Analyst calls: Smith & Wesson downgraded
Panera Bread is upgraded to 'outperform,' and Yelp is initiated with a 'market perform.'
Information provided by Theflyonthewall.comWednesday's noteworthy upgrades include:
- Citigroup (C) upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley
- Regions Financial (RF) upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley
- Dunkin' Brands (DNKN) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Miller Tabak
- Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Evercore
- Morgan Stanley (MS) upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Evercore
- Panera Bread (PNRA) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Wedbush
- Regal Entertainment (RGC) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at B. Riley
- Seagate (STX) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Craig-Hallum
- Western Digital (WDC) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Craig-Hallum
Wednesday's noteworthy downgrades include: - American Express (AXP) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Evercore
- Wells Fargo (WFC) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Evercore
- BB&T (BBT) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley
- Chubb (CB) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley
- U.S. Bancorp (USB) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley
- BJ's Restaurants (BJRI) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Wedbush
- Canadian Pacific (CP) downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at Scotia Capital
- GT Advanced (GTAT) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Piper Jaffray
- KB Financial Group (KB) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS
- SandRidge Energy (SD) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup
- Smith & Wesson (SWHC) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Cowen
- Baidu (BIDU) initiated with a Sell at Maxim
- C.R. Bard (BCR) initiated with an Outperform at JMP Securities
- Host Hotels (HST) initiated with a Hold at Sandler O'Neill
- Onyx Pharmaceuticals (ONXX) initiated with a Buy at UBS
- Pep Boys (PBY) coverage transferred with a Hold at Stifel Nicolaus
- Target (TGT) initiated with a Hold at Stifel Nicolaus
- Southwestern Energy (SWN) initiated with a Buy at Societe Generale
- Yelp (YELP) initiated with a Market Perform at Northland Securities
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