Analyst calls: AOL upgraded

Green Mountain is downgraded to 'neutral,' and Wells Fargo is upgraded to 'buy.'

By MSN Money Partner Feb 11, 2013 1:22PM
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Monday's noteworthy upgrades include:
  • AOL (AOL) upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital
  • Banco Bilbao (BBVA) upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at JPMorgan
  • Nike (NKE) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan
  • Questar (STR) upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley
  • Novo Nordisk (NVO) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Nomura
  • Tesoro (TSO) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merrill
  • Buckeye Partners (BPL) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Citigroup
  • VMware (VMW) upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Evercore
  • Kroger (KR) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman
  • U.S. Bancorp (USB) upgraded to Hold from Sell at Stifel Nicolaus
  • Wells Fargo (WFC) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Stifel Nicolaus
Monday's noteworthy downgrades include:
  • stock market comstockElan (ELN) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS
  • Fossil (FOSL) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Benchmark Co
  • Sprint (S) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Atlantic Equities
  • Kimberly Clark (KMB) downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight at Barclays
  • Green Mountain (GMCR) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Dougherty
  • Lufkin (LUFK) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Dahlman Rose
  • Baker Hughes (BHI) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Dahlman Rose
  • LinkedIn (LNKD) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Northland Securities
  • Amgen (AMGN) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at William Blair
  • KeyCorp (KEY) downgraded at Stifel Nicolaus
  • Comerica (CMA) downgraded at Stifel Nicolaus
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