Analyst calls: Amazon upgraded
Yahoo is downgraded to 'market perform,' and SolarCity is initiated with a 'buy.'
Information provided by Theflyonthewall.comMonday's noteworthy upgrades include:
- Canon (CAJ) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies
- Credit Suisse (CS) upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital
- Family Dollar (FDO) upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays
- Hess Corp. (HES) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank
- Northrop Grumman (NOC) upgraded to Sector Perform from Underperform at RBC Capital
- Textron (TXT) upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital
- Walgreen (WAG) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies
- Amazon.com (AMZN) upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley
- Danaher (DHR) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at ISI Group
- Universal Health (UHS) upgraded to Positive from Neutral at Susquehanna
- Dick's Sporting (DKS) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Janney Capital
- Texas Instruments (TXN) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at BMO Capital
ArcelorMittal (MT) downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital- BNY Mellon (BK) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman
- Cree (CREE) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Canaccord
- DSW (DSW) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Brean Capital
- Family Dollar (FDO) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley
- Finish Line (FINL) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Janney Capital
- Lowe's (LOW) downgraded to Sell from Hold at Canaccord
- Spirit AeroSystems (SPR) downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital
- Under Armour (UA) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley
- Applied Materials (AMAT) downgraded to Underweight from Neutral at JPMorgan
- Southwestern Energy (SWN) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Dahlman Rose
- SAP (SAP) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS
- Yahoo (YHOO) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Bernstein
- Baidu (BIDU) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Barclays
- SolarCity (SCTY) initiated with a Buy at Goldman, and with a Buy at Roth Capital, and with an Outperform at Credit Suisse
- Broadcom (BRCM) initiated with an Overweight at Evercore
- FEI Company (FEIC) initiated with an Outperform at Pacific Crest
- SodaStream (SODA) initiated with an Overweight at Barclays
- Noble Energy (NBL) initiated with a Buy at BofA/Merrill
- Cabot Oil & Gas (COG) initiated with a Neutral at BofA/Merrill
- Southwestern Energy (SWN) initiated with a Neutral at BofA/Merrill
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