Analyst calls: Dollar General upgraded to 'buy'
Aetna is downgraded to 'neutral,' and Zynga is initiated with an 'underperform.'
Information provided by Theflyonthewall.comFriday's noteworthy upgrades include:
- Altria Group (MO) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo
- Cameron (CAM) upgraded to Top Pick from Outperform at RBC Capital
- Deutsche Bank (DB) upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital
- Discover (DFS) upgraded to Conviction Buy from Neutral at Goldman
- Dollar General (DG) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Nomura
- Goldman Sachs (GS) upgraded to Sector Perform from Underperform at RBC Capital
- Monster Worldwide (MWW) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at RW Baird
- Morgan Stanley (MS) upgraded to Sector Perform from Underperform at RBC Capital
- Mosaic (MOS) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan
- Aetna (AET) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman
- Agrium (AGU) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan
- Peabody Energy (BTU) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Davenport
- Randgold Resources (GOLD) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup
- Reynolds American (RAI) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo
- Xilinx (XLNX) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Auriga
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