
Here are Thursday’s leading analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from top research calls from around Wall Street.
Aspen Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: AZPN) was downgraded to Underweight from Neutral at J.P. Morgan, and the price target was lowered to $36.00 from $46.50. The stock closed trading Wednesday at $34.48.
Babcock & Wilcox Co. (NYSE: BWC) was started at Buy with a $33 target at Merrill Lynch. The shares closed Wednesday at $27.01.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) was downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at J.P. Morgan.
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Chuys Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CHUY) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc. (NASDAQ: DNKN) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Eaton Corp. PLC (NYSE: ETN) was started at Buy at UBS.
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) was raised to Equal Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Baird.
Fluor Corp. (NYSE: FLR) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Merrill Lynch.
Flowserve Corp. (NYSE: FLS) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Merrill Lynch.
Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE: FIG) was downgraded from Outperform to Perform at Oppenheimer
Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) was started at Neutral at UBS.
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ITT Corp. (NYSE: ITT) was started at Neutral at UBS.
SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Wedbush.
SodaStream International Ltd. (NASDAQ: SODA) was raised to Neutral from Sell at Stifel.
Wednesday’s top analyst calls included Exxon Mobil, Lowe’s Companies, Paycom Software, Under Armour, Wal-Mart, Whole Foods, Verizon Communications and more.