Here is a list of this morning’s company upgrades/downgrades and coverage initiations by brokerage firms with roughly 30 minutes until the opening bell.
Analyst Upgrades:
- Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVL) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Argus ; price target $18
- Perry Ellis (NASDAQ:PERY) price target raised to $15 at Brean Murray
- Manitowoc (NYSE:MTW) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Sterne Agee
- Banco Bradesco ADS (NYSE:BBD) upgraded to Overweight from Underweight at JPMorgan
- The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) Citigroup reiterated Buy rating with $34 price target
- NETGEAR (NASDAQ:NTGR) upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays Capital
- Verifone (NYSE:PAY) upgraded to Sector Perform from Underperform at RBC Capital Mkts ; price target raised to $13 from $8
- Invesco (NYSE:IVZ) price target raised to $24 at Credit Suisse
- Ixia (NASDAQ:XXIA) upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at Wedbush Morgan ; price target raised to $6.25 from $6
- Textron (NYSE:TXT) raised to ‘Conviction Buy’ from Neutral by Goldman Sachs – $23 price target
- Acme Packet (NASDAQ:APKT) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Cantor Fitzgerald
- Equity Res (NYSE:EQR) upgraded to Outperform from In-Line at Fox Pitt
- BJ Services (NYSE:BJS) upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at Credit Suisse ; price target raised to $17 from $10
- Lowe’s (NYSE:LOW) upgraded to Neutral at boutique firm
- Amkor (NASDAQ:AMKR) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse ; price target raised to $8 from $7
- Siemens AG (NYSE:SWK) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Janney Mntgmy Scott
- Lubrizol (NYSE:LZ) gets its price target raised to $80 at Keybank
- Cooper Industries (NYSE:CBE) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Citigroup
- ABB Ltd (NYSE:ABB) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at UBS
- True Religion Apparel Inc. (NASDAQ:TRLG) Needham reiterates Buy rating
Analyst Downgrades:
- Hologic (NASDAQ:HOLX) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Canaccord Adams
- UBS downgrades DR Horton (NYSE:DHI) to Sell from Neutral
- CA Inc. (NYSE:CA) downgraded to Neutral at MKM Partners
- Forest Labs (NYSE:FRX) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Needham
- UBS downgrades Ryland (NYSE:RYL) to Neutral from Buy
- General Mills (NYSE:GIS) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Soleil ; price target $62
- Valspar (NYSE:VAL) removed from Americas Conviction Buy list at Goldman Sachs
- Smith Intl (NYSE:SII) downgraded to Mkt Perform from Outperform at FBR Capital ; price target reduced to $38 from $50
- Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) downgraded to Perform from Underperform at Oppenheimer
Coverage Initiated
- Kadant (NYSE:KAI) started with a Buy at Canaccord Adams ; price target $15
- Kayne Anderson (NYSE:KYN) started with a Buy at Wunderlich ; price target $24
- Lakeland (NASDAQ:LBAI) initiated with an In-Line at Fox Pitt
- Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) initiated with a Sector Perform at CIBC Wrld Mkts
- Rackspace (NYSE:RAX) initiated with a Outperform at Credit Suisse ; price target $18
- Rosetta Stone (NYSE:RST) initiated with a Outperform at Barrington REsearch ; price target $26
- Fossil (NASDAQ:FOSL) initiated with Buy at Jefferies & Co ; price target $32
- Anixter (NYSE:AXE) initiated with an Outperform at Morgan Keegan
- Natl Oilwell Varco (NYSE:NOV) initiated with a Outperform at BMO Capital Markets ; price target $60
- FMC Tech (NYSE:FTI) initiated with Mkt Perform at BMO Capital Markets ; price target $55
- Cameron (NYSE:CAM) initiated with Mkt Perform at BMO Capital Markets ; price target $42
- Transocean (NYSE:RIG) initiated with a Outperform at BMO Capital Markets ; price target $115
- Protalix Bio Therapeutics (NYSE:PLX) initiated with a Outperform at Hapoalim ; price target $10
- Rowan Cos (NYSE:RDC) initiated with Mkt Perform at BMO Capital Markets ; price target $25
- Pride Intl (NYSE:PDE) initiated with a Outperform at BMO Capital Markets ; price target $32
- Noble Corp (NYSE:NE) initiated with a Outperform at BMO Capital Markets ; price target $49
- Hercules Offshore (NASDAQ:HERO) initiated with a Underperform at BMO Capital Markets ; price target $4
- Ensco (NYSE:ESV) initiated with a Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets ; price target $44
- Diamond Offshore (NYSE:DO) initiated with a Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets ; price target $99
- Coverage Resumed: LeCroy (NASDAQ:LCRY) resumed with a Buy at Needham ; price target $6
