Analyst calls: P&G downgraded to 'equal weight'
Lockheed Martin is downgraded to 'underperform.' Agrium, Mosaic are reinstated with a 'buy.'
Information provided by Theflyonthewall.comFriday's noteworthy upgrades include:
- Noble Corporation (NE) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank
- Whiting Petroleum (WLL) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo
- SL Green Realty (SLG) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Cowen
- Southwest (LUV) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Raymond James
- Range Resources (RRC) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Lazard Capital
- BlackRock (BLK) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup
- Procter & Gamble (PG) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley
- PG&E (PCG) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Bernstein and to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo
- Humana (HUM) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo
- Johnson Controls (JCI) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JP Morgan
- Lockheed Martin (LMT) downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at BofA/Merrill
- Intel (INTC) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Kaufman Bros
- Boston Properties (BXP) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Cowen
- Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) downgraded to Market Perform at Morgan Keegan
- Panasonic (PC) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank
- Texas Instruments (TXI) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Needham
- Whiting Petroleum (WLL) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Sterne Agee
- Apple (AAPL) initiated with an Outperform at FBR Capital
- Juniper (JNPR) initiated with an Outperform at FBR Capital
- Motorola Solutions (MSI) initiated with an Underperform at FBR Capital
- Research in Motion (RIMM) initiated with a Market Perform at FBR Capital
- Cisco (CSCO) initiated with a Market Perform at FBR Capital
- Discover (DFS) initiated with a Positive at Susquehanna
- Agrium (AGU) reinstated with a Buy at BofA/Merrill
- Mosaic (MOS) reinstated with a Buy at BofA/Merrill
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