Notable Analyst Rating Changes 10/12: (WMT) (DDD) (LNKD) Upgraded; (STX) (ANR) (LQDT) Downgraded
UPGRADES
Jefferies upgradesWal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) from Hold to Buy, moving its price target from $74 up to $88. Click Here for more color.
Piper Jaffray raises 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) from Underweight to Neutral, boosting its target from $24 to $35.
Evercore Partners lifts LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) from Equal Weight to Overweight, moving its target from $115 to $140. Click Here for more color.
Stifel Nicolaus moves Dean Foods (NYSE: DF) from Hold to Buy with a price target of $18.
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DOWNGRADES
Citi downgrades Seagate Technology (Nasdaq: STX) from Buy to Sell.
Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) trimmed by two firms:
Wedbush cuts Exact Sciences (Nasdaq: EXAS) from Outperform to Neutral with a price target of $11. Click Here for more color.
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NEW COVERAGE
Baird assumes Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF) at Outperform and price target of $70.
BMO Capital initiates Plains Exploration (NYSE: PXP) with an Outperform and $45 target.
Janney Montgomery Scott begins Mondelez International (Nasdaq: MDLZ) with a Neutral and $26 price target.
Goldman Sachs starts FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) with a Neutral and $44 price target. Click Here for more color.
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Jefferies upgradesWal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) from Hold to Buy, moving its price target from $74 up to $88. Click Here for more color.
Piper Jaffray raises 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) from Underweight to Neutral, boosting its target from $24 to $35.
Evercore Partners lifts LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) from Equal Weight to Overweight, moving its target from $115 to $140. Click Here for more color.
Stifel Nicolaus moves Dean Foods (NYSE: DF) from Hold to Buy with a price target of $18.
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DOWNGRADES
Citi downgrades Seagate Technology (Nasdaq: STX) from Buy to Sell.
Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) trimmed by two firms:
- Nomura Securities from Buy to Neutral, dropping its price target from $11 down to $8. Click Here for more color; and
- CLSA from Buy to Sell, cutting its target by $1 to $7.
Wedbush cuts Exact Sciences (Nasdaq: EXAS) from Outperform to Neutral with a price target of $11. Click Here for more color.
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NEW COVERAGE
Baird assumes Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF) at Outperform and price target of $70.
BMO Capital initiates Plains Exploration (NYSE: PXP) with an Outperform and $45 target.
Janney Montgomery Scott begins Mondelez International (Nasdaq: MDLZ) with a Neutral and $26 price target.
Goldman Sachs starts FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) with a Neutral and $44 price target. Click Here for more color.
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