Upgrades and Downgrades for Wednesday, 3/28/12

Upgrades

• Progressive (PGR) upgraded by Credit Suisse from Neutral to Outperform
• Aeropostale (ARO) upgraded  by Wedbush from Neutral to Outperform
• Hatteras Financial (HTS) upgraded by Deutsche Bank from Hold to Buy
• DirecTV (DTV) upgraded by Citigroup from Neutral to Buy
• NVIDIA (NVDA) upgraded by JMP Securities from Underperform to Market Perform
• PAREXEL (PRXL) upgraded by Jefferies from Hold to Buy
• Overseas Shipholding (OSG) upgraded by Dahlman Rose from Sell to Hold
• Frontline (FRO) upgraded by Dahlman Rose from Hold to Buy
• Teekay Tankers (TNK) upgraded by Dahlman Rose from Hold to Buy
• Mitsubishi UFJ (MTU) upgraded by Jefferies from Hold to Buy
• NCI, Inc. (NCIT) upgraded by BB&T from Underweight to Hold
• Telecom Italia (TI) upgraded by JPMorgan from Neutral to Overweight
• Zoltek (ZOLT) upgraded by Needham from Underperform to Hold

Downgrades 

• Verizon (VZ) downgraded by RBC Capital from Outperform to Sector Perform
• Nestle (NSRGY) downgraded by UBS from Buy to Neutral
• A123 Systems (AONE) downgraded by Deutsche Bank from Buy to Hold
• Chimera Investment (CIM) downgraded by Deutsche Bank from Buy to Hold
• SYNNEX (SNX) downgraded by Citigroup from Buy to Neutral
• Geokinetics (GOK) downgraded by Pritchard from Buy to Neutral
• InterActiveCorp (IACI) downgraded by Citigroup from Buy to Neutral
• Weatherford (WFT) downgraded by Guggenheim from Buy to Neutral
• AudioCodes (AUDC) downgraded by Oppenheimer from Outperform to Perform
• Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA) downgraded by Piper Jaffray from Overweight to Neutral
• F5 Networks (FFIV) downgraded by FBN Securities from Outperform to Sector Perform

March 28, 2012

By Theflyonthewall.com

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