Notable Analyst Rating Changes 12/14: (BBY) (PPS) (VRTX) Upgraded; (MO) (FITB) (TOL) Downgraded

UPGRADES
Caris & Co. upgrades Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) from Above Average to Buy, its price target lowered from $36 to $35.

Goldman Sachs lifts Post Properties (NYSE: PPS) from Neutral to Buy with a price target of $45 (up from $40).

Credit Suisse boosts Vertex (Nasdaq: VRTX) from Underperform to Outperform, lowering its price target from $39 to $37.

Bernstein raises SunTrust Banks (NYSE: STI) from Market Perform to Outperform, price target maintained at $26.

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DOWNGRADES
Stifel Nicolaus cuts Altria (NYSE: MO) from Buy to Hold.

Bernstein reduces Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) from Outperform to Market Perform, maintaining its price target at $15.

Stifel Nicolaus lowers Toll Bros. (NYSE: TOL) from Hold to Sell.

Deutsche Bank downgrades Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) to Hold with a new price target of $53. Click Here for more color.

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NEW COVERAGE
Groupon (Nasdaq: GRPN) started by several firms Wednesday:

• BofA/Merrill Lynch at Buy
  
• Goldman Sachs at Buy;
• 
  Wells Fargo at Outperform;
  
• Barclays at Overweight;
  
• Willaim Blair at Outperform;
  
• Janney at Neutral;
  
• Morgan Stanley at Equalweight;
  
• Deutsche Bank at Hold;
  
• Credit Suisse at Neutral;
  
• Citi at Neutral;
  
• JPMorgan at Neutral;
  
• RBC Capital at Sector Perform.

Goldman Sachs resumes eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) with a C-List Buy rating and $40 price target. Click Here for more color.

BofA/Merrill Lynch reinstates ARM Holdings (Nasdaq: ARMH) at Underperform.

Compass Point starts Coinstar (Nasdaq: CSTR) with a Buy, and $56 price target.

Goldman Sachs resumes coverage on Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) with a Neutral and $82 price target. Click Here for more color.

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