Benzinga's Top Upgrades, Downgrades For January 24, 2017


27% profit every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.


Top Upgrades

  • Analysts at Citigroup upgraded Calithera Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:CALA) from Sell to Neutral. Calithera Biosciences shares rose 3.53 percent to close at $4.40 on Monday.
  • BMO Capital upgraded Silgan Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SLGN) from Market Perform to Outperform. Silgan shares rose 4.78 percent to close at $57.40 on Monday.
  • Analysts at Cowen & Co. upgraded Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS) from Underperform to Market Perform. Mosaic shares gained 1.43 percent to $32.00 in pre-market trading.
  • Dougherty upgraded MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) from Neutral to Buy. MKS Instruments shares rose 1.21 percent to $63.06 in pre-market trading.
  • Analysts at Baird upgraded Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:FOLD) from Neutral to Outperform. Amicus Therapeutics shares gained 0.38 percent to close at $5.34 on Thursday.
  • Cowen & Co. upgraded Agrium Inc. (USA) (NYSE:AGU) from Market Perform to Outperform. Agrium shares slipped 0.03 percent to close at $105.15 on Monday.
  • Citigroup upgraded Tableau Software Inc (NYSE:DATA) from Neutral to Buy. Tableau Software shares gained 3.29 percent to $46.18 in pre-market trading.
  • JP Morgan upgraded ResMed Inc. (NYSE:RMD) from Neutral to Overweight. ResMed shares rose 6.92 percent to $68.00 in pre-market trading.
  • Analysts at Macquarie upgraded Encana Corp (USA) (NYSE:ECA) from Neutral to Outperform. Encana shares fell 1.10 percent to close at $13.08 on Monday.

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Top Downgrades

  • Barclays downgraded Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) from Overweight to Equal-Weight. Apple shares dropped 0.57 percent to $119.40 in pre-market trading.
  • Leerink Swann downgraded Aetna Inc (NYSE:AET) from Outperform to Market Perform. Aetna shares fell 2.73 percent to close at $119.20 on Monday.
  • Macquarie downgraded SCANA Corporation (NYSE:SCG) from Outperform to Neutral. SCANA shares dropped 0.78 percent to close at $70.30 on Monday.
  • Jefferies downgraded Nantkwest Inc (NASDAQ:NK) from Buy to Hold. NantKwest shares fell 4.39 percent to $6.10 in pre-market trading.
  • Raymond James downgraded KB Home (NYSE:KBH) from Market Perform to Underperform. KB Home shares rose 0.12 percent to $16.30 in pre-market trading.
  • Citigroup downgraded MicroStrategy Incorporated (NASDAQ:MSTR) from Buy to Neutral. MicroStrategy shares rose 1.76 percent to close at $205.10 on Monday.
  • Analysts at Avondale Partners downgraded AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE:AMN) from Market Outperform to Market Perform. AMN Healthcare shares fell 1.50 percent to $36.00 in pre-market trading.
  • Stifel Nicolaus downgraded Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM) from Buy to Hold. Humana shares dropped 0.50 percent to $204.00 in pre-market trading.
  • Analysts at Oppenheimer downgraded Energous Corp (NASDAQ:WATT) from Outperform to Perform. Energous shares declined 4.01 percent to $17.00 in pre-market trading.
  • Analysts at Barclays downgraded Performance Food Group Co (NYSE:PFGC) from Overweight to Equal-Weight. Performance Food shares dropped 0.22 percent to close at $22.95 on Monday.


Top Initiations

  • Analysts at Craig-Hallum initiated coverage of Douglas Dynamics Inc (NYSE:PLOW) with a Buy rating. The price target for Douglas Dynamics is set to $42. Douglas Dynamics shares closed at $32.15 on Monday.
  • Analysts at Berenberg initiated coverage on AGCO Corporation (NYSE:AGCO) with a Buy rating. The price target for AGCO is set to $72. AGCO shares closed at $62.24 on Monday.
  • Analysts at Bank of America initiated coverage on Almost Family Inc (NASDAQ:AFAM) with a Neutral rating. The price target for Almost Family is set to $49. Almost Family shares closed at $46.75 on Monday.
  • Analysts at Goldman Sachs initiated coverage of FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:FTI) with a Buy rating. FMC Technologies shares closed at $33.47 on Monday.
  • Analysts at Berenberg initiated coverage on Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) with a Sell rating. The price target for Deere is set to $90. Deere shares closed at $107.12 on Monday.
  • Analysts at Stifel Nicolaus initiated coverage on Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:HRC) with a Buy rating. Hill-Rom shares closed at $58.52 on Monday.
  • Analysts at Barclays reinstated coverage on Open Text Corp (USA) (NASDAQ:OTEX) with an Overweight rating. Open Text shares closed at $63.61 on Monday.

27% profit every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.


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