Early Research Calls

Published on Thursday, 07 June 2012 08:30 Written by Christian Paolinetti

New York, June 7th (TradersHuddle.com) - Research Analyst's early calls ahead of the bell.

PulteGroup (NYSE:PHM) was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at FBR Capital. The firm raised its target price to $11 from $10.

Sonic (NASDAQ:SONC) was upgraded to a Buy at Bank of America Merrill.

MAKO Surgical (NASDAQ:MAKO) was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at William Blair.

Regions Financials (NYSE:RF) was upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Macquarie.

Invesco Mortgage Capital (NYSE:IVR) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo.

Mitsubishi Financial (NYSE:MTU) was upgraded to a Buy from Hold at Exane BNP Paribas.

Tempur-Pedic (NYSE:TPX) was downgraded to a Neutral from Overweight at Piper Jaffray.

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) was upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.

RF Micro Devices (NASDAQ:RFMD) was upgraded to a Buy from Neutral at Davenport.

Midsouth Bancorp (NYSE:MSL) was downgraded to Outperform from Strong Buy at Raymond James.