Analyst Ratings
Upgrades
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | Previous Close | |
| JPMorgan Chase | Upgrade | NYSE:AET | Aetna | Neutral | Overweight | $46.00 | $52.00 | 19.9% Upside | $43.38 | |
| BMO Capital Markets | Upgrade | NYSE:AKR | Acadia Realty Trust | Market Perform | Outperform | $25.00 | $30.00 | 21.4% Upside | $24.72 | |
| Leerink Swann | Upgrade | NASDAQ:ATHN | AthenaHealth | Market Perform | Outperform | $72.15 | ||||
| Grupo Santander | Upgrade | LON:DGE | Diageo | buy | $33.70 | N/A | ||||
| Sterne Agee | Upgrade | NYSE:DST | Dst Systems | Neutral | Buy | $71.00 | 14.8% Upside | $61.85 | ||
| UBS AG | Upgrade | NASDAQ:EDPFY | EDP-Energias de Portugal, S.A | Neutral | Buy | $26.85 | ||||
| Janney Montgomery Scott | Upgrade | NYSE:MCD | McDonald's | Neutral | Buy | $88.05 | ||||
| Janney Capital | Upgrade | NYSE:MCD | McDonald's | Neutral | Buy | $104.00 | 18.1% Upside | $88.05 | ||
| JPMorgan Chase | Upgrade | NASDAQ:MPEL | Melco Crown Entertainment Limited | Neutral | Overweight | $14.00 | $20.00 | 35.8% Upside | $14.73 | |
| Morgan Stanley | Upgrade | NASDAQ:RHHBY | Roche Holding | Equal Weight | Overweight | $49.00 | ||||
| CIBC | Upgrade | NYSE:RY | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Outperform | $59.00 | ||||
| CIBC | Upgrade | NYSE:RY | RBC Capital | Sector Performer | Sector Outperformer | $59.00 | ||||
| JPMorgan Chase | Upgrade | NYSE:SYT | Syngenta AG | Underweight | Neutral | $80.00 | ||||
| Credit Suisse | Upgrade | NYSE:TSM | Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. | Neutral | Outperform | $17.05 |
Downgrades
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | Previous Close | |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Downgrade | NYSE:AVB | AvalonBay Communities | Buy | Hold | $157.00 | $142.00 | 5.5% Upside | $134.60 | |
| Macquarie | Downgrade | NASDAQ:BRLI | Bio-Reference Laboratories | Neutral | Underperform | $25.00 | 12.5% Downside | $28.56 | ||
| Canaccord Genuity | Downgrade | NASDAQ:DRWI | DragonWave | Buy | Hold | $2.15 | ||||
| HSBC | Downgrade | LON:EMG | Man Group | Neutral | $1.32 | N/A | ||||
| Raymond James | Downgrade | NASDAQ:EPHC | Epoch Holding Corp | Outperform | Market Perform | $27.69 | ||||
| RBC Capital | Downgrade | LON:GEMD | Gem Diamonds Ltd | Sector Perform | $3.21 | N/A | ||||
| Stifel Nicolaus | Downgrade | NASDAQ:GPOR | Gulfport Energy | Buy | Hold | $38.11 | ||||
| Stephens | Downgrade | NASDAQ:IDCC | InterDigital | Overweight | Equal Weight | $52.00 | 16.3% Upside | $44.71 | ||
| Citigroup | Downgrade | NASDAQ:IVNYY | Invensys plc | Buy | Neutral | $5.07 | ||||
| National Bank | Downgrade | TSE:LB | Laurentian Bank | Sector Perform | Underperform | N/A | ||||
| Nomura | Downgrade | NYSE:NHY | Norsk Hydro ASA | Neutral | Reduce | N/A | ||||
| Nomura | Downgrade | NASDAQ:NHYDY | Norsk Hydro ASA | Neutral | Reduce | $4.85 | ||||
| Morgan Stanley | Downgrade | NYSE:NVS | Novartis | Overweight | Equal Weight | $62.42 | ||||
| Roth Capital | Downgrade | NASDAQ:OVRL | Overland Storage | Buy | Neutral | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||
| Sandler O'Neill | Downgrade | NYSE:PRU | Prudential Financial | Buy | Hold | $52.60 | ||||
| Piper Jaffray | Downgrade | NYSE:RGC | Regal Entertainment | Overweight | Neutral | $16.00 | 1.5% Upside | $15.76 | ||
| Goldman Sachs | Downgrade | NASDAQ:RTOKY | Rentokil Initial plc | Conviction Buy | Buy | $7.43 | ||||
| Scotia Capital | Downgrade | NYSE:TD | Toronto-Dominion Bank | Outperform | Sector Perform | $81.67 | ||||
| CIBC | Downgrade | NYSE:TD | Toronto-Dominion Bank | Outperform | Outperform | $81.67 | ||||
| CIBC | Downgrade | NYSE:TD | Toronto-Dominion Bank | Sector Outperformer | Sector Performer | $81.67 | ||||
| Goldman Sachs | Downgrade | NYSE:UAM | Universal American Corp | Neutral | Sell | $8.00 | 1.7% Downside | $8.14 | ||
| BMO Capital Markets | Downgrade | NYSE:WSR | Whitestone Reit | Outperform | Market Perform | $16.00 | 16.4% Upside | $13.74 |
Price Target Changes
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | Previous Close | |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Lower Price Target | NYSE:AEC | Associated Estates | Buy | $20.00 | $17.50 | 14.6% Upside | $15.27 | ||
| Canaccord Genuity | Set Price Target | NASDAQ:AMRN | Amarin Co. plc | $26.00 | $19.00 | 59.5% Upside | $11.91 | |||
| Jefferies Group | Lower Price Target | NASDAQ:BBBY | Bed Bath & Beyond | Buy | Buy | $78.00 | $72.00 | 24.6% Upside | $57.80 | |
| Needham & Company | Boost Price Target | NYSE:CMN | Cantel Medical | Strong-Buy | $28.00 | $33.00 | 16.3% Upside | $28.37 | ||
| FBR Capital | Boost Price Target | NYSE:CRM | Salesforce.com | Outperform | $180.00 | $200.00 | 26.9% Upside | $157.60 | ||
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Lower Price Target | NYSE:EQR | Equity Residential | Buy | $68.50 | $61.00 | 9.8% Upside | $55.56 | ||
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Lower Price Target | NYSE:ESS | Essex Property Trust | Hold | $160.50 | $149.00 | 4.6% Upside | $142.41 | ||
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Lower Price Target | NYSE:HME | Home Properties | Sell | $62.00 | $58.00 | 3.3% Downside | $59.95 | ||
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Boost Price Target | NASDAQ:LGND | Ligand Pharmaceutica | Buy | $25.00 | $28.00 | 55.2% Upside | $18.04 | ||
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Lower Price Target | NYSE:MAA | Mid America Apartment Communities | Buy | $72.00 | $69.50 | 10.5% Upside | $62.90 | ||
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Boost Price Target | NYSE:MAR | Marriott | Buy | $44.00 | $47.00 | 32.3% Upside | $35.53 | ||
| Susquehanna | Boost Price Target | NYSE:NE | Noble Corp | Positive | $43.00 | $46.00 | 29.5% Upside | $35.53 | ||
| FBR Capital | Boost Price Target | NYSE:O | Realty Income Corp | Market Perform | $35.50 | $37.50 | 7.7% Downside | $40.61 | ||
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Lower Price Target | NYSE:PPS | Post Properties | Buy | $54.00 | $53.00 | 8.6% Upside | $48.82 | ||
| Wunderlich | Lower Price Target | NYSE:SNI | Scripps Networks Interactive | Buy | $77.00 | $73.00 | 29.3% Upside | $56.45 | ||
| Needham & Company | Boost Price Target | NASDAQ:TSLA | Tesla Motors | Buy | $36.00 | $38.00 | 12.0% Upside | $33.92 | ||
| Benchmark Co. | Boost Price Target | NYSE:TVL | Lin Tv Corporation | Buy | $5.00 | $8.00 | 25.9% Upside | $6.36 | ||
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Lower Price Target | NYSE:UDR | UDR | Hold | $28.00 | $25.00 | 7.8% Upside | $23.19 | ||
| FBR Capital | Lower Price Target | NASDAQ:UTIW | UTi Worldwide | Market Perform | $14.00 | $12.50 | 3.0% Downside | $12.88 | ||
| Stifel Nicolaus | Boost Price Target | NYSE:XPO | Express-1 Expedited | Buy | $19.00 | $21.00 | 33.7% Upside | $15.71 |
New Coverage
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | Previous Close | |
| Janney Capital | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:ABCO | Advisory Board | Buy | $56.00 | 18.2% Upside | $47.36 | |||
| Janney Montgomery Scott | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:ABCO | Advisory Board | Buy | $47.36 | |||||
| DNB Markets | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:ALV | AUTOLIV INC | Buy | $61.12 | |||||
| Citigroup | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:ALXN | Alexion Pharmaceuticals | Neutral | $104.00 | 11.3% Upside | $93.44 | |||
| Lazard | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:ATML | Atmel | Neutral | $5.48 | |||||
| SunTrust | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:BAC | Bank of America | Neutral | $11.00 | 5.2% Upside | $10.46 | |||
| Standpoint Research | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:BBBY | Bed Bath & Beyond | Buy | $70.00 | 21.1% Upside | $57.80 | |||
| SunTrust | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:C | Citigroup | Buy | $43.00 | 16.5% Upside | $36.90 | |||
| Janney Capital | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:CEB | The Corporate Executive Board Company | Buy | $50.00 | 13.9% Upside | $43.88 | |||
| Janney Montgomery Scott | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:CEB | The Corporate Executive Board Company | Buy | $43.88 | |||||
| Janney Montgomery Scott | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:COF | Capital One | Buy | $57.26 | |||||
| Janney Capital | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:COF | Capital One | Buy | $67.00 | 17.0% Upside | $57.26 | |||
| BB&T | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:DDD | 3D Systems | Buy | $60.00 | 34.6% Upside | $44.57 | |||
| Topeka Capital | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:DHI | D.R. Horton | Hold | $18.68 | |||||
| BMO Capital Markets | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:DHR | Danaher | Outperform | $63.00 | 18.7% Upside | $53.07 | |||
| SunTrust | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:GS | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | $123.00 | 5.0% Upside | $117.18 | |||
| SunTrust | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:HBAN | Huntington Bancshares Incorporated | Neutral | $6.50 | 5.8% Upside | $6.15 | |||
| Barclays Capital | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:HTZ | Hertz | Overweight | $21.00 | 31.3% Upside | $16.00 | |||
| SunTrust | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:JPM | JPMorgan Chase | Buy | $48.00 | 15.9% Upside | $41.42 | |||
| Topeka Capital | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:KBH | KB Home | Hold | $14.17 | |||||
| SunTrust | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:KEY | KeyBanc | Neutral | $7.93 | |||||
| Topeka Capital | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:LEN | Lennar | Hold | $33.00 | 9.1% Downside | $36.30 | |||
| JPMorgan Chase | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:LNEGY | LINDE AG S/SDR | Overweight | $17.40 | |||||
| KeyBanc Capital Mkts | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:MAA | Mid America Apartment Communities | Hold | $62.90 | |||||
| KeyBanc | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:MAA | Mid America Apartment Communities | Hold | $62.90 | |||||
| Needham & Company | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:MCHP | Microchip Technology | Buy | $37.00 | 21.3% Upside | $30.51 | |||
| JPMorgan Chase | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:MPC | Marathon Petroleum | Neutral | $62.00 | 4.5% Upside | $59.34 | |||
| JPMorgan Chase | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:MPLX | MPLX LP | Overweight | $29.34 | |||||
| Lazard | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:ONNN | ON Semiconductor | Neutral | $6.73 | |||||
| Wedbush | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:ORCL | Oracle | Neutral | $36.00 | 12.3% Upside | $32.07 | |||
| Topeka Capital | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:PHM | PulteGroup | Buy | $16.24 | |||||
| SunTrust | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:PNC | PNC Financial Services | Buy | $62.00 | 12.2% Upside | $55.27 | |||
| Topeka Capital | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:RYL | The Ryland Group | Buy | $32.37 | |||||
| Howard Weil | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:SLCA | US Silica Holdings | Outperform | $19.00 | 30.7% Upside | $14.54 | |||
| BB&T | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:SSYS | Stratasys | Buy | $83.00 | 17.2% Upside | $70.81 | |||
| Ladenburg Thalmann | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:TGTX | TG Therapeutics | Buy | $6.00 | 192.7% Upside | $2.05 | |||
| Topeka Capital | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:TOL | Toll Brothers | Hold | $30.64 | |||||
| SunTrust | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:USB | US Bancorp | Neutral | $35.00 | 10.1% Upside | $31.80 | |||
| SunTrust | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:WFC | Wells Fargo & Co. | Neutral | $35.00 | 6.1% Upside | $32.98 |
Ratings Reiterations
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | Previous Close | |
| Jefferies Group | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:AMRN | Amarin Co. plc | Buy | $28.00 | 135.1% Upside | $11.91 | |||
| Wedbush | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:AMRN | Amarin Co. plc | Neutral | $11.91 | |||||
| JPMorgan Chase | Reiterated Rating | LON:AZN | AstraZeneca | Underweight | $47.66 | N/A | ||||
| Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:BET | Betfair Group | Overweight | $16.53 | N/A | ||||
| Sanford C. Bernstein | Reiterated Rating | LON:BLT | BHP Billiton | Outperform | $38.52 | N/A | ||||
| Westhouse Securities | Reiterated Rating | LON:BMS | Braemar Shipping Services | Buy | $7.46 | N/A | ||||
| Numis Securities Ltd | Reiterated Rating | LON:BVIC | Britvic | Add | $7.24 | N/A | ||||
| Investec | Reiterated Rating | LON:CCL | Carnival | Buy | $47.34 | N/A | ||||
| Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:CINE | Cineworld Group | Equalweight | $4.14 | N/A | ||||
| RBC Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:CNA | Centrica | Sector Perform | $5.06 | N/A | ||||
| Panmure Gordon & Co Limited | Reiterated Rating | LON:DCG | Dairy Crest Group | Buy | $6.58 | N/A | ||||
| RBC Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:DRX | Drax Group | Sector Perform | $7.86 | N/A | ||||
| Kempen & Co | Reiterated Rating | LON:HMSO | Hammerson | Overweight | $8.18 | N/A | ||||
| RBC Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:III | 3i Infrastructure | Sector Perform | $2.09 | N/A | ||||
| Societe Generale | Reiterated Rating | LON:IMT | Imperial Tobacco Group | Buy | $44.94 | N/A | ||||
| Panmure Gordon & Co Limited | Reiterated Rating | LON:MCRO | Micro Focus International | Buy | $10.14 | N/A | ||||
| Exane BNP Paribas | Reiterated Rating | LON:MRW | WM Morrison Supermarkets | Underperform | $4.01 | N/A | ||||
| RBC Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:NG | National Grid | Sector Perform | $11.56 | N/A | ||||
| Societe Generale | Reiterated Rating | LON:PFC | Petrofac Ltd | Buy | $32.10 | N/A | ||||
| Raymond James | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:PVTB | PrivateBancorp | Outperform | $18.00 | 15.8% Upside | $15.54 | |||
| Investec | Reiterated Rating | LON:PZC | PZ Cussons | Hold | $5.38 | N/A | ||||
| Sanford C. Bernstein | Reiterated Rating | LON:RIO | Rio Tinto | Outperform | $71.42 | N/A | ||||
| RBC Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:RR | Rolls-Royce Holdings | Top Pick | $16.37 | N/A | ||||
| Jefferies Group | Reiterated Rating | LON:RTO | Rentokil Initial | Hold | $1.41 | N/A | ||||
| Exane BNP Paribas | Reiterated Rating | LON:SBRY | J Sainsbury | Underperform | $5.22 | N/A | ||||
| Brean Murray | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:SHFL | Shuffle Master | Buy | $19.00 | 38.3% Upside | $13.74 | |||
| Exane BNP Paribas | Reiterated Rating | LON:SN | Smith & Nephew | Outperform | $12.44 | N/A | ||||
| Oriel Securities Ltd | Reiterated Rating | LON:SPD | Sports Direct International | Buy | $7.70 | N/A | ||||
| RBC Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:SSE | SSE | Outperform | $24.88 | N/A | ||||
| Mizuho | Reiterated Rating | LON:STAN | Standard Chartered PLC | Neutral | $25.82 | N/A | ||||
| RBC Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:SVT | Severn Trent | Sector Perform | $27.12 | N/A | ||||
| Cowen | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:SWHC | Smith & Wesson | Outperform | $10.77 | |||||
| Exane BNP Paribas | Reiterated Rating | LON:TSCO | TESCO | Underperform | $4.98 | N/A | ||||
| Westhouse Securities | Reiterated Rating | LON:UBM | UBM | Add | $13.30 | N/A | ||||
| RBC Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:UU | United Utilities Group | Outperform | $12.68 | N/A | ||||
| Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:VOD | Vodafone Group plc | Overweight | $3.21 | N/A | ||||
| Canaccord Genuity | Reiterated Rating | NYSE:WSM | Williams Sonoma | Buy | $44.63 | |||||
| JPMorgan Chase | Reiterated Rating | LON:WTB | Whitbread | Overweight | $40.12 | N/A |
Earnings Results
Earnings For Friday, December 7| Ticker | Company | EPS | Estimate | YoY Revenue Growth | |
| NYSE:BNS | Bank of Nova Scotia | $1.21 | $1.18 | ||
| NYSE:KMG | KMG Chemicals | $0.36 | $0.31 | -8.7% | |
| NYSE:PLM | Polymet Mining | ($0.01) | $0.00 |
Earnings For Thursday, December 6
| Ticker | Company | EPS | Estimate | YoY Revenue Growth | |
| NASDAQ:ALOG | Analogic | $0.53 | $0.00 | 1.7% | |
| NASDAQ:BRLI | Bio-Reference Laboratories | $0.46 | $0.00 | 16.4% | |
| NYSE:CMN | Cantel Medical | $0.35 | $0.00 | 6.9% | |
| NASDAQ:CMTL | Comtech Telecom | $0.25 | $0.00 | -19.8% | |
| NYSE:COO | The Cooper Companies | $1.47 | $0.00 | 9.8% | |
| NYSE:ESL | Esterline Technologies | $1.97 | $0.00 | 5.6% | |
| NASDAQ:FCE.A | Forest City Enterprises | $0.37 | $0.00 | ||
| NASDAQ:FIZZ | National Beverage Corp. | $0.26 | $0.00 | ||
| NASDAQ:FLOW | Flow | $0.04 | $0.00 | 3.9% | |
| NASDAQ:HITK | Hi-Tech Pharmacal | $0.66 | $0.00 | 1.2% | |
| NYSE:HRB | H&R Block | ($0.37) | $0.00 | 6.3% | |
| NYSE:HWD | Harry Winston Diamond | $0.04 | $0.00 | 50.7% | |
| NYSE:KFY | Korn Ferry International | $0.25 | $0.00 | -6.6% | |
| NASDAQ:LAYN | Layne Christensen | $0.45 | $0.00 | -2.1% | |
| NASDAQ:LULU | Lululemon | $0.39 | $0.00 | 37.5% | |
| NYSE:MEI | Methode Electronics | $0.62 | $0.00 | 12.0% | |
| NYSE:MPR | Met-Pro | $0.19 | $0.00 | 18.3% | |
| NASDAQ:PANW | Palo Alto Networks | $0.04 | $0.00 | 50.4% | |
| NYSE:SFD | Smithfield Foods | $0.61 | $0.00 | -2.6% | |
| NASDAQ:SWHC | Smith & Wesson | $0.24 | $0.00 | 48.0% | |
| NYSE:TD | Toronto-Dominion Bank | $1.83 | $0.00 | 4.0% | |
| NASDAQ:TITN | Titan Machinery | $0.66 | $0.00 | 37.6% | |
| NASDAQ:UTIW | UTi Worldwide | $0.16 | $0.00 | -10.8% |
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