Research Calls

Published on Monday, 13 August 2012 08:34 Written by Danny Miller

New York, August 13^th (TradersHuddle.com) – Following are some of the upgrades and downgrades before the market open.

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

Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) was upgraded to a Buy from Hold at Canaccord Genuity. The firm raised its target price to $75 from $71.

Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) was upgraded to a Buy from Sell at Goldman Sachs. The stock was also added to the firm’s Conviction Buy list.

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) was downgraded to a Neutral from Buy at Goldman Sachs. The stock was also removed from the firm’s Conviction Buy List.

ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) was upgraded to a Buy from Hold at Societe Generale.

EOG Resources (NYSE: EOG) was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Raymond James.

Fiserv (NASDAQ: FISV) was upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan.

GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) was downgraded to a Hold from Buy at Jefferies.

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) was upgraded to Overweight from Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley.

Heartland Payment Systems (NYSE: HPY) was upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan.

International Paper (NYSE: IP) was upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.

J. C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) was downgraded to a Neutral from Overweight at Piper Jaffray.

J.M. Smucker (NYSE: SJM) was upgraded to a Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Packaging Corp (NYSE: PKG) was upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Pandora Media (NYSE: P) was downgraded to Equal-Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley.

Rock-Tenn (NYSE: RKT) was upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Ross Stores (NASDAQ: ROST) was upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray.

Schnitzer Steel (NASDAQ: SCHN) was downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at Bank of America Merrill.

Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) was upgraded to a Buy from Neutral at Bank of America Merrill.

Western Union (NYSE: WU) was downgraded to a Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan.