Equity Briefing: Upgrades and Downgrades for July 27th: QSII, QSII, RJF, RSYS, RTN, S, SBAC, SBUX, SDT, STI, S

A number of stocks were upgraded and downgraded by equities research analysts today, as reported by Analyst Ratings Network (http://bit.ly/arndailyr) and Equity Briefing:

Lazard Capital  downgraded shares of Quality Systems Inc QSII from a buy rating to a neutral rating.

Oppenheimer  upgraded shares of Quality Systems Inc QSII from a market perform rating to an outperform rating. Oppenheimer now has a $20.00 price target on the stock.

Sandler O'Neill  upgraded shares of Raymond James RJF from a hold rating to a buy rating.

Needham & Company  downgraded shares of Radisys Corporation RSYS from a buy rating to a hold rating.

Bank of America  downgraded shares of Raytheon Company RTN from a buy rating to a neutral rating.

UBS AG  upgraded shares of Sprint Nextel S from a neutral rating to a buy rating.

Stifel Nicolaus  upgraded shares of SBA Communications Corp SBAC from a hold rating to a buy rating. Stifel Nicolaus now has a $70.00 price target on the stock.

Robert W. Baird  downgraded shares of Starbucks SBUX from an outperform rating to a neutral rating. Their analysts now have a $50.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $65.00.

RBC Capital  downgraded shares of SandRidge Mississippian Trust I SDT from an outperform rating to a sector perform rating.

ISI Group  upgraded shares of SunTrust STI from a sell rating to a hold rating.

Piper Jaffray  downgraded shares of Strayer Education, Inc. STRA from a neutral rating to an underweight rating.

Feltl & Co.  downgraded shares of Titan International Inc (Illinois) TWI from a strong-buy rating to a buy rating. Their analysts now have a $32.40 price target on the stock, down previously from $37.50.

Raymond James  downgraded shares of United Continental UAL from an outperform rating to a market perform rating.

Societe Generale  downgraded shares of Unilever UL from a hold rating to a sell rating.

Natixis  downgraded shares of Unilever UL from a neutral rating to a reduce rating.

Societe Generale  downgraded shares of Unilever NLG 1.12 ADR UN from a hold rating to a sell rating.

Canaccord Genuity  downgraded shares of Meridian Bioscience, Inc. VIVO from a buy rating to a hold rating. Their analysts now have a $18.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $25.00.

National Securities  upgraded shares of Volterra Semi VLTR from a neutral rating to a buy rating. National Securities now has a $26.00 price target on the stock.

Sterne Agee  upgraded shares of Valley National Bancorp VLY from an underperform rating to a neutral rating.

JPMorgan Chase  downgraded shares of Valley National Bancorp VLY from a neutral rating to an underweight rating.

Craig Hallum  downgraded shares of VistaPrint VPRT from a buy rating to a hold rating.

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