Analyst calls: The Fresh Market downgraded
Akamai is upgraded to 'overweight,' and Google is initiated with an 'outperform.'
Information provided by Theflyonthewall.comWednesday's noteworthy upgrades include:
- Akamai (AKAM) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray
- IAMGOLD (IAG) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at HSBC
- Nabors Industries (NBR) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank
- Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank
- Fortinet (FTNT) upgraded to Outperform from Perform at Oppenheimer
Wednesday's noteworthy downgrades include: - CenturyLink (CTL) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Piper Jaffray
- Fred's (FRED) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at SunTrust
- Ralcorp (RAH) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS
- Seadrill (SDRL) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank
- Sherwin-Williams (SHW) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Nomura
- Windstream (WIN) downgraded to Underweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray
- Vertex (VRTX) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Argus
- The Fresh Market (TFM) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank
- Amazon.com (AMZN) initiated with an Outperform at Cowen
- Google (GOOG) initiated with an Outperform at Cowen
- Idenix (IDIX) initiated with a Buy at Deutsche Bank
- InterActiveCorp (IACI) initiated with a Neutral at Cowen
- LinkedIn (LNKD) initiated with a Neutral at Cowen
- Netflix (NFLX) initiated with a Neutral at Cowen
- Pandora (P) initiated with a Neutral at Cowen
- Vodafone (VOD) initiated with an Outperform at RW Baird
- Workday (WDAY) initiated with a Neutral at Piper Jaffray
- Yahoo (YHOO) initiated with a Neutral at Cowen
- eBay (EBAY) initiated with a Neutral at Cowen
- Check Point (CHKP) initiated with a Market Perform at BMO Capital
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