Benzinga's Top Upgrades, Downgrades For August 3, 2018

Top Upgrades

• Analysts at Needham upgraded Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc PCRX from Hold to Buy. Pacira Pharmaceuticals shares rose 2.33 percent to $44.00 in pre-market trading.
• JP Morgan upgraded TreeHouse Foods Inc. THS from Underweight to Neutral. Treehouse Foods shares rose 5.79 percent to close at $49.70 on Thursday.
• Societe Generale upgraded Rowan Companies PLC RDC from Hold to Buy. Rowan shares rose 1.1 percent to $13.81 in pre-market trading.
• UBS upgraded Synchrony Financial SYF from Sell to Neutral. Synchrony shares rose 1.68 percent to close at $29.69 on Thursday.
• Stifel Nicolaus upgraded Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. NUS from Sell to Hold. Nu Skin shares rose 0.11 percent to $76.00 in pre-market trading.
• Credit Suisse upgraded MEDNAX Inc MD from Neutral to Outperform. Mednax shares rose 5.20 percent to close at $45.12 on Thursday.
• Needham upgraded Tripadvisor Inc TRIP from Underperform to Hold. TripAdvisor shares rose 0.18 percent to $51.27 in pre-market trading.
• Cowen & Co. upgraded ICF International Inc ICFI from Market Perform to Outperform. ICF International shares rose 0.01 percent to $73.56 in pre-market trading.

Top Downgrades

• JP Morgan downgraded Pinnacle Foods Inc PF from Overweight to Neutral. Pinnacle Foods shares fell 0.12 percent to $66.26 in pre-market trading.
• Ladenburg Thalmann downgraded Reshape Lifesciences Inc RSLS from Buy to Neutral. Reshape Lifesciences shares fell 11.42 percent to $0.47 in pre-market trading.
• Longbow Research downgraded Veoneer Inc VNE from Buy to Neutral. Veoneer shares fell 0.68 percent to $49.55 in pre-market trading.
• JP Morgan downgraded Motorola Solutions Inc MSI from Neutral to Underweight. Motorola Solutions shares fell 1.4 percent to $119.82 in pre-market trading.
• Morgan Stanley downgraded Sunrun Inc RUN from Overweight to Equal-Weight. Sunrun shares fell 4.13 percent to $14.16 in pre-market trading.
• Piper Jaffray downgraded Floor & Decor Holdings Inc FND from Overweight to Neutral. Floor & Decor shares fell 17.15 percent to $39.53 in pre-market trading.
• Raymond James downgraded Dawson Geophysical Co DWSN from Strong Buy to Outperform. Dawson Geophysical shares fell 0.16 percent to $6.35 in pre-market trading.
• Benchmark downgraded Veeco Instruments Inc. VECO from Buy to Hold. Veeco Instruments shares dropped 19.5 percent to close at $11.88 on Thursday.
• Baird downgraded Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc REGN from Outperform to Neutral. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals shares fell 1.1 percent to $392.61 in pre-market trading.
• Keefe Bruyette & Woods downgraded State Street Corp STT from Outperform to Market Perform. State Street shares fell 0.39 percent to $86.49 in pre-market trading.

Top Initiations

• Maxim Group initiated coverage on Entera Bio Ltd ENTX with a Buy rating. The price target for Entera Bio is set to $12. Entera Bio shares closed at $5.08 on Thursday.
• Canaccord Genuity initiated coverage on Cree, Inc. CREE with a Buy rating. The price target for Cree is set to $61. Cree shares closed at $48.47 on Thursday.
• Goldman Sachs initiated coverage on HUYA Inc. HUYA with a Neutral rating. The price target for HUYA is set to $34. HUYA shares closed at $33.44 on Thursday.
• Wedbush initiated coverage on Zafgen, Inc. ZFGN with an Outperform rating. The price target for Zafgen is set to $14. Zafgen shares closed at $10.37 on Thursday.
• Canaccord Genuity initiated coverage on Sensata Technologies Holding PLC ST with a Buy rating. The price target for Sensata is set to $70. Sensata shares closed at $54.14 on Thursday.