Analyst calls: Green Mountain downgraded

Chesapeake is upgraded to 'outperform,' and Cisco is initiated with a 'buy.'

By MSN Money Partner May 3, 2012 11:08AM
Information provided by Theflyonthewall.com

Today's noteworthy upgrades include:  
  • Chesapeake (CHK) upgraded to Outperform from Underperform at Bernstein
  • InterActiveCorp (IACI) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Benchmark Co
  • Athenahealth (ATHN) upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley
Today's noteworthy downgrades include:  
  • Atmel (ATML) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Capstone
  • CACI International (CACI) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse
  • DaVita (DVA) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at RW Baird
  • Green Mountain (GMCR) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at SunTrust, and to Neutral from Overweight at Piper Jaffray
  • Onyx Pharmaceuticals (ONXX) downgraded to Buy from Conviction Buy at Goldman
  • Valueclick (VCLK) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Stephens
Today's noteworthy initiations include:  
  • Phillips 66 (PSX) initiated with a Market Perform at Raymond James
  • Cisco (CSCO) initiated with a Buy at Caris
  • Juniper (JNPR) initiated with an Average at Caris
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