Notable Analyst Rating Changes 12/12: (BA) (BYI) (EW) Upgraded; (CRM) (AVGO) (KOG) Downgraded

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BA Hot Sheet

Overall Analyst Rating:
BUY (= Flat)

Dividend Yield: 2.4%
EPS Growth %: +56.4%

UPGRADES
Morgan Stanley upgrades shares of Boeing (NYSE: BA) from Equalweight to Overweight, with a price target is $82.

JPMorgan lifts Bally Technologies (NYSE: BYI) from Neutral to Overweight, its price target raised from $35 to $47.

Canaccord Genuity boosts Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW) from Hold to Buy, maintaining a price target of $75. Click Here for more color.

Howard Weil raises Transocean (NYSE: RIG) from Market Perform to Market Outperform, maintaining its price target of $67.

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DOWNGRADES
Cowen downgrades salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) from Neutral to Underperform.

Morgan Stanley reduces Avago Technologies (Nasdaq: AVGO) from Overweight to Equalweight.

Pritchard Capital lowers Kodiak Oil & Gas (NYSE: KOG) from Buy to Neutral, maintains price target of $9.50.

Citi cuts Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) from Buy to Neutral.

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NEW COVERAGE
Morgan Stanley initiates Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) with a new Overweight rating.

BTIG starts CIT Group (NYSE: CIT) with a Buy, and $44 price target. Click Here for more color.

Nomura Securities assumes Beam Inc (NYSE: BEAM) at Reduce, and price target of $40. Click Here for more color.

Credit Agricole begins Whiting Petroleum (NYSE: WLL) at Buy, with a $67 price target.

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