Top Wall Street Analyst Upgrades: Arch Coal, Gap, BioMarin and More

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published
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Investors and traders seem to be constantly looking for fresh research ideas that will lead to higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many research calls each day to find great ideas from value stocks to growth stocks to dividend stocks. We are breaking out the positive analyst calls as far as stocks to buy and positive research calls today and these are some of Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, initiations and positive analyst research calls seen from Wall Street today.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo.

Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) was raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: BMRN) was started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.

CBOE Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) was named Bull of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.

Chico’s FAS Inc. (NYSE: CHS) was started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.

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EVERTEC Inc. (NYSE: EVTC) saw its quiet period come to an end and analysts have initiated coverage on the international transaction processing service provider as follows: started as Buy at UBS, started as Buy at Deutsche Bank, started as Outperform at Credit Suisse and started as Overweight at J.P. Morgan.

Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) was raised to Outperform from market Perform at Wells Fargo.

Medivation Inc. (NASDAQ: MDVN) was started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.

Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: KORS) was started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.

Pinnacle Foods Inc. (NYSE: PF) was started as Outperform at Credit Suisse and started as Outperform at BMO Capital Markets.

Rally Software Development Corp. (NYSE: RALY) was started as Buy at Deutsche Bank and started as Outperform at JMP Securities.

Sanchez Energy Corp. (NYSE: SN) was started as Buy at SunTrust.

Urban Oufitters Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) was raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.

Read also: Infrastructure Stocks to Buy from UBS

Deutsche Bank gave a list of picks in its call for it being time to rotate from industrial stocks into banks and technology stocks.

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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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