Equity Briefing: Upgrades and Downgrades for August 23rd: ACE, ACE, ADM, BBEP, BBY, BIDU, BIG, CHU, COV, ECL

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:

Zacks  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of Ace Aviation Holdings ACE. They have a $78.00 price target on the stock. To view Zacks' full report, visit http://bit.ly/zacksreport.

Zacks  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of Ace Aviation Holdings ACE. They have a $78.00 price target on the stock.

Zacks  downgraded shares of Archer Daniels Midland Company ADM from a neutral rating to an underperform rating. Their analysts now have a $24.00 price target on the stock.

Barclays Capital  reiterated its equalweight rating on shares of Breitburn Energy BBEP.

Zacks  downgraded shares of Best Buy Co., Inc. BBY from a neutral rating to an underperform rating. Their analysts now have a $16.00 price target on the stock.

Deutsche Bank  downgraded shares of Baidu.com, Inc. BIDU from a buy rating to a hold rating.

Johnson Rice  downgraded shares of Big Lots, Inc. BIG from an overweight rating to an equal weight rating. Their analysts now have a $31.00 price target on the stock.

HSBC  downgraded shares of China Unicom Hong Kong CHU from a neutral rating to an underweight rating.

Barclays Capital  reiterated its overweight rating on shares of Covidien plc COV.

Zacks  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of Ecolab Inc. ECL. They have a $71.00 price target on the stock.

UBS AG  lowered its price target on shares of Express, Inc. EXPR from $24.00 to $19.00. They have a buy rating on the stock.

Zacks  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of General Dynamics GD. They have a $70.00 price target on the stock.

Standpoint Research  downgraded shares of G-III Apparel GIII from a buy rating to a hold rating. They noted that the move was a valuation call.

Zacks  upgraded shares of Gentiva Health Services, Inc. GTIV from a neutral rating to an outperform rating. Zacks now has a $13.00 price target on the stock.

UBS AG  raised its price target on shares of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. HAIN from $55.00 to $65.00. They have a neutral rating on the stock.

UBS AG  reiterated its sell rating on shares of Hewlett-Packard HPQ.

Zacks  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of Nordstrom, Inc. JWN. They have a $61.00 price target on the stock.

Barclays Capital  reiterated its underweight rating on shares of KAR Auction Services Inc KAR.

Zacks  reiterated its underperform rating on shares of Kirkland's, Inc. KIRK. They have a $8.25 price target on the stock.

Zacks  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of Coca Cola KO. They have a $41.00 price target on the stock.

Zacks  reiterated its underperform rating on shares of ArcelorMittal ADR MT. They have a $15.00 price target on the stock.

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