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 Brief:
FBR Capital upgraded shares of RPC, Inc RES from a market perform rating to an outperform rating.
Goldman Sachs upgraded shares of Regions Financial Corp RF from a buy rating to a buy rating.
UBS AG downgraded shares of Royal Gold, Inc. RGLD from a buy rating to a neutral rating. Their analysts now have a $91.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $86.00.
Deutsche Bank downgraded shares of Rock-Tenn Company RKT from a buy rating to a hold rating. Their analysts now have a $75.00 price target on the stock. They noted that the move was a valuation call.
Stifel Nicolaus upgraded shares of Rosetta Resources Inc. ROSE from a hold rating to a buy rating. Stifel Nicolaus now has a $55.00 price target on the stock.
Nomura upgraded shares of Sprint Nextel S from a neutral rating to a buy rating. Nomura now has a $7.00 price target on the stock.
HSBC downgraded shares of Seadrill Ltd SDRL from an overweight rating to a neutral rating.
JPMorgan Chase initiated coverage on shares of Sealed Air Corp. SEE. They issued an overweight rating on the stock and set a $19.00 price target.
Leerink Swann initiated coverage on shares of Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. SLXP. They issued a market perform rating on the stock.
Citigroup upgraded shares of Smith & Nephew plc SNN from a sell rating to a buy rating.
Piper Jaffray upgraded shares of Santarus SNTS from a neutral rating to an overweight rating. Piper Jaffray now has a $10.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $7.00.
Bank of America upgraded shares of Sanofi-Aventis SNY from a neutral rating to a buy rating.
Raymond James downgraded shares of State Street Co. STT from an outperform rating to a market perform rating.
Argus downgraded shares of Seagate STX from a buy rating to a hold rating. Their analysts now have a $34.00 price target on the stock.
Sterne Agee downgraded shares of Susquehanna SUSQ from a buy rating to a neutral rating. They noted that the move was a valuation call.
Raymond James downgraded shares of Telecom Argentina TEO from an outperform rating to a market perform rating.
TD Securities upgraded shares of TELUS Co. TU from a reduce rating to a hold rating.
Bank of America initiated coverage on shares of Two Harbors Investment Corp TWO. They issued a buy rating on the stock and set a $11.50 price target.
JPMorgan Chase downgraded shares of Tyco International Ltd TYC from an overweight rating to a neutral rating. Their analysts now have a $60.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $58.00. They noted that the move was a valuation call.
Stifel Nicolaus initiated coverage on shares of UQM Technologies, Inc. UQM. They issued a buy rating on the stock and set a $1.90 price target.
JPMorgan Chase upgraded shares of Venoco, Inc. VQ from an underweight rating to an overweight rating. JPMorgan Chase now has a $12.50 price target on the stock, up previously from $7.50.
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