Analyst calls: Lululemon downgraded
Under Armour is upgraded to 'outperform,' and First Solar is downgraded to 'underperform.'
Information provided by Theflyonthewall.comFriday's noteworthy upgrades include:
- Citigroup (C) upgraded to Conviction Buy from Buy at Goldman
- SunTrust (STI) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman
- Illumina (ILMN) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray
- Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank
- U.S. Bancorp (USB) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank
- Mattel (MAT) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Needham
- Target (TGT) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Janney Capital
- Under Armour (UA) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse
- Urban Outfitters (URBN) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse
- Textron (TXT) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse
- Aruba Networks (ARUN) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Stifel Nicolaus
- Hormel Foods (HRL) upgraded to Outperform from Underperform at CLSA
Abbott (ABT) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank- AmerisourceBergen (ABC) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Mizuho
- BB&T (BBT) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman
- JPMorgan (JPM) downgraded to Buy from Conviction Buy at Goldman
- Wells Fargo (WFC) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman
- BNY Mellon (BK) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup
- First Solar (FSLR) downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at Raymond James
- Lululemon (LULU) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse
- Illumina (ILMN) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Wedbush
- Microsoft (MSFT) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Argus
- Greenbrier (GBX) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Avondale
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