Benzinga's Top Upgrades, Downgrades For August 11, 2017

Top Upgrades

• Stephens & Co. upgraded Wal-Mart Stores Inc WMT from Equal-Weight to Overweight. Wal-Mart shares rose 0.05 percent to $80.70 in pre-market trading.
• Citigroup upgraded Hess Midstream Partners LP HESM from Neutral to Buy. Hess Midstream Partners shares fell 4.13 percent to close at $18.80 on Thursday.
• Analysts at Goldman Sachs upgraded Perrigo Company plc PRGO from Sell to Neutra. Perrigo shares closed at $76.84 on Thursday.
• Analysts at Mizuho upgraded Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. PEG from Neutral to Buy. Public Service Enterprise shares gained 0.37 percent to close at $45.61 on Thursday.
• Jefferies upgraded Edison International EIX from Hold to Buy. Edison shares gained 0.28 percent to close at $79.67 on Thursday.
• Analysts at Stifel Nicolaus upgraded Galapagos NV (ADR) GLPG from Hold to Buy. Galapagos shares gained 0.54 percent to $81.50 in pre-market trading.
• Analysts at Piper Jaffray upgraded Huntington Bancshares Incorporated HBAN from Neutral to Overweight. Huntington Bancshares shares fell 2.73 percent to close at $12.81 on Thursday.
• Credit Suisse upgraded Kohl's Corporation KSS from Underperform to Neutral. Kohl's shares fell 1.14 percent to $39.05 in pre-market trading.
• JP Morgan upgraded Axalta Coating Systems Ltd AXTA from Neutral to Overweight. Axalta Coating shares fell 0.46 percent to close at $28.18 on Thursday.
• Clarksons Platou upgraded Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. ANW from Neutral to Buy. Aegean Marine Petroleum shares rose 18.59 percent to $5.04 in pre-market trading.

Top Downgrades

• William Blair downgraded CECO Environmental Corp. CECE from Outperform to Market Perform. CECO Environmental shares fell 5.13 percent to close at $8.13 on Thursday.
• Wedbush downgraded Luxoft Holding Inc LXFT from Outperform to Neutral. Luxoft shares fell 16.94 percent to $50.50 in pre-market trading.
• Analysts at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey downgraded Blue Apron Holdings Inc APRN from Buy to Hold. Blue Apron shares fell 1.75 percent to $5.05 in pre-market trading.
• BTIG Research downgraded NxStage Medical, Inc. NXTM from Buy to Neutral. NxStage Medical shares fell 0.03 percent to close at $29.28 on Thursday.
• Imperial Capital downgraded Ascent Capital Group Inc ASCMA from Outperform to In-Line. Ascent Capital shares declined 20.92 percent to close at $12.17 on Thursday.
• Analysts at HSBC downgraded Goldman Sachs Group Inc GS from Buy to Hold. Goldman Sachs shares rose 0.03 percent to $225.56 in pre-market trading.
• Stifel Nicolaus downgraded Masonite International Corp DOOR from Buy to Hold. Masonite shares fell 0.34 percent to $58.15 in pre-market trading.
• JP Morgan downgraded TPI Composites Inc TPIC from Overweight to Neutral. TPI Composites shares rose 1.87 percent to close at $21.80 on Thursday.
• Mizuho downgraded Starwood Waypoint Homes SFR from Buy to Neutral. Starwood Waypoint Homes shares fell 0.08 percent to $35.35 in pre-market trading.
• Barclays downgraded Forterra Inc FRTA from Overweight to Equal-Weight. Forterra shares fell 2.56 percent to $3.42 in pre-market trading.

Top Initiations

• Analysts at Piper Jaffray initiated coverage on Twenty-First Century Fox Inc FOXA with an Overweight rating. The price target for Twenty-First Century Fox is set to $35. Twenty-First Century Fox shares closed at $27.88 on Thursday.
• Piper Jaffray initiated coverage on Discovery Communications Inc. DISCA with a Neutral rating. The price target for Discovery is set to $27. Discovery shares closed at $23.00 on Thursday.
• Roth Capital initiated coverage on Veritone Inc VERI with a Buy rating. The price target for Veritone is set to $13.20. Veritone shares closed at $8.02 on Thursday.
• Oppenheimer initiated coverage of Strongbridge Biopharma plc SBBP with an Outperform rating. The price target for Strongbridge Biopharma is set to $12. Strongbridge Biopharma shares closed at $6.60 on Thursday.
• Stephens & Co. initiated coverage on Kroger Co KR with an Underweight rating. Kroger shares closed at $23.57 on Thursday.
• Analysts at Stephens & Co. initiated coverage on United Natural Foods, Inc. UNFI with an Equal-Weight rating. United Natural Foods shares closed at $36.25 on Thursday.
• Analysts at Maxim Group initiated coverage on Can Fite Biopharma Ltd (ADR) CANF with a Buy rating. The price target for Can Fite Biopharma is set to $7. Can Fite Biopharma shares closed at $1.52 on Thursday.
• Piper Jaffray initiated coverage on Cinemark Holdings, Inc. CNK with an Overweight rating. The price target for Gladstone Commercial is set to $44. Gladstone Commercial shares closed at $36.82 on Thursday.
• Analysts at Maxim Group initiated coverage of MannKind Corporation MNKD with a Buy rating. The price target for MannKind is set to $4. MannKind shares closed at $1.16 on Thursday.