Early Research Calls

Published on Thursday, 19 July 2012 07:53 Written by Danny Miller

New York, July 19^th (TradersHuddle.com) – Following are some of the upgrades and downgrades before the market open.

American Express (NYSE: AXP) was downgraded to a Neutral from Buy at Guggenheim.

A.O. Smith (NYSE: AOS) was downgraded to a Hold from Buy at KeyBanc Capital Markets and to a Neutral at Sterne Agee.

Cardinal Financial (NASDAQ: CFNL) was downgraded to a Neutral from Buy at Janney Capital Markets.

CRH plc (NYSE: CRH) was downgraded to a Neutral from Outperform at Exane BNP Paribas.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR) was downgraded to Market Weight from Overweight at ISI Group.

Dominion (NYSE: D) was upgraded to a Neutral from Underweight at JPMorgan.

Dover (NYSE: DOV) was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at William Blair.

FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) was upgraded to a Hold from Underperform at Jefferies.

Hawaiian Electric (NYSE: HE) was downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at Macquarie.

ISIS Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ISIS) was downgraded to Underperform from Buy at Jefferies.

LM Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) was upgraded to a Hold from Sell at Societe Generale.

News Corp (NASDAQ: NWSA) was upgraded to a Buy from Neutral at Citigroup.

Potash (NYSE: POT) was downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at CIBC.

Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE: PEG) was downgraded to a Neutral from Buy at Citigroup.

Quanta Services (NYSE: PWR) was downgraded to a Sell from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Skyworks (NASDAQ: SWKS) was downgraded to a Hold from Buy at Needham, but it was upgraded to a Buy at Sterne Agee.

U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) was downgraded to Perform from Outperform at Oppenheimer.