Equity Briefing: Upgrades and Downgrades for July 26th: GMO, GRPN, GTIV, HFWA, IGT, INFA, ISIL, LINC, LL, LO,

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:

Bank of America  downgraded shares of General Moly Inc GMO from a neutral rating to an underperform rating.

Evercore Partners  downgraded shares of Groupon GRPN from an overweight rating to an equal weight rating.

Deutsche Bank  upgraded shares of Gentiva Health Services, Inc. GTIV from a hold rating to a buy rating.

DA Davidson  downgraded shares of Heritage Financial Co. HFWA from a buy rating to a neutral rating.

Morgan Stanley  downgraded shares of International Game Technology IGT from an overweight rating to an equalweight rating.

Roth Capital  upgraded shares of Informatica Co. INFA from a neutral rating to a buy rating.

Needham & Company  downgraded shares of Intersil Corp. ISIL from a buy rating to a hold rating.

Bank of America  downgraded shares of Lincoln Educational Services Corp LINC from a neutral rating to an underperform rating.

Janney Montgomery Scott  upgraded shares of Lumber Liquidators LL from a sell rating to a neutral rating.

Citigroup  downgraded shares of Lorillard Inc. LO from a buy rating to a neutral rating.

Needham & Company  downgraded shares of LogMeIn Inc LOGM from a buy rating to a hold rating.

Dougherty & Co  downgraded shares of LogMeIn Inc LOGM from a buy rating to a neutral rating.

Credit Agricole  upgraded shares of LSI Co. LSI from an underperform rating to an outperform rating.

Gabelli  upgraded shares of Level 3 LVLT from a hold rating to a buy rating.

UBS AG  downgraded shares of Altria Group MO from a buy rating to a neutral rating.

JMP Securities  upgraded shares of Marvell Technology Group MRVL from a market perform rating to an outperform rating.

ING Group  downgraded shares of ArcelorMittal ADR MT from a buy rating to a hold rating.

Macquarie  downgraded shares of MGIC Investment MTG from an outperform rating to a neutral rating.

Canaccord Genuity  downgraded shares of Nabors Industries NBR from a buy rating to a hold rating.

Goldman Sachs  downgraded shares of Noble Corp NE from a buy rating to a neutral rating.

Goldman Sachs  upgraded shares of Pioneer Drilling Company PDC from a neutral rating to a buy rating.

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