Early Research Calls ( FII, AONE, MMM, BYD, CIT, JOY, ELN, CE, IRBT, DFT )

Published on Thursday, 09 February 2012 08:57 Written by Danny Miller

New York, February 9th (TradersHuddle.com) - Research Analyst's early calls ahead of the bell.

Federated Investors (NYSE:FII) was downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at Macquarie.

A123 Systems (NASDAQ:AONE) was downgraded to a Sell at Wunderlich. The firm lowered its target price to $0.50.

3M Co. (NYSE:MMM) was downgraded to a Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank.

Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) was downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Barclays.

CIT Group (NYSE:CIT) was upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.

Joy Global (NYSE:JOY) was downgraded to a Hold from Buy at Jefferies.

Elan (NYSE:ELN) was upgraded to a Neutral from Underperform at Exane BNP Paribas.

Celanese (NYSE:CE) was upgraded to a Buy from Hold at Jefferies.

IRobot (NASDAQ:IRBT) was downgraded to a Hold from Buy at EarlyBirdCapital.

Dupont Fabros Technology (NYSE:DFT) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo.