Analyst calls: AMD upgraded at Goldman

Sprint is upgraded to 'buy,' and Celgene is downgraded to 'neutral.'

By MSN Money Partner Sep 10, 2012 11:54AM
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Monday's noteworthy upgrades include:  
  • AMD (AMD) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman
  • American Eagle (AEO) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Sterne Agee
  • Amgen (AMGN) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS
  • Dover (DOV) upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at JPMorgan
  • Moody's (MCO) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Lazard Capital
  • NRG Energy (NRG) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman
  • PNC Financial (PNC) upgraded to Outperform from Perform at Oppenheimer
  • Sanofi-Aventis (SNY) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merril
  • Sprint (S) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Nomura
Monday's noteworthy downgrades include:  
  • Apollo Investment (AINV) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Barclays
  • AstraZeneca (AZN) downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at BofA/Merrill
  • Biogen (BIIB) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS
  • Celgene (CELG) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS
  • Cliffs Natural (CLF) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman
  • Ericsson (ERIC) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS
  • Exelon (EXC) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Citigroup
  • Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) downgraded to Perform from Outperform at Oppenheimer
  • Tyco (TYC) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan
  • Wells Fargo (WFC) downgraded to Buy from Conviction Buy at Goldman
Monday's noteworthy initiations include:  
  • Acme Packet (APKT) initiated with a Sector Perform at RBC Capital
  • Bemis (BMS) initiated with a Neutral at JPMorgan
  • Finisar (FNSR) initiated with a Sector Perform at RBC Capital
  • Sealed Air (SEE) initiated with an Overweight at JPMorgan
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Sep 10, 2012 6:20PM
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AMD upgraded from Sell to Neutral (Hold), now that's really a big headline MSNBC?
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