Early Research Calls

Published on Monday, 30 July 2012 08:05 Written by Danny Miller

New York, July 30^th (TradersHuddle.com) – Following are some of the upgrades and downgrades before the market open.

Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) was upgraded to a Buy from Hold at Societe Generale.

Buckle (NYSE: BKE) was downgraded to a Sell from Neutral at Janney Capital Markets. The firm set its target price at $34.

Cerner (NASDAQ: CERN) was downgraded to a Neutral from Outperform at Cowen.

Chico's FAS (NYSE: CHS) was upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray.

Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN) was upgraded to a Hold from Underperform at Jefferies.

Deere (NYSE: DE) was upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray.

Domtar (NYSE: UFS) was upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan.

Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) was downgraded to Underperform from Hold at Jefferies.

Helmerich & Payne (NYSE: HP) was upgraded to a Buy from Hold at Canaccord Genuity.

JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) was downgraded to a Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank.

Newell Rubbermaid (NYSE: NWL) was downgraded to Equal-Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley.

Noble Energy (NYSE: NBL) was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at FBR Capital. The firm raised its target price to $120 from $100.

PETsMART (NASDAQ: PETM) was downgraded to a Neutral from Buy at Nomura.

Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) was upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays.

PulteGroup (NYSE: PHM) was downgraded to a Neutral from Buy at Citigroup.