Upgrades
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | Upgrade | NYSE:AEO | American Eagle | Market Perform | Outperform | ||||
| Cross Research | Upgrade | NYSE:APH | Amphenol | Buy | |||||
| Morgan Stanley | Upgrade | NYSE:ATW | Atwood Oceanics | Equal Weight | Overweight | ||||
| Stifel Nicolaus | Upgrade | NYSE:CMA | Comerica | Sell | Hold | ||||
| Compass Point | Upgrade | NYSE:CMO | Capstead Mortgage | Neutral | Buy | $14.00 | $14.00 | 13.6% Upside | |
| Goldman Sachs | Upgrade | NYSE:COP | ConocoPhillips | Sell | Neutral | ||||
| Northland Securities | Upgrade | NASDAQ:CYBX | Cyberonics | Underperform | |||||
| Citigroup | Upgrade | NYSE:DUK | Duke Energy | Neutral | Buy | ||||
| Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Upgrade | NASDAQ:EWBC | East West Bancorp | Market Perform | Outperform | ||||
| Citigroup | Upgrade | NYSE:EXC | Exelon | Sell | Neutral | ||||
| Goldman Sachs | Upgrade | NYSE:HOG | Harley-Davidson | Neutral | Buy | ||||
| William Blair | Upgrade | NYSE:LNN | Lindsay Corp | Market Perform | Outperform | ||||
| Wells Fargo & Co. | Upgrade | NYSE:NLY | Annaly Capital Management | Underperform | Market Perform | ||||
| Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Upgrade | NASDAQ:PACW | PacWest Bancorp | Market Perform | Outperform | ||||
| DA Davidson | Upgrade | NASDAQ:PACW | PacWest Bancorp | Neutral | Buy | ||||
| Goldman Sachs | Upgrade | NASDAQ:SDRL | Seadrill Ltd | Neutral | Buy | ||||
| Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Upgrade | NASDAQ:TAYC | Taylor Capital Group | Underperform | Market Perform | ||||
| Macquarie | Upgrade | NASDAQ:TIBX | TIBCO Software | Neutral | Outperform | $33.00 | 22.7% Upside | ||
| Susquehanna | Upgrade | NYSE:USB | US Bancorp | Neutral | Positive | ||||
| Goldman Sachs | Upgrade | NYSE:WNR | Western Refining | Neutral | Buy |
Downgrades
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | |
| Raymond James | Downgrade | NYSE:ABT | Abbott Laboratories | Outperform | Market Perform | ||||
| RBC Capital | Downgrade | NASDAQ:ASML | ASML Holding | Outperform | Sector Perform | ||||
| Sterne Agee | Downgrade | NYSE:CMA | Comerica | Buy | Neutral | $36.00 | $32.00 | 5.6% Upside | |
| Deutsche Bank | Downgrade | NYSE:CSX | CSX Corp. | Buy | Hold | ||||
| JPMorgan Chase | Downgrade | NYSE:DB | Deutsche Bank | Neutral | Underweight | ||||
| Citigroup | Downgrade | NYSE:EIX | EdisonInternational | Buy | Neutral | ||||
| Global Hunter Securities | Downgrade | NASDAQ:GORO | Gold Resource | Accumulate | Neutral | ||||
| Canaccord Genuity | Downgrade | LON:GRG | Greggs | Sell | $6.13 | ||||
| Global Hunter Securities | Downgrade | NYSE:HAL | Halliburton | Accumulate | Neutral | ||||
| Stephens | Downgrade | NYSE:HAL | Halliburton | Overweight | Equal Weight | ||||
| Goldman Sachs | Downgrade | NASDAQ:HUSKF | Husky Energy | Sell | |||||
| Investec | Downgrade | LON:LLOY | Lloyds Banking Group PLC | Sell | $0.58 | ||||
| Nomura | Downgrade | NASDAQ:LLTC | Linear Technology | Buy | Neutral | ||||
| Citigroup | Downgrade | NASDAQ:MNGPY | MAN GROUP PLC UNSP/ADR | Buy | Neutral | ||||
| RBC Capital | Downgrade | NYSE:POT | Potash Corp | Outperform | Sector Perform | ||||
| RBC Capital | Downgrade | NASDAQ:QUAD | Quad/Graphics | Sector Perform | Underperform | ||||
| Goldman Sachs | Downgrade | NASDAQ:RDS.A | Royal Dutch Shell | Neutral | Sell | ||||
| Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Downgrade | NYSE:RGA | Reinsurance Group of America | Outperform | Market Perform | ||||
| Raymond James | Downgrade | NASDAQ:SKUL | Skullcandy | Strong-Buy | Market Perform | ||||
| Canaccord Genuity | Downgrade | NYSE:STJ | St. Jude Medical | Buy | Hold | ||||
| William Blair | Downgrade | NYSE:STJ | St. Jude Medical | Outperform | Market Perform | ||||
| Goldman Sachs | Downgrade | NYSE:STJ | St. Jude Medical | Buy | Neutral | ||||
| Citigroup | Downgrade | NYSE:STR | Questar | Buy | Neutral | ||||
| Macquarie | Downgrade | NYSE:SVN | 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd | Outperform | Neutral | ||||
| Raymond James | Downgrade | NYSE:SWK | Stanley Black & Decker | Outperform | Market Perform | ||||
| Oppenheimer | Downgrade | NYSE:SYK | Stryker | Outperform | Perform | $59.00 | $56.00 | 4.8% Upside | |
| HSBC | Downgrade | NASDAQ:SZEVY | SUEZ ENVIROMNT UNSP/ADR | Neutral | Underweight | ||||
| Ladenburg Thalmann | Downgrade | NYSE:XYL | Xylem | Buy | Neutral |
Price Target Changes
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | |
| Needham & Company | Boost Price Target | NASDAQ:AEGR | Aegerion Pharmaceuticals | Buy | $22.00 | $30.00 | 56.7% Upside | ||
| Capstone | Boost Price Target | NASDAQ:AEGR | Aegerion Pharmaceuticals | $27.00 | 41.0% Upside | ||||
| Deutsche Bank | Set Price Target | NASDAQ:AEGR | Aegerion Pharmaceuticals | $19.00 | $30.00 | 56.7% Upside | |||
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Lower Price Target | NASDAQ:ALGN | Align Tech | Hold | $37.00 | $32.00 | 16.4% Downside | ||
| Wunderlich | Boost Price Target | NYSE:BBG | Bill Barrett Corp | Hold | $20.00 | $28.00 | 8.1% Upside | ||
| Benchmark Co. | Boost Price Target | NASDAQ:BIOC | Bioclinica | Buy | $8.00 | $9.00 | 47.2% Upside | ||
| Canaccord Genuity | Boost Price Target | NYSE:BMI | Badger Meter | Hold | $36.00 | $40.00 | 5.6% Upside | ||
| Macquarie | Lower Price Target | NASDAQ:CHKP | Check Point Software | Outperform | $60.00 | $55.00 | 16.0% Upside | ||
| FBR Capital | Lower Price Target | NYSE:CSX | CSX Corp. | Market Perform | $24.00 | $22.00 | 1.7% Upside | ||
| Benchmark Co. | Boost Price Target | NYSE:DGI | DigitalGlobe | Buy | $24.00 | $27.00 | 13.9% Upside | ||
| Dahlman Rose | Lower Price Target | NYSE:HAL | Halliburton | Buy | $49.00 | $47.00 | 36.0% Upside | ||
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Boost Price Target | NYSE:KR | Kroger | Hold | $23.00 | $25.00 | 2.3% Upside | ||
| Wunderlich | Lower Price Target | NASDAQ:LINTA | Liberty Media Corp | Buy | $27.50 | $25.00 | 23.3% Upside | ||
| Needham & Company | Lower Price Target | NASDAQ:MLNX | Mellanox Technologies | Buy | $120.00 | $115.00 | 9.6% Upside | ||
| FBR Capital | Boost Price Target | NYSE:MTB | M&T Bank Co. | Market Perform | $100.00 | $115.00 | 18.1% Upside | ||
| Compass Point | Boost Price Target | NYSE:MTB | M&T Bank Co. | Neutral | $96.00 | $99.00 | 1.7% Upside | ||
| Wunderlich | Boost Price Target | NYSE:WLL | Whiting Petroleum | Buy | $50.00 | $58.00 | 20.8% Upside |
New Coverage
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | |
| Northland Securities | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:ABMD | Abiomed | Under Perform | $14.00 | 33.3% Downside | |||
| Guggenheim | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:CIE | Cobalt International Energy | Buy | |||||
| Northland Securities | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:CYBX | Cyberonics | Under Perform | $40.00 | 21.8% Downside | |||
| Stifel Nicolaus | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:DX | Dynex Capital | Hold | |||||
| Northland Securities | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:DXCM | DexCom | Market Perform | $12.00 | 14.9% Downside | |||
| Stifel Nicolaus | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:EFC | Ellington Financial | Hold | |||||
| BWS Financial | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:ELLI | Ellie Mae | Sell | $16.00 | 42.2% Downside | |||
| Stifel Nicolaus | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:EVEP | EV Energy | Buy | $85.00 | 31.4% Upside | |||
| Barclays Capital | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:FIO | Fusion-Io | Equal Weight | |||||
| Caris & Co. | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:FOSL | Fossil | Above Average | Average | ||||
| Jefferies Group | Initiated Coverage | LON:INF | Informa | Buy | $7.65 | 61.2% Downside | |||
| Buckingham Research | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:KORS | Michael Kors Holdings Ltd | Buy | |||||
| Guggenheim | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:KOS | Kosmos Energy Ltd | Buy | |||||
| Stifel Nicolaus | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:LGCY | Legacy Reserves | Buy | $33.00 | 11.8% Upside | |||
| Stifel Nicolaus | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:LINE | Linn Energy, LLC | Buy | $48.00 | 17.2% Upside | |||
| Stifel Nicolaus | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:LRE | Lrr Energy L.P. | Hold | |||||
| Guggenheim | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:MMR | McMoRan Expl | Buy | |||||
| ISI Group | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:MNRO | Monro Muffler Brake | Hold | |||||
| Northland Securities | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:NVDQ | Novadaq Technologies | Under Perform | $6.00 | 49.7% Downside | |||
| Stifel Nicolaus | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:QRE | QR Energy LP | Buy | $23.00 | 11.7% Upside | |||
| Imperial Capital | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:SWY | Safeway | Outperform | |||||
| Northland Securities | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:SYK | Stryker | Market Perform | $52.00 | 2.7% Downside | |||
| Stifel Nicolaus | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:VNR | Vanguard Natural Resources | Buy | $33.00 | 11.1% Upside | |||
| Goldman Sachs | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:Z | Zillow Inc. Cl A | Buy | $47.00 | 22.5% Upside |
Ratings Reiterations
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | |
| Exane BNP Paribas | Reiterated Rating | LON:ADM | Admiral Group | Underperform | $13.98 | 51.4% Downside | |||
| Canaccord Genuity | Reiterated Rating | LON:BVIC | Britvic | Hold | $5.65 | ||||
| Societe Generale | Reiterated Rating | LON:CNE | Cairn Energy | Hold | $4.52 | ||||
| Societe Generale | Reiterated Rating | LON:DGE | Diageo | Buy | $30.66 | ||||
| RBC Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:EMG | Man Group | Sector Perform | $1.37 | ||||
| Investec | Reiterated Rating | LON:GOG | Go-Ahead Group | Buy | $22.60 | ||||
| Investec | Reiterated Rating | LON:HTG | Hunting | Buy | $15.33 | ||||
| Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:IAP | ICAP plc | Overweight | $6.62 | ||||
| Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:IHG | InterContinental Hotels Group | Equalweight | $29.92 | 16.0% Upside | |||
| RBC Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:IMI | IMI | Outperform | $16.14 | 129.3% Upside | |||
| Nomura | Reiterated Rating | LON:INCH | Inchcape | Neutral | $7.10 | ||||
| Canaccord Genuity | Reiterated Rating | LON:IRV | Interserve | Buy | $8.07 | 65.7% Downside | |||
| Numis Securities Ltd | Reiterated Rating | LON:JLT | Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group | Hold | $12.51 | ||||
| Nomura | Reiterated Rating | LON:LAD | Ladbrokes | Neutral | $2.42 | 93.3% Downside | |||
| Nomura | Reiterated Rating | LON:LGEN | Legal & General Group | Buy | $2.99 | ||||
| Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:LSE | London Stock Exchange Group Plc | Overweight | $18.88 | 254.3% Upside | |||
| Canaccord Genuity | Reiterated Rating | LON:LWB | Low & Bonar | Buy | $1.13 | ||||
| JPMorgan Chase | Reiterated Rating | LON:MEC | Mecom Group | Neutral | $1.68 | ||||
| Numis Securities Ltd | Reiterated Rating | LON:MTC | Mothercare | Add | $4.36 | ||||
| Investec | Reiterated Rating | LON:NCC | NCC Group | Hold | $12.19 | ||||
| Deutsche Bank | Reiterated Rating | LON:PRU | Prudential plc | Buy | $16.14 | 72.2% Downside | |||
| RBC Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:RGU | Regus | Outperform | $2.10 | ||||
| Jefferies Group | Reiterated Rating | LON:SAB | SABMiller | Buy | $48.26 | 480.0% Upside | |||
| JPMorgan Chase | Reiterated Rating | LON:SL | Standard Life | Overweight | $4.99 | ||||
| Investec | Reiterated Rating | LON:UBM | UBM | Buy | $12.10 | 41.1% Downside |
Earnings Results
Earnings For Thursday, October 18| Ticker | Company | EPS | Estimate | YoY Revenue Growth | |
| NYSE:ADS | Alliance Data Systems | $2.37 | $2.23 | 7.8% | |
| NYSE:BAX | Baxter International | $1.14 | $1.14 | -.1% | |
| NYSE:BBT | BB&T | $0.66 | $0.72 | 15.8% | |
| NYSE:BSX | Boston Scientific | ($0.52) | $0.11 | -7.4% | |
| NYSE:BX | The Blackstone Group L.P. | $0.55 | $0.41 | ||
| NYSE:CY | Cypress Semi | $0.20 | $0.20 | -23.3% | |
| NYSE:DHR | Danaher | $0.77 | $0.79 | -.7% | |
| NYSE:DO | Diamond Offshore Drilling | $1.28 | $1.02 | -17.0% | |
| NYSE:FCS | Fairchild Semiconductor International | $0.25 | $0.17 | -11.0% | |
| NASDAQ:FITB | Fifth Third Bancorp | $0.38 | $0.38 | ||
| NYSE:GMT | GATX | $0.70 | $0.66 | 6.7% | |
| NASDAQ:HBAN | Huntington Bancshares Incorporated | $0.19 | $0.17 | ||
| NASDAQ:HLSS | Home Loan Servicing Solutions Ltd | $0.37 | $0.34 | NaN% | |
| NASDAQ:HUB.B | Hubbell Inc B | $1.45 | $1.44 | 3.3% | |
| NASDAQ:IIIN | Insteel Industries | $0.05 | $0.10 | -1.2% | |
| NYSE:KEY | KeyBanc | $0.23 | $0.21 | 8.1% | |
| NYSE:LH | Laboratory Corp. of America | $1.76 | $1.74 | 1.1% | |
| NYSE:LTM | Life Time Fitness | $0.77 | $0.77 | 11.1% | |
| NYSE:LUV | Southwest Airlines | $0.13 | $0.13 | .0% | |
| NYSE:MS | Morgan Stanley | $0.28 | $0.25 | -46.1% | |
| NYSE:NOK | Nokia | ($0.07) | ($0.10) | -19.4% | |
| NASDAQ:NTCT | NetScout Systems | $0.34 | $0.26 | 16.7% | |
| NASDAQ:OKSB | Southwest Bancorp | $0.22 | $0.13 | ||
| NYSE:ORB | Orbital Sciences Corp. | $0.33 | $0.25 | 9.0% | |
| NASDAQ:PENN | Penn National Gaming | $0.57 | $0.56 | -.5% | |
| NYSE:PII | Polaris Industries | $1.33 | $1.20 | 20.6% | |
| NYSE:PM | Philip Morris | $1.38 | $1.39 | -5.3% | |
| NASDAQ:POOL | Pool | $0.59 | $0.56 | 4.8% | |
| NYSE:PPG | PPG | $2.24 | $2.19 | -.1% | |
| NYSE:SNA | Snap-On Incorporated | $1.26 | $1.23 | 2.1% | |
| NYSE:SON | Sonoco Products | $0.55 | $0.52 | 6.3% | |
| NYSE:SVU | Supervalu | $0.00 | $0.13 | -5.1% | |
| NASDAQ:SYNT | Syntel | $1.23 | $0.96 | 18.7% | |
| NYSE:TRV | The Travelers Companies | $2.22 | $1.54 | .4% | |
| NYSE:UNP | Union Pacific | $2.19 | $2.17 | 4.7% | |
| NYSE:USG | USG | ($0.28) | ($0.09) | 8.5% | |
| NYSE:VAC | Marriot Vacations Worldwide Co. Common Stock | $0.25 | $0.25 | 1.3% | |
| NYSE:VZ | Verizon | $0.64 | $0.64 | 3.9% | |
| NASDAQ:WAFD | Washington Federal | $0.33 | $0.31 | ||
| NYSE:WCC | WESCO International | $1.25 | $1.24 | 4.8% |
Earnings For Wednesday, October 17
| Ticker | Company | EPS | Estimate | YoY Revenue Growth | |
| NYSE:ABT | Abbott Laboratories | $1.30 | $1.28 | -.4% | |
| NYSE:AF | Astoria Financial | $0.14 | $0.14 | ||
| NYSE:ALB | Albemarle | $1.10 | $1.11 | -8.5% | |
| NASDAQ:ALGN | Align Tech | $0.28 | $0.29 | 8.4% | |
| NYSE:AOS | A.O. Smith | $0.79 | $0.69 | 12.2% | |
| NYSE:APH | Amphenol | $0.90 | $0.89 | 6.8% | |
| NASDAQ:ASML | ASML Holding | $0.65 | $0.66 | -15.7% | |
| NYSE:AXP | American Express | $1.09 | $1.08 | 3.8% | |
| NYSE:BAC | Bank of America | $0.00 | ($0.06) | -28.0% | |
| NYSE:BK | Bank of New York Mellon | $0.57 | $0.54 | -.5% | |
| NYSE:BLK | BlackRock | $3.47 | $3.29 | 4.3% | |
| NYSE:CCK | Crown Cork & Seal | $1.00 | $1.01 | -5.0% | |
| NASDAQ:CHKP | Check Point Software | $0.79 | $0.77 | 7.8% | |
| NYSE:CLB | Core Labs | $1.13 | $1.10 | 6.1% | |
| NYSE:CMA | Comerica | $0.61 | $0.66 | ||
| NYSE:CVA | Covanta | $0.25 | $0.25 | -4.6% | |
| NYSE:CYS | Cypress Sharpridge Investments | $0.25 | $0.41 | ||
| NYSE:DGX | Quest Diagnostics | $1.18 | $1.18 | -2.9% | |
| NYSE:DOV | Dover | $1.32 | $1.28 | 3.3% | |
| NASDAQ:EBAY | eBay | $0.55 | $0.54 | 14.8% | |
| NYSE:EPB | El Paso Pipeline Partners | $0.55 | $0.50 | .5% | |
| NYSE:ETH | Ethan Allen Interiors | $0.38 | $0.29 | 1.4% | |
| NASDAQ:EWBC | East West Bancorp | $0.48 | $0.47 | ||
| NASDAQ:FCFS | First Cash Financial Services | $0.67 | $0.67 | ||
| NYSE:FRC | First Republic Bank | $0.72 | $0.68 | ||
| NYSE:GHL | Greenhill & Co. | $0.28 | $0.38 | 3.8% | |
| NYSE:HAL | Halliburton | $0.67 | $0.68 | 8.6% | |
| NYSE:HNI | HNI | $0.55 | $0.55 | 9.3% | |
| NYSE:KCG | Knight Capital Group | ($6.30) | ($2.41) | -147.8% | |
| NYSE:KMP | Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP | $0.57 | $0.60 | 10.7% | |
| NYSE:KNL | Knoll | $0.26 | $0.30 | -8.2% | |
| NYSE:LHO | LaSalle Hotel Properties | $0.68 | $0.70 | 19.0% | |
| NYSE:LNN | Lindsay Corp | $0.68 | $0.75 | 10.1% | |
| NASDAQ:LRCX | Lam Research | $0.53 | $0.41 | 33.3% | |
| NASDAQ:MLNX | Mellanox Technologies | $1.37 | $1.12 | 129.6% | |
| NYSE:MTB | M&T Bank Co. | $2.24 | $1.85 | ||
| NYSE:NE | Noble Corp | $0.45 | $0.52 | 19.8% | |
| NASDAQ:NTRS | Northern Trust | $0.73 | $0.74 | .1% | |
| NASDAQ:NVEC | NVE Corp | $0.50 | $0.62 | -11.8% | |
| NASDAQ:PACW | PacWest Bancorp | $0.43 | $0.46 | ||
| NYSE:PEP | PepsiCo | $1.20 | $1.16 | -5.3% | |
| NYSE:PJC | Piper Jaffray | $0.72 | $0.29 | 38.7% | |
| NYSE:PTP | Platinum Underwriter | $2.54 | $0.80 | ||
| NYSE:RGA | Reinsurance Group of America | $1.95 | $1.84 | ||
| NYSE:RLI | RLI Corp. | $1.02 | $0.94 | 4.5% | |
| NASDAQ:SCSS | Select Comfort Corp. | $0.46 | $0.41 | 23.6% | |
| NYSE:SLM | SLM | $0.58 | $0.54 | -7.5% | |
| NYSE:STJ | St. Jude Medical | $0.83 | $0.81 | -4.1% | |
| NASDAQ:STLD | Steel Dynamics | $0.15 | $0.12 | -17.1% | |
| NYSE:SWK | Stanley Black & Decker | $1.40 | $1.45 | 6.5% | |
| NYSE:SYK | Stryker | $0.97 | $0.98 | 1.0% | |
| NASDAQ:TAYC | Taylor Capital Group | $0.49 | $0.36 | 7.2% | |
| NYSE:TXT | Textron | $0.48 | $0.51 | 6.6% | |
| NASDAQ:UFPI | Universal Forest Products | $0.21 | $0.38 | 13.7% | |
| NASDAQ:UMPQ | Umpqua Holdings | $0.22 | $0.22 | ||
| NYSE:UNF | Unifirst Corp | $1.13 | $1.01 | 7.4% | |
| NYSE:USB | US Bancorp | $0.74 | $0.74 | 8.0% | |
| NASDAQ:WABC | WestAmerica Bancorp. | $0.73 | $0.73 | ||
| NASDAQ:WERN | Werner Enterprises | $0.34 | $0.35 | -.6% | |
| NYSE:WNS | WNS Holdings Ltd | $0.24 | $0.25 | 4.6% | |
| NASDAQ:XLNX | Xilinx | $0.46 | $0.41 | -2.0% |
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