
Here are Friday’s leading analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from top research calls from around Wall Street.
Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at BMO Capital.
Avolon Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: AVOL) was started at Overweight at J.P. Morgan with a $24 price target. Shares closed on Thursday at $19.10.
Boston Properties Inc. (NYSE: BXP) was downgraded from Buy to Neutral at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) was raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
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Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperfrom at Credit Suisse.
CubeSmart (NYSE: CUBE) was raised to Buy from Neutral at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) was added to the Top Picks List at FBR. Shares closed Thursday down almost 6% at $57.32.
Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) was downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Hess Corp. (NYSE: HES) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD) was raised to Strong Buy at Raymond James.
Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) was raised to Overweight from Neutral at J.P. Morgan.
Murphy Oil Corp. (NYSE: MUR) was downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Noble Energy Inc. (NYSE: NBL) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Thursday’s top analyst calls included Dunkin’ Brands, Eaton, Checkpoint Software, eBay, Emerson, Honeywell, SanDisk and more.
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