Analyst calls: Merck is upgraded to 'buy'
Delta, United are initiated at Goldman with a 'sell,' and Tyson Foods is downgraded to 'underperform' at BofA/Merrill.
Information provided by Theflyonthewall.comThursday's noteworthy upgrades include:
- Chevron (CVX) upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at JPMorgan
- Disney (DIS) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo
- Merck (MRK) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup
- SunPower (SPWR) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray
- Amerigroup (AGP) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley
- Dominion (D) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Atlantic Equities
- Family Dollar (FDO) downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at BofA/Merril
- Smithfield Foods (SFD) downgraded to Underperform from Buy at BofA/Merrill
- Tyson Foods (TSN) downgraded to Underperform from Buy at BofA/Merrill
- Hormel Foods (HRL) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Janney Capital
- JA Solar (JASO) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Piper Jaffray
- LDK Solar (LDK) downgraded to Underweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray
- Trina Solar (TSL) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Piper Jaffray
- Yingli Green (YGE) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Piper Jaffray
- Statoil (STO) downgraded to Reduce from Neutral at Nomura
- SuperValu (SVU) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Longbow, and to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan
- Lexmark (LXK) downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight at Barclays
- Burger King (BKW) initiated with an Overweight at Piper Jaffray
- Dunkin' Brands (DNKN) initiated with an Overweight at Piper Jaffray
- Delta Air Lines (DAL) initiated with a Sell at Goldman
- JetBlue (JBLU) initiated with a Neutral at Goldman
- Southwest (LUV) initiated with a Neutral at Goldman
- United Continental (UAL) initiated with a Sell at Goldman
- Valero Energy (VLO) initiated with an Outperform at Wells Fargo
- CVS Caremark (CVS) initiated with an Overweight at ISI Group
- Walgreen (WAG) initiated with an Underweight at ISI Group
- athenahealth (ATHN) initiated with an Overweight at ISI Group
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