Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Calpine, LendingClub, Rocket Fuel, Symantec, Verizon and More

These are this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades from 24/7 Wall St.

Calpine Corp. (NYSE: CPN) was raised to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) was raised to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) was maintained as Outperform, but the price target was cut to $22 from $30, at Oppenheimer.

Columbia Sportswear Co. (NASDAQ: COLM) was raised to Buy from Neutral and the price target was raised to $52 from $41 (versus a $43.33 close) at Goldman Sachs.

Consolidated Edison Inc. (NYSE: ED) was downgraded to Sell from Hold at Deutsche Bank.

CVR Refining L.P. (NYSE: CVRR) was downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.

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Dakota Plains Holdings Inc. (NYSEMKT: DAKP) was raised to Buy from Hold and the price target was raised to $2.75 from $2.50 at Canaccord Genuity.

PG&E Corp. (NYSE: PCG) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank.

LendingClub Corp. (NYSE: LC) was started as Sell at the boutique Compass Point, but this firm was not one of its underwriters.

Navios Maritime Midstream Partners L.P. (NYSE: NAP) was started as Outperform with a $16 price target (versus a $13.22 close) at Credit Suisse.

Rocket Fuel Inc. (NASDAQ: FUEL) was started as Buy at Janney Capital Markets.

Sierra Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: SWIR) downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital Markets.

Stillwater Mining Co. (NYSE: SWC) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

SunCoke Energy Inc. (NYSE: SXC) was raised to Outperform from Neutral, but the price target was lowered to $22 from $26 (versus an $18.07 close), at Credit Suisse.

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Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at William Blair.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy and the price target was cut to $48 from $55 (versus a $45.53 close) at Goldman Sachs.

In case you missed Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades from 24/7 Wall St., they were in shares of Autodesk, Crocs, GM, GrubHub, Microsoft, Nike, Rite Aid, SunPower and perhaps a dozen or so more stocks.