Key Calls (Wednesday): Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations

Via Bloomberg

Upgrade

  • Autoliv (ALV) raised to overweight at Morgan Stanley, PT $120
  • Bioverativ (BIVV) raised to neutral at Credit Suisse, PT $52
  • Canacol Energy (CNE CN) raised to buy at Banco BTG Pactual, PT C$5
  • DSW (DSW) raised to neutral at Susquehanna
  • Diana Shipping (DSX) raised to in line at Evercore ISI, PT $5
  • IPass (IPAS) raised to buy at Aegis, PT $2.75
  • Jean Coutu (PJC/A CN) raised to hold at Desjardins, PT C$21
  • Novocure (NVCR) raised to outperform at Wells Fargo, PT $15
  • Nucor (NUE) raised to outperform at Credit Suisse, PT $68
  • Steel Dynamics (STLD) raised to outperform at Credit Suisse, PT $43
  • U.S. Steel (X) raised to outperform at Credit Suisse, PT $29
  • Union Bankshares (UBSH) raised to strong buy at Raymond James, PT $41

Downgrade

  • Accenture (ACN) cut to hold at SunTrust, PT $130
  • Aegean Marine (ANW) cut to hold at Stifel, PT $9
  • AutoZone (AZO) cut to equal-weight at Stephens
  • Avianca Holdings (PFAVH CB) cut to neutral at JPMorgan, PT $8
  • Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP-U CN) cut to market perform at BMO
  • Brown-Forman (BF/B) cut to neutral at Citi
  • Ciena (CIEN) cut to hold at Deutsche Bank, PT $23
  • Imperial Oil (IMO CN) cut to neutral at CIBC, PT C$45
  • Liberty Global (LBTYA) cut to neutral at Credit Suisse
  • Momo (MOMO) cut to neutral at JPMorgan, PT $44
  • Newtek Business Services (NEWT) cut to neutral at Compass Point, PT $17
  • Ooma (OOMA) cut to neutral at Credit Suisse, PT $12
  • T. Rowe (TROW) cut to sell at UBS, PT $61
  • Wheeler Real Estate (WHLR) cut to market perform at JMP
  • Zions Banc (ZION) cut to neutral at Goldman

INITIATION

  • Atlas Financial (AFH) new market outperform at JMP, PT $18
  • Autodesk (ADSK) new outperform at Bernstein
  • Cloudera (CLDR) new neutral at BofAML, PT $23
  • Floor & Decor Holdings (FND) new neutral at UBS, PT $39
  • Hasbro (HAS) new buy at DA Davidson, PT $118
  • Hortonworks (HDP) new outperform at Bernstein
  • Jakks Pacific (JAKK) new neutral at DA Davidson, PT $5
  • KBR (KBR) new buy at Drexel Hamilton, PT $19
  • Kindred Biosciences (KIN) new outperform at FBR, PT $10
  • LSC Communications (LKSD) new neutral at BofAML, PT $24
  • Lamb Weston (LW) new strong buy at CL King, PT $55
  • Mattel (MAT) new buy at DA Davidson, PT $30
  • Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) new buy at Canaccord, PT $12
  • Red Hat (RHT) new market perform at Bernstein
  • STEP Energy Services (STEP CN) new sector outperform at Peters & Co
  • ServiceNow (NOW) new outperform at Bernstein
  • Shake Shack (SHAK) new overweight at Piper Jaffray, PT $44
  • Tableau (DATA) new outperform at Bernstein
  • Teradata (TDC) new underperform at Bernstein

 

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One thought on “Key Calls (Wednesday): Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations

  1. Curious if China is deleveraging what would drive steel up as per Credit Suisse’s positive outlook on 3 steel firms. Certainly the US infrastructure surge spending is awhile away yet.

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