Equity Briefing: Upgrades and Downgrades for July 31st: ALLT, APC, ARW, CRUS, DNDN, ENS, GPI, HSC, HUM, LOGM,

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:

Northland Securities  upgraded shares of Allot Communications Ltd. ALLT from a market perform rating to an outperform rating. Northland Securities now has a $30.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $28.00.

Oppenheimer  reiterated its outperform rating on shares of Anadarko Petroleum APC.

Stifel Nicolaus  lowered its price target on shares of Arrow Electronics, Inc. ARW from $48.00 to $45.00. They have a buy rating on the stock.

Stifel Nicolaus  raised its price target on shares of Cirrus Logic, Inc. CRUS to $45.00.

Canaccord Genuity  raised its price target on shares of Cirrus Logic, Inc. CRUS from $35.00 to $43.00.

Lazard Capital  downgraded shares of Dendreon Co. DNDN from a neutral rating to a sell rating.

Needham & Company  downgraded shares of EnerSys ENS from a buy rating to a hold rating.

Morgan Stanley  raised their EPS estimates on shares of Group 1 Automotive, Inc. GPI. They now have an underweight rating and a $46.00 price target on the stock. They previously had issued a $40.00 price target. They noted that the company is realizing better margins.

Buckingham Research  downgraded shares of Harsco Co. HSC from a buy rating to a neutral rating.

Oppenheimer  reiterated its outperform rating on shares of Humana HUM.

Piper Jaffray  lowered its price target on shares of LogMeIn Inc LOGM to $35.00.

Cowen  downgraded shares of LogMeIn Inc LOGM from an outperform rating to a neutral rating.

JPMorgan Chase  upgraded shares of Mizuho Financial Gro MFG from a neutral rating to an overweight rating.

UBS AG  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of MicroStrategy Incorporated MSTR.

Imperial Capital  initiated coverage on shares of Precision Castparts PCP. They issued an outperform rating on the stock and set a $190.00 price target.

Gabelli  downgraded shares of RPC, Inc RES from a buy rating to a hold rating.

Bank of America  lowered its price target on shares of Seagate STX to $31.00. They have a neutral rating on the stock.

Zacks  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of Terex Co. TEX. They have a $20.00 price target on the stock.

Zacks  reiterated its outperform rating on shares of VistaPrint VPRT. They have a $41.00 price target on the stock.

Bank of America  lowered its price target on shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals VRTX from $71.00 to $66.00.

Credit Suisse  cut their EPS estimates on shares of Weight Watchers International, Inc. WTW. They now have an outperform rating and a $82.00 price target on the stock.

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