Notable Analyst Rating Changes 01/29: (GSK) (HOV) (ERIC) Upgraded; (VMW) (MGM) (FTNT) Downgraded

UPGRADES
Barclays upgrades GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) from Equalweight to Overweight.

Compass Point boosts Hovnanian Enterprises (NYSE: HOV) from Sell to Neutral, moving its price target from $3.50 up to $5.50. Click Here for more color.

Deutsche Bank raises Ericsson (Nasdaq: ERIC) from Hold to Buy and raises its price target from SEK61 to SEK80. Click Here for more color.

BofA/Merrill Lynch lifts Tyson (NYSE: TSN) from Underperform to Buy.

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DOWNGRADES
VMware (NYSE: VMW) downgraded by a handful Tuesday:

• Topeka Capital from Buy to Hold, adjusting its price target from $120 down to $84. Click Here for more color;
  
  
• Wunderlich Securities from Buy to Hold, moving its price target from $100 down to $75;
  
  
• Goldman Sachs removes from its Conviction Buy List, maintaining a Buy, while adjusting its price target from $130 down to $100. Click Here for more color;
  
  
• Sterne Agee from Buy to Neutral, lowering its price target from $103 to $86; and
  
  
• Piper Jaffray from Overweight to Neutral with a price target of $90.

Deutsche Bank lowers MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM) from Buy to Hold with a price target of $13. Click Here for more color.

Wunderlich Securities trims Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) from Buy to Hold, moving its price target from $28 down to $22.

Wedbush lowers Pandora (NYSE: P) from Outperform to Neutral, while boosting its price target from $10 to $11.50. Click Here for more color.

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NEW COVERAGE
Oppenheimer initiates Laboratory Corporation of America (NYSE: LH) with a Perform. Click Here for more color.

Imperial Capital restarts Bonanza Creek Energy (NYSE: BCEI) at In-Line and price target of $33. Click Here for more color.

JPMorgan begins Seadrill Ltd. (NYSE: SDRL) with a Overweight and NOK290 price target.

Oppenheimer assumes Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) at Underperform and $53 price target. Click Here for more color.

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