Analyst calls: JetBlue upgraded to 'buy'

TiVo is downgraded to 'neutral,' and Facebook is initiated with a 'buy.'

By MSN Money Partner May 31, 2012 11:30AM
Information provided by Theflyonthewall.com

Thursday's noteworthy upgrades include:  
  • Altera (ALTR) upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley
  • Coinstar (CSTR) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Canaccord
  • Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo
  • Forest Labs (FRX) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Leerink
  • JetBlue (JBLU) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS
  • SunTrust (STI) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo
  • Zynga (ZNGA) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at RW Baird
Thursday's noteworthy downgrades include:  
  • Amylin (AMLN) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at RW Baird
  • C.H. Robinson (CHRW) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at FBR Capital
  • Cliffs Natural (CLF) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at BofA/Merrill
  • Elan (ELN) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS
  • Finish Line (FINL) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Sterne Agee
  • TiVo (TIVO) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Lazard Capital
  • TSMC (TSM) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman
  • United Microelectronic (UMC) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman
Thursday's noteworthy initiations include:  
  • AMD (AMD) initiated with an Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley
  • Analog Devices (ADI) initiated with an Overweight at Morgan Stanley
  • Intel (INTC) initiated with an Underweight at Morgan Stanley
  • Maxim Integrated (MXIM) initiated with an Overweight at Morgan Stanley
  • SanDisk (SNDK) initiated with an Overweight at Morgan Stanley
  • NVIDIA (NVDA) initiated with an Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley
  • NCR Corp. (NCR) initiated with an Outperform at RBC Capital
  • Red Hat (RHT) initiated with a Buy at Mizuho
  • BMC Software (BMC) initiated with a Neutral at Mizuho
  • CA Technologies (CA) initiated with a Buy at Mizuho
  • Facebook (FB) initiated with a Buy at Topeka
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