Equity Briefing: Upgrades and Downgrades for August 3rd: FEIC, GM, GNK, HOLX, ICFI, IMMR, INT, JACK, JWN, LBAI

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:

Needham & Company  reiterated its buy rating on shares of FEI FEIC.

Jefferies Group  reiterated its hold rating on shares of General Motors GM.

Global Hunter Securities  upgraded shares of Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd GNK from a reduce rating to a neutral rating.

Raymond James  upgraded shares of Hologic, Inc. HOLX from an outperform rating to a strong-buy rating.

BB&T  downgraded shares of ICF International, Inc. ICFI from a buy rating to a hold rating.

Capstone  upgraded shares of Immersion Corp IMMR from a sell rating to a hold rating.

Bank of America  downgraded shares of World Fuel Services Co. INT from a buy rating to an underperform rating.

Lazard Capital  downgraded shares of Jack in the Box Inc. JACK from a buy rating to a neutral rating.

Robert W. Baird  downgraded shares of Nordstrom, Inc. JWN from an outperform rating to a neutral rating. Their analysts now have a $59.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $62.00.

Stifel Nicolaus  upgraded shares of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. LBAI from a hold rating to a buy rating. Stifel Nicolaus now has a $10.50 price target on the stock.

Northland Securities  upgraded shares of Linkedin Co. LNKD from a market perform rating to an outperform rating. Northland Securities now has a $125.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $115.00.

JPMorgan Chase  downgraded shares of Molycorp, Inc. MCP from a neutral rating to an underweight rating.

First Analysis  upgraded shares of MedAssets, Inc. MDAS from an equal weight rating to an overweight rating.

JPMorgan Chase  upgraded shares of MercadoLibre, Inc. MELI from a neutral rating to an overweight rating.

Needham & Company  raised its price target on shares of Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. MFLX from $27.00 to $32.00. They have a buy rating on the stock.

Robert W. Baird  upgraded shares of Mistras Group Incorporated MG from a neutral rating to an outperform rating. Robert W. Baird now has a $26.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $27.00.

FBR Capital  downgraded shares of MGIC Investment MTG from an outperform rating to a market perform rating.

Needham & Company  lowered its price target on shares of Maxwell Technologies MXWL from $18.00 to $10.00. They have a buy rating on the stock.

Barrington Research  downgraded shares of Navistar NAV from an outperform rating to a market perform rating.

Wunderlich  downgraded shares of Annaly Capital Management, Inc. NLY from a buy rating to a hold rating. Their analysts now have a $18.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $17.50.

Goldman Sachs  downgraded shares of Nokia Co. NOK from a neutral rating to a sell rating.

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