These are this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations.
Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) was raised to Buy from Neutral and the price target was raised to $52 from $50 (versus a $45.26 close) at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets.
Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at JMP Securities.
Cameron International Corp. (NYSE: CAM) was downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital Markets.
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Dollar General Corp. (NYSE: DG) was started as Buy with a $80 price target (versus a $67.90 close) at Goldman Sachs.
Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) was started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Foot Locker Inc. (NYSE: FL) was raised to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays.
Genworth Financial Inc. (NYSE: GNW) was started as Buy with a $10 price target (versus a $6.94 close) at Jefferies.
Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) was raised to Buy from Sell at a boutique firm named Ascendiant Capital Markets.
JA Solar Holdings Co. (NASDAQ: JASO) was raised to Outperform from Sector Perform with a $13 price target (versus a $7.77 close) at RBC Capital Markets.
PulteGroup Inc. (NYSE: PHM) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform with a $21 to $22 price valuation range (versus $21.82 close) at Wells Fargo.
Quest Diagnostics Inc. (NYSE: DGX) downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Silicon Graphics International Corp. (NYSE: SGI) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy with an $11 target (versus a $10.61 close) at Sterne Agee.
Stanley Black & Decker Inc. (NYSE: SWK) was raised to Equal Weight from Underweight at Barclays.
SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) was raised to Outperform from Sector Perform with a $36 price target (versus a $23.98 close) at RBC Capital Markets.
Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) was raised to Buy from Neutral and the price target was raised to $50 from $44 (versus a $42.56 close) at Merrill Lynch.
Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL) was raised to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital Markets.
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Valero Energy Partners L.P. (NYSE: VLP) was raised to Outperform from Neutral and the price target was raised to $57 from $49 (versus a $49.17 close) at Credit Suisse.
Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at FBR Capital Markets.
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) was raised to Buy from Hold at Evercore.
In case you missed Thursday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades, they included Apple, Arch Coal, Boeing, Petrobras, Qualcomm and about a dozen more.
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