Analyst calls: Apple downgraded
Sony is upgraded to 'buy,' and JoS. A. Bank is downgraded to 'equal weight.'
Information provided by Theflyonthewall.comMonday's noteworthy upgrades include:
- ASML (ASML) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup
- Best Buy (BBY) upgraded to Buy from Hold at BB&T
- Facebook (FB) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Raymond James
- News Corp. (NWSA) upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley
- Norfolk Southern (NSC) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies
- Sony (SNE) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup
- Staples (SPLS) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman
- Xerox (XRX) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at BMO Capital
- Halliburton (HAL) upgraded to Buy from Hold at MLV Equity
- Procter & Gamble (PG) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at B. Riley Caris
- Sanofi (SNY) upgraded to Neutral from Conviction Sell at Goldman
AK Steel (AKS) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman- Apple (AAPL) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at RW Baird
- Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman
- Corning (GLW) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Barclays
- Enbridge Energy (EEP) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo
- Energizer (ENR) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley
- Joy Global (JOY) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Raymond James
- Life Technologies (LIFE) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS
- NYSE Euronext (NYX) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS
- State Street (STT) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Keefe Bruyette
- Weyerhaeuser (WY) downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital
- Celgene (CELG) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Argus
- Oshkosh (OSK) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Longbow
- Ford (F) downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at Buckingham
- Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman
- JoS. A. Bank (JOSB) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Johnson Rice
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