Equity Briefing: Upgrades and Downgrades for August 16th: A, AEZS, AFCE, ANF, ARE, BBY, BEAM, CNI, CP, CSCO

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:

UBS AG  reiterated its buy rating on shares of Agilent Technologies Inc. A.

Oppenheimer  reiterated its perform rating on shares of AEterna Zentaris Inc. AEZS.

Feltl & Co.  downgraded shares of AFC Enterprises, Inc. AFCE from a buy rating to a hold rating. Their analysts now have a $26.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $21.50.

UBS AG  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of Abercrombie & Fitch ANF. They have a $36.00 price target on the stock.

Oppenheimer  reiterated its outperform rating on shares of Abercrombie & Fitch ANF.

Barclays Capital  reiterated its overweight rating on shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. ARE.

Barclays Capital  reiterated its equalweight rating on shares of Best Buy Co., Inc. BBY.

Credit Agricole  initiated coverage on shares of BEAM Inc BEAM. They issued an underperform rating on the stock.

FirstEnergy Capital  initiated coverage on shares of Canadian National Railway CNI. They issued a top pick rating on the stock.

FirstEnergy Capital  initiated coverage on shares of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited CP. They issued an outperform rating on the stock.

Oppenheimer  reiterated its outperform rating on shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO.

Wells Fargo & Co.  reiterated its outperform rating on shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO.

Wedbush  reiterated its outperform rating on shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO.

Compass Point  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of Coinstar CSTR.

Brean Murray  reiterated its hold rating on shares of Dangdang DANG.

Barclays Capital  reiterated its positive rating on shares of Deere & Company DE.

Wedbush  reiterated its outperform rating on shares of Dollar Tree Inc DLTR.

Oppenheimer  reiterated its outperform rating on shares of Domino's Pizza, Inc. DPZ.

Oppenheimer  raised its price target on shares of EOG Resources EOG to $130.00. They have an outperform rating on the stock. They noted that the move was a valuation call.

BMO Capital Markets  downgraded shares of Great Basin Gold Ltd. GBG from a market perform rating to an underperform rating.

Robert W. Baird  reiterated its outperform rating on shares of GameStop Corp GME.

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