Upgrades & Downgrades

Published on Thursday, 17 May 2012 08:25 Written by Danny Miller

New York, May 17th (TradersHuddle.com) - Research Calls ahead of the market open.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (NYSE:BBVA) was upgraded to a Neutral from Underperform at Exane BNP Paribas.

Harsco (NYSE:HSC) was upgraded to a Strong Buy from Market Perform at Raymond James.

Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) was upgraded to a Neutral from Underperform at Sterne Agee.

Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) was upgraded to a Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank.

Legg Mason (NYSE:LM) was upgraded to a Buy from Neutral at Citigroup.

Berry Petroleum (NYSE:BRY) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Raymond James.

Cimarex (NYSE:XEC) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Raymond James.

Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS) was downgraded to a Hold from Buy at KeyBanc Capital Markets.

Clayton Williams Energy (NASDAQ:CWEI) was downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at Raymond James.

Forest Oil (NYSE:FST) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Raymond James.