- Boeing (BA) to overweight from neutral at JPMorgan.
- Alcoa (AA) to buy from hold at Deutsche Bank.
- BP (BP) to outperform from market perform at Raymond James.
- Office Depot (ODP) and Staples (SPLS) to buy from neutral at Janney Capital.
- ON Semiconductor (ONNN) to buy from hold at Citigroup.
- Kennametal (KMT) and Polyone (POL) to buy from hold at KeyBanc.
- Airgas (ARG) to outperform from market perform at William Blair.
- EchoStar (SATS) to neutral from underperform at Macquarie.
Analyst Downgrades
- Intel (INTC) to neutral from overweight at Piper Jaffray.
- Boston Scientific (BSX) to underweight from neutral and Integra LifeSciences (IART) to neutral from overweight at JPMorgan.
- Tiffany (TIF), Under Armour (UA), Coach (COH), rue21 (RUE), Talbots (TLB) and Urban Outfitters (URBN) to hold from buy, as well as Aeropostale (ARO) to underperform from hold, at Jefferies.
- ArvinMeritor (ARM) to neutral from buy at Goldman.
- PG&E (PCG) to equal weight from overweight at Barclays.
- Constellation Brands (STZ) to equal weight from overweight, DryShips (DRYS) to underweight from overweight and St. Jude Medical (STJ) to underweight from equal weight at Morgan Stanley.
- Tyson Foods (TSN) to market perform from outperform at BMO Capital.
Analyst Initiations
- General Motors (GM) with a buy rating at Goldman.
- National Semiconductor (NSM) with a market perform at Wells Fargo.
- Westar Energy (WR) and Scripps Networks (SNI) with a buy, as well as LPL Investment (LPL) with a sell, at Citigroup.
- Anacor Pharmaceuticals (ANAC) with buys at Citigroup and Deutsche Bank.
- China Xiniya Fashion (XNY) with a buy at Janney Capital.
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