Key Calls (Friday): Upgrades, Downgrades, & Initiations

Via Bloomberg

• Caterpillar (CAT) raised to outperform at Wells Fargo
• Comstock Resources (CRK) raised to outperform at Baird, PT $17
• Diana Shipping (DSX) raised to buy at Nordea Securities, PT $5
• Emerson Electric (EMR) raised to neutral at Goldman, PT $60
• Ford (F) raised to outperform at RBC, PT $14
• Intel (INTC) raised to equal-weight at Morgan Stanley, PT $38
• Marsh & McLennan (MMC) raised to buy at BofAML, PT $75
• Maxim Integrated (MXIM) raised to buy at BofAML, PT $51
• Neurocrine Bio (NBIX) raised to outperform at Oppenheimer, PT $55
• Praxair (PX) raised to overweight at JPMorgan, PT $125
• Primoris Services (PRIM) raised to buy at Canaccord, PT $28
• PulteGroup (PHM) raised to buy at BofAML
• Rogers Communications (RCI/B CN) raised to buy at Canaccord, PT C$60
• Safe Bulkers (SB) raised to buy at DNB Markets, PT $2.20
• State Bank Financial (STBZ) raised to buy at Gabelli
• Timken (TKR) raised to buy at Goldman, PT $55
• Wynn Resorts (WYNN) raised to neutral at Nomura

• Acadia Health (ACHC) cut to neutral at Cantor, PT $45
• Comcast (CMCSA) cut to sector weight at Pacific Crest
• Duke Realty (DRE) cut to neutral at UBS, PT $27
• Golar LNG (GLNG) cut to hold at Nordea Securities, PT $30
• Golden Ocean (GOGL) cut to hold at DNB Markets, PT NOK46
• Iberiabank (IBKC) cut to outperform at Raymond James, PT $96
• Mountain Province (MPVD CN) cut to sector perform at Scotiabank
• Weatherford (WFT) cut to hold at Jefferies, PT $6
• Whirlpool (WHR) cut to neutral at Goldman, PT $187
• Willis Towers (WLTW) cut to neutral at BofAML, PT $135

• Amedisys (AMED) rated new hold at Benchmark, PT $50
• Athene Holding (ATH) rated new neutral at JPMorgan, PT $46
• Bioverativ (BIVVV) rated new buy at Goldman, PT $55
• Bioverativ (BIVVV) rated new market perform at Cowen, PT $47
• Clovis Oncology (CLVS) rated new buy at BofAML, PT $74
• DH (DH CN) rated new buy at Canaccord, PT C$28
• Daqo New Energy (DQ) rated new buy at Craig-Hallum, PT $40
• First Data (FDC) rated new neutral at Cantor, PT $15
• Global Payments (GPN) rated new overweight at Cantor, PT $93
• Humana Resumed Buy at BofAML, PT $250
• LHC Group (LHCG) rated new buy at Benchmark, PT $55
• MacDonald Dettwiler (MDA CN) rated new hold at Canaccord, PT C$75
• Pinnacle Foods (PF) rated new outperform at William Blair
• Sanchez Production Partners LP (SPP) rated new outperform at RBC
• Tier REIT (TIER) rated new market outperform at JMP, PT $21
• Tutor Perini (TPC) rated new sector weight at Keybanc
• Vantiv (VNTV) rated new overweight at Cantor, PT $74
• Wheeler Real Estate (WHLR) rated new buy at Wunderlich, PT $2.25