Equity Briefing: Upgrades and Downgrades for August 27th: MPC, MSI, MTU, NYX, PDCO, PNRA, PSX, PTR, SCHS

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:

Simmons  upgraded shares of Marathon Petroleum MPC from a neutral rating to an overweight rating.

Zacks  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of Motorola Solutions MSI. They have a $50.00 price target on the stock. To view Zacks' full report, visit http://bit.ly/zacksreport.

Zacks  downgraded shares of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial MTU from an outperform rating to a neutral rating. Their analysts now have a $5.00 price target on the stock.

Zacks  upgraded shares of NYSE Euronext NYX from an underperform rating to a neutral rating. Zacks now has a $27.00 price target on the stock.

Zacks  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of Patterson Companies Inc PDCO. They have a $36.00 price target on the stock.

Zacks  upgraded shares of Panera Bread Company PNRA from a neutral rating to an outperform rating. Zacks now has a $185.00 price target on the stock.

Simmons  upgraded shares of Phillips 66 PSX from a neutral rating to an overweight rating.

Zacks  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of Petrochina PTR. They have a $130.00 price target on the stock.

Zacks  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of School Specialty, Inc. SCHS. They have a $2.75 price target on the stock.

B. Riley  initiated coverage on shares of Supertex, Inc. SUPX. They issued a neutral rating on the stock.

Zacks  downgraded shares of Teradyne, Inc. TER from an outperform rating to a neutral rating. Their analysts now have a $17.00 price target on the stock.

RBC Capital  upgraded shares of Talisman Energy Inc TLM from a sector perform rating to an outperform rating.

Sidoti  downgraded shares of TPC Group, Inc. TPCG from a buy rating to a neutral rating.

Zacks  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of Unilever UL. They have a $38.00 price target on the stock.

Zacks  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of Unilever NLG 1.12 ADR UN. They have a $36.00 price target on the stock.

Simmons  upgraded shares of Valero Energy Co. VLO from a neutral rating to an overweight rating.

Zacks  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of Wright Medical WMGI. They have a $21.00 price target on the stock.

Zacks  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of The Western Union Company WU. They have a $18.00 price target on the stock.

Credit Suisse  downgraded shares of Yanzhou Coal Mining YZC from a neutral rating to an underperform rating.

Citigroup  upgraded shares of China Southern Airli ZNH from a sell rating to a neutral rating.

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