Upgrades and Downgrades (AKAM, MAC, QNST, WFMI, ALV, BBY, BWA, DGI, LOPE, MR, NOC, NTLS, NUAN, RBS, SWSI, TKS, TRW)

Published on Tuesday, 10 August 2010 07:40 Written by Danny Miller

New York, August 10^th (TradersHuddle.com) – Following are some of the top upgrades and downgrades before the market open.

Upgrades:

Akamai (NASDAQ:AKAM), the provider of delivery services for streaming media, was upgraded to a Buy from Neutral at Goldman

Macerich (NYSE:MAC), the regional shopping center REIT, was upgraded to a Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank

QuinStreet (NASDAQ:QNST), the vertical marketing and media on the Internet Company, was upgraded to a Strong Buy from Buy at Needham.

Whole Foods (NASDAQ:WFMI), the owner and operator of organic and natural food supermarkets, was upgraded to a Buy from Neutral at UBS.

Downgrades

Autoliv (NYSE:ALV), the maker of automotive safety systems, including air bags, seat belt, and night vision devices, was downgraded to a Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank.

Best Buy (NYSE:BBY), the consumer electronics goods and appliances retailer, was downgraded to a Neutral from Buy at Goldman.

Borg Warner (NYSE:BWA), the provider of engineered systems and components for automotive power train applications, was downgraded to a Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank.

DigitalGlobe (NYSE:DGI), the high-resolution earth imaging and geo-information Company, was downgraded to a Hold from Buy at Canaccord Genuity.

Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE), the provider of online post secondary education services, was downgraded to Outperform from Top Pick at RBC Capital.

Mindray Medical (NYSE:MR), the medical device maker, was downgraded to a Hold from Buy at Soleil.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC), the maker of aircraft carriers and fighter jets, was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at FBR Capital.

Ntelos Holdings (NASDAQ:NTLS), the provider of wireless and wireline communications services to consumers and businesses in Virginia and West Virginia, was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo.

Nuance Communications (NASDAQ:NUAN), the provider of speech and imaging solutions, was downgraded to a Neutral from Buy at Goldman.

Royal Bank of Scotland (NYSE:RBS) was downgraded to a Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.

Superior Well Services (NASDAQ:SWSI), the oilfield services provider, was downgraded to a Neutral from Outperform at Macquarie. Superior Well was also downgraded to a Hold from Buy at Jefferies.

Tomkins PLC (NYSE:TKS), the diversified manufacturer operating in the industrial and Automotive, Engineered and Construction Products, and Air Systems Components markets, was downgraded to a Neutral from Outperform at Exane BNP Paribas.

TRW Automotive (NYSE:TRW), the automotive parts supplier maker of airbags, seat belts and steering wheels, was downgraded to a Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank.