Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Google (GOOG), Walgreen Co (WAG), Harley-Davidson (HOG), Analyst initiations
Analyst upgrades:
- Keefe Bruyette upgraded Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) to Outperform from Market Perform on expectations that derivatives trading will increase in the coming quarters.
- NutriSystem (NASDAQ: NTRI) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral by Janney Montgomery, which believes that the company's earnings have hit bottom, while the company could report better-than-expected Q1 results.
- Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG) was upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital. The firm thinks the company is an early-cycle story that has significant upside potential.
- UBS upgraded Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) to Buy from Neutral citing cost cutting efforts and slowing store growth.
- Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Benchmark Co.
- Safeway (NYSE: SWY) was upgraded to Buy from Hold by BB&T.
- Needham upgraded Targacept (NASDAQ: TRGT) to Buy from Hold.
- Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR) was raised to Buy from Hold at Jesup & Lamont.
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