Analyst calls: Pandora upgraded to 'buy'

Zynga is downgraded to 'neutral,' and MetroPCS is downgraded to 'market perform.'

By MSN Money Partner Mar 5, 2012 12:00PM
Information provided by Theflyonthewall.com

Monday's noteworthy upgrades include:
  • Weyerhaeuser (WY) upgraded to Market Perform from Underperform at BMO Capital
  • Lockheed Martin (LMT) upgraded to Outperform from Underperform at RBC Capital
  • Atwood Oceanics (ATW) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo
  • Pandora (P) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Stifel Nicolaus
  • Costco (COST) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at William Blair
Monday's noteworthy downgrades include:
  • Zynga (ZNGA) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan
  • Vornado (VNO) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS
  • CenterPoint Energy (CNP) downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital
  • CF Industries (CF) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup
  • MetroPCS (PCS) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Bernstein
Monday's noteworthy initiations include:
  • Guidewire Software (GWRE) initiated with an Overweight at JPMorgan, with a Buy at Deutsche Bank, with a Neutral at Citigroup
  • Harman (HAR) initiated with an Underweight at Morgan Stanley
  • Monster Worldwide (MWW) initiated with an Outperform at BMO Capital

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