Wall Street Upgrades/Downgrades for 12/19/11

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If you are serious about staying on top of your portfolios, you will need to keep abreast of what The Street is saying about your stocks. While not all analyst upgrades or downgrades will move a company's stock in a big way, you can rest assured that there are those that will most definitely get traders' attention.

So, be sure to start your day with a quick perusal of the upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street's finest. Below is a summary of today's rating changes:

Wall Street Research Summary

Upgrades:

• Patterson-UTI (PTEN) - Barclays
  
• United Natural Foods (UNFI) - Canaccord Genuity
  
• Athenahealth (ATHN) - Citi
  
• Torchmark (TMK) - Credit Suisse
  
• Lazard (LAZ) - Credit Suisse
  
• Spirit AeroSystems (SPR) - Credit Suisse
  
• DTE Energy (DTE) - Credit Suisse
  
• BMC Software(BMC) - JPMorgan
  
• Coca-Cola FEMSA (KOF) - Morgan Stanley
  
• United Rentals (URI) - RBC Capital
  
• Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) - RBC Capital
  
• VMware (VWM) - Mentioned positively at ThinkEquity

Downgrades:

• Diamond Offshore (DO) - Barclays
  
• Hospira (HSP) - Bernstein
  
• General Growth Properties (GGP) - Credit Suisse
  
• Pinnacle West (PNW) - Credit Suisse
  
• Leapfrog (LF) - Stifel Nicolaus

Long positions in stocks mentioned: VMW

Source: StreetInsider.com

 

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