, Disney and much more.

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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.

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