Analyst calls: AstraZeneca upgraded to 'buy'
Kraft Foods is upgraded to 'overweight,' and VeriFone is downgraded to 'sell.'
Information provided by Theflyonthewall.comMonday's noteworthy upgrades include:
- AstraZeneca (AZN) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies and to Neutral from Underweight at JPMorgan
- Kraft Foods (KFT) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan
- Calpine (CPN) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies
- Chesapeake (CHK) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at BMO Capital
- British Sky Broadcasting (BSYBY) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup
- PPG Industries (PPG) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse
- Dollar General (DG) upgraded to Strong Buy from Outperform at Raymond James
- Cerner (CERN) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Raymond James
- Medtronic (MDT) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Lazard Capital
- Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) downgraded to Underperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital
- Nokia (NOK) downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital
- PPL Corp. (PPL) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies
- VeriFone (PAY) downgraded to Sell from Hold at Deutsche Bank
- Procter & Gamble (PG) downgraded to Perform from Outperform at Oppenheimer
- TransCanada (TRP) downgraded Sector Outperformer at CIBC
- Ford (F) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Craig-Hallum
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