Analyst calls: Chesapeake downgraded
Altria is upgraded to 'buy,' and Red Robin is downgraded to 'neutral.'
Information provided by Theflyonthewall.comThursday's noteworthy upgrades include:
- ACE Ltd. (ACE) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo
- Alkermes (ALKS) upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley
- CGG Veritas (CGV) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Citigroup
- Credit Suisse (CS) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Nomura
- Delta Air Lines (DAL) upgraded to Buy from Sell at Goldman
- News Corp. (NWSA) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Bernstein
- Ryder (R) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman
- Wynn Resorts (WYNN) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Lazard Capital
- Altria Group (MO) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Stifel Nicolaus
- American Tower (AMT) upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Evercore
AIG (AIG) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo- CSX (CSX) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman
- Chesapeake (CHK) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at SunTrust
- EMC (EMC) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley
- Hertz Global (HTZ) downgraded to Underweight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley
- Legg Mason (LM) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Keefe Bruyette
- Microsoft (MSFT) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley (Microsoft owns and publishes Top Stocks, an MSN Money site.)
- Red Robin (RRGB) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at BofA/Merrill
- St. Jude Medical (STJ) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at BMO Capital
- VeriFone (PAY) downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital
- Petrobras (PBR) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Macquarie
- Alcoa (AA) downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at Macquarie
- Post Properties (PPS) downgraded to Underweight from Hold at KeyBanc
- Huntsman (HUN) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS
- Coca-Cola (KO) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Argus
- Asbury Automotive (ABG) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Buckingham
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