Downgrades

Top Upgrades Analysts at UBS upgraded Restaurant Brands International Inc (NYSE: QSR) from Neutral to Buy. Restaurant Brands shares rose 0.73 percent to close at $48.30 on Thursday. Citigroup upgraded Avery Dennison Corp (NYSE: AVY) from Neutral to Buy. Avery Dennison shares rose 0.03...

Top Upgrades Analysts at Morgan Stanley upgraded Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) from Equal Weight to Overweight. Southwest shares rose 0.39 percent to $51.50 in pre-market trading. Raymond James upgraded C R Bard Inc (NYSE: BCR) from Outperform to Strong Buy. C.R. Bard shares fell 0.09...

Top Upgrades Analysts at Evercore ISI Group upgraded Charles River Laboratories Intl. Inc (NYSE: CRL) from Hold to Buy. Charles River shares rose 0.45 percent to close at $76.53 on Tuesday. Deutsche Bank upgraded HollyFrontier Corp (NYSE: HFC) from Hold to Buy. HollyFrontier shares rose 2....

Top Upgrades Analysts at Citigroup upgraded Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) from Neutral to Buy. Verizon shares rose 0.58 percent to $53.69 in pre-market trading. RBC Capital upgraded Groupon Inc (NASDAQ: GRPN) from Underperform to Sector Perform. Groupon shares rose 3 percent to $...

Top Upgrades Analysts at Morgan Stanley upgraded Cempra Inc (NASDAQ: CEMP) from Underweight to Equal-Weight. The price target for Cempra has been lowered from $5 to $3. Cempra shares gained 3.85 percent to $2.70 in pre-market trading. Deutsche Bank upgraded China Lodging Group, Ltd (ADR...

Top Upgrades Analysts at Standpoint Research upgraded Newmont Mining Corp (NYSE: NEM) from Hold to Buy. Newmont Mining shares closed at $32.78 on Wednesday. Johnson Rice upgraded Basic Energy Services, Inc (NYSE: BAS) from Hold to Accumulate. Basic Energy Services shares closed at $33.97...

Top Upgrades Analysts at Monness Crespi Hardt upgraded Skechers USA Inc (NYSE: SKX) from Neutral to Buy. Skechers USA shares fell 4.30 percent to close at $24.05 on Thursday. Top Downgrades Argus Research downgraded Sun Life Financial Inc (NYSE: SLF) from Buy to Hold. Sun Life...

Top Upgrades Analysts at Summit Redstone Partners upgraded Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) from Sell to Buy. Micron shares rose 12.05 percent to $23.06 in pre-market trading. Baird upgraded AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) from Neutral to Outperform. AMETEK shares fell 0.34 percent to close...

Top Upgrades Atlantic Equities upgraded Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) from Underweight to Neutral. Morgan Stanley shares rose 1.56 percent to close at $43.50 on Tuesday. Credit Suisse upgraded Sunoco LP (NYSE: SUN) from Neutral to Outperform. Sunoco shares gained 2.39 percent to $22.67 in pre-...

Top Upgrades Macquarie upgraded Alcoa Corporation (NYSE: AA) from Neutral to Outperform. Alcoa shares rose 0.61 percent to $29.47 in pre-market trading. FBR Capital upgraded Zions Bancorp (NASDAQ: ZION) from Market Perform to Outperform. Zions Bancorp shares rose 1.59 percent to close at $...

Top Upgrades Oppenheimer upgraded DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ: DXCM) from Perform to Outperform. DexCom shares fell 0.49 percent to close at $63.41 on Friday. Morgan Stanley upgraded Williams Companies Inc (NYSE: WMB) from Equal-Weight to Overweight. Williams Companies shares rose 2.24 percent...

Top Upgrades JP Morgan upgraded Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO) from Underweight to Neutral. Brown & Brown shares closed at $44.90 on Thursday. Goldman Sachs upgraded Pioneer Energy Services Corp (NYSE: PES) from Neutral to Buy. Pioneer Energy shares closed at $5.95 on Thursday...

Top Upgrades Credit Suisse upgraded Heico Corp (NYSE: HEI) from Neutral to Outperform. Heico shares fell 4.19 percent to close at $75.63 on Wednesday. JP Morgan upgraded Swift Transportation Co (NYSE: SWFT) from Neutral to Overweight. Swift Transportation shares fell 0.21 percent to close...

Top Upgrades Morgan Stanley upgraded United States Cellular Corp (NYSE: USM) from Underweight to Equal-Weight. United States Cellular shares rose 0.10 percent to close at $41.48 on Tuesday. Citigroup upgraded F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) from Neutral to Buy. F5 Networks shares rose 0....

Top Upgrades Jefferies upgraded Unilever plc (ADR) (NYSE: UL) from Hold to Buy. Unilever shares rose 1.38 percent to $40.47 in pre-market trading. Keefe Bruyette & Woods upgraded D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE: DHI) from Market Perform to Outperform. D.R. Horton shares rose 2.64 percent to...