- Goldman upgraded Republic Services (RSG) to buy from neutral and raised its price target to $34 from $32. The firm cites valuation for the upgrade.
- Deutsche Bank upgraded MeadWestvaco (MWV) to buy from hold due to valuation and keeps a $29 price target for shares.
- UBS upgraded Symantec (SYMC) to buy from neutral.
- Lloyds Banking (LYG) upgraded to add from neutral at WestLB.
- Ternium (TX) was upgraded to overweight from equal weight at Barclays.
Analyst Downgrades
- Morgan Stanley downgraded Research In Motion (RIMM) to underweight from overweight and lowered its target to $47 from $95. The firm has increased concerns that RIM could lose market share in enterprise due to Apple's (AAPL) iPhone and Google (GOOG) and notes international country threats to shut down service.
- Goldman downgraded Stericycle (SRCL) to neutral from buy and has a $68 price target on the stock. The firm cites valuation for the downgrade.
- Jefferies downgraded Corning (GLW) to hold from buy and lowered its price target to $18.25 from $24. The firm has increased concerns of a supply chain correction in the coming months.
- McAfee (MFE) was downgraded to market perform from outperform at FBR Capital and Raymond James and to neutral from outperform at Macquarie.
- Boyd Gaming (BYD) was downgraded to sell from hold at Argus.
- Helmerich & Payne (HP) was downgraded to neutral from buy at Sterne Agee.
Analyst Initiations
- Stephens started Kansas City Southern (KSU) with an overweight rating and $44 target.
- Wells Fargo initiated Equifax (EFX) with a market perform rating.
- FBR Capital initiated FBL Financial (FFG) with an outperform rating and $28 target.
- Lumber Liquidators (LL) was initiated with a market perform rating at JMP Securities.
- Royal Bank (RY) was initiated with an outperform rating at Keefe Bruyette.
- AGA Medical (AGAM) was initiated with an overweight rating and $19 target at Piper Jaffray.
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