Below is a list of analyst upgrades, downgrades, and coverage initiations in Wall Street research calls this Friday morning.
Analyst Upgrades:
» Tech Data (NASDAQ:TECD) upgraded to Buy at Brean Murray
» Aeropostale (NYSE:ARO) upgraded at Stifel Nicolaus with $44 price tgt
» Exide Tech (NASDAQ:XIDE) upgraded to Overweight at Thomas Weisel
» Flextronics International Ltd. (NASDAQ:FLEX) upgraded to Buy at Citigroup with $8.50 price target
» Genzyme (NASDAQ:GENZ) upgraded to Outperform at Leerink Swann
» Sunpower (NASDAQ:SPWRA) upgraded to Buy at Merriman
» Limited brands Inc. (NYSE:LTD) upgraded at Citigroup with $18 price target
» Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) upgraded at Piper Jaffray with $65 price target; upgraded at RBC Capital with $60 price target.
Analyst Downgrades:
» Dick’s Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Needham
» Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse
» Baldor Electric (NYSE:BEZ) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at UBS
» Validus Holdings (NYSE:VR) downgraded to Mkt Perform from Outperform at Keefe Bruyette
Jefferies & Co Dowgrades Solar Stocks:
» First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) downgraded to Hold from Buy
» Sunpower (NASDAQ:SPWRA) downgraded to Hold from Buy
» Suntech Power (NYSE:STP) downgraded to Underperform from Hold
» Energy Conversion (NASDAQ:ENER) downgraded to Underperform from Hold
» Solarfun Power (NASDAQ:SOLF) downgraded to Underperform from Hold
» Ascent Solar (NASDAQ:ASTI) downgraded to Underperform from Hold
» China Sunergy (NASDAQ:CSUN) downgraded to Underperform from Hold
» Evergreen Solar (NASDAQ:ESLR) downgraded to Underperform from Buy
Analyst Initiations:
» Penn West Energy (NYSE:PWE) started as Neutral at Credit Suisse
» BancorpSouth (NYSE:BXS) started as Hold at Wunderlich
» Territorial Bancorp (NASDAQ:TBNK) started as Mkt Perform at Keefe Bruyette
» Tiffany & Co (NYSE:TIF) started as Outperform at Oppenheimer
