Key Calls (Thursday): Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations

Via Bloomberg

Upgrade

  • Antero Resources (AR) raised to buy at Guggenheim, PT $34
  • Barrick Gold (ABX CN) raised to outperform at RBC, PT $23
  • Bombardier (BBD/B CN) raised to buy at Desjardins, PT C$2.75
  • Columbia Banking (COLB) raised to buy at DA Davidson, PT $45
  • Delta (DAL) raised to outperform at Evercore ISI
  • Empire Co (EMP/A CN) raised to equal-weight at Barclays, PT C$18
  • Entergy (ETR) raised to outperform at Wells Fargo
  • GoPro (GPRO) raised to neutral at Citi
  • Goldcorp (G CN) raised to sector perform at RBC, PT $17
  • Hancock Holding (HBHC) raised to strong buy at Raymond James, PT $54
  • Infinera (INFN) raised to buy at Goldman
  • Instructure (INST) raised to strong buy at Raymond James, PT $29
  • Lam Research (LRCX) raised to overweight at Pacific Crest, PT $163
  • LendingClub (LC) raised to buy at Guggenheim, PT $7
  • Lumentum (LITE) raised to neutral at Goldman
  • Melco Crown (MPEL) raised to hold at BNP Paribas, PT $17
  • NCR (NCR) raised to outperform at Oppenheimer, PT $51
  • Oasis Petroleum (OAS) raised to buy at Guggenheim, PT $21
  • Oracle (ORCL) raised to market perform at JMP
  • Oracle (ORCL) raised to overweight at JPMorgan, PT $51
  • Oxford Industries (OXM) raised to outperform at Telsey, PT $60
  • Penn West Petroleum (PWT CN) raised to sector perform at Peters
  • Synaptics (SYNA) raised to outperform at Northland, PT $60
  • Trinidad Drilling (TDG CN) raised to sector outperform at Scotiabank
  • UMB Financial (UMBF) raised to market perform at Raymond James

Downgrade

  • Biogen (BIIB) cut to equal-weight at Morgan Stanley, PT $305
  • Biogen (BIIB) cut to market perform at Leerink, PT $300
  • CenterPoint Energy (CNP) cut to sector perform at RBC, PT $28
  • Ciena (CIEN) cut to neutral at Goldman
  • East West Bancorp (EWBC) cut to underperform at Raymond James
  • Garrison Capital (GARS) cut to hold at Wunderlich, PT $10
  • Inovio (INO) cut to neutral at Piper Jaffray
  • Masimo (MASI) cut to neutral at Piper Jaffray
  • Newmont (NEM) cut to sector perform at RBC, PT $38
  • Rubicon Project (RUBI) cut to hold at Jefferies, PT $7.25
  • Texas Capital (TCBI) cut to outperform at Raymond James, PT $98
  • Trovagene (TROV) cut to underweight at Piper Jaffray
  • United Continental (UAL) cut to in line at Evercore ISI
  • Williams-Sonoma (WSM) cut to market perform at William Blair

INITIATION

  • Alliant Energy (LNT) rated new neutral at UBS, PT $40
  • Automotive Properties (APR-U CN) rated new outperform at CIBC, PT C$11.25
  • Bioverativ (BIVV) rated new underperform at Credit Suisse, PT $45
  • Blackhawk Network (HAWK) rated new buy at SunTrust, PT $44
  • Dermira (DERM) rated new underperform at Raymond James
  • Exelixis (EXEL) rated new market perform at Oppenheimer
  • Global Blood (GBT) rated new overweight at Cantor, PT $61
  • Jagged Peak Energy (JAG) rated new buy at Stifel, PT $15
  • Seattle Genetics (SGEN) rated new market perform at Oppenheimer
  • Snap (SNAP) rated new sell at MoffettNathanson
  • Syndax Pharmaceuticals (SNDX) rated new outperform at FBR, PT $27
  • Tivity Health (TVTY) rated new buy at SunTrust, PT $35
  • United Therapeutics (UTHR) rated new underperform at Credit Suisse
  • Zoetis (ZTS) rated new buy at Craig-Hallum, PT $65

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