Benzinga's Top Upgrades, Downgrades For October 1, 2018 - Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD), Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN)

Deutsche Bank upgraded Viavi Solutions Inc VIAV from Hold to Buy. Viavi Solutions shares rose 4.14 percent to $11.81 in pre-market trading.
Morgan Stanley upgraded Store Capital Corp STOR from Equal-Weight to Overweight. STORE Capital shares climbed 0.86 percent to $28.03 in pre-market trading.
Berenberg upgraded Barclays PLC BCS from Hold to Buy. Barclays shares rose 2.12 percent to $9.14 in pre-market trading.
Leerink Swann upgraded Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd ADR TEVA from Underperform to Market Perform. Teva shares rose 3.11 percent to $22.21 in pre-market trading.
BMO Capital upgraded East West Bancorp, Inc. EWBC from Market Perform to Outperform. East West Bancorp shares rose 0.15 percent to close at $60.37 on Friday.
Independent Research upgraded Tesla Inc TSLA from Sell to Hold. Tesla shares rose 16.1 percent to $307.40 in pre-market trading.
KeyBanc upgraded Avalara Inc AVLR from Sector Weight to Overweight. Avalara shares fell 2.67 percent to close at $34.93 on Friday.
Evercore ISI Group upgraded M&T Bank Corporation MTB from In-Line to Outperform. M&T Bank shares rose 1.13 percent to $166.40 in pre-market trading.
BMO Capital upgraded United Parcel Service, Inc. UPS from Market Perform to Outperform. UPS shares rose 1.58 percent to $118.60 in pre-market trading.

Barclays downgraded Intel Corporation INTC from Equal-Weight to Underweight. Intel shares fell 1.42 percent to $46.62 in pre-market trading.
Canaccord Genuity downgraded Veeva Systems Inc VEEV from Buy to Hold. Veeva shares fell 1.85 percent to $106.86 in pre-market trading.
Piper Jaffray downgraded F5 Networks, Inc. FFIV from Neutral to Underweight. F5 Networks shares fell 1.71 percent to $196.00 in pre-market trading.
Jefferies downgraded Anheuser Busch Inbev NV BUD from Buy to Hold. Anheuser-Busch InBev shares fell 1 percent to $86.69 in pre-market trading.
Mizuho downgraded Western Digital Corp WDC from Buy to Neutral. Western Digital shares fell 1.11 percent to $57.89 in pre-market trading.
Stifel Nicolaus downgraded Rev Group Inc REVG from Buy to Hold. REV Group shares fell 1.85 percent to $15.41 in pre-market trading.
Baird downgraded Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD to Neutral. AMD shares fell 1 percent to $30.58 in pre-market trading.
Mizuho downgraded Lam Research Corporation LRCX from Buy to Neutral. Lam Research shares fell 1.08 percent to $150.06 in pre-market trading.
BMO Capital downgraded Pandora Media Inc P from Outperform to Market Perform. Pandora shares fell 0.32 percent to $9.48 in pre-market trading.
Oppenheimer downgraded Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. CMG from Perform to Underperform. Chipotle shares fell 1.36 percent to $448.33 in pre-market trading.

Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on Sarepta Therapeutics Inc SRPT with an Overweight rating. The price target for Sarepta Therapeutics is set to $217. Sarepta Therapeutics shares closed at $161.51 on Friday.
Analysts at Morgan Stanley initiated coverage on WillScot Corp WSC with an Overweight rating. The price target for WillScot is set to $21. WillScot shares closed at $17.15 on Friday.
Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. BMRN with an Overweight rating. The price target for Biomarin Pharmaceutical is set to $126. Biomarin Pharmaceutical shares closed at $96.97 on Friday.
Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on Celgene Corporation CELG with an Overweight rating. The price target for Celgene is set to $100. Celgene shares closed at $89.49 on Friday.
Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on Amgen, Inc. AMGN with a Neutral rating. The price target for Amgen is set to $223. Amgen shares closed at $207.29 on Friday.