Early Research Calls

Published on Friday, 12 October 2012 07:49 Written by Danny Miller

New York, October 12^th (TradersHuddle.com) – Following are some of the upgrades and downgrades before the market open.

Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) was downgraded to a Neutral from Buy at Nomura.

Aon Plc (NYSE: AON) was upgraded to a Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Borg Warner (NYSE: BWA) was upgraded to a Buy from Neutral at Citigroup.

Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) was downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at Cowen.

Jive Software (NASDAQ: JIVE) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at BMO Capital.

LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) was upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Evercore Partners.

OGE Energy (NYSE: OGE) was upgraded to a Buy from Hold at Jefferies.

Seagate Technologies (NASDAQ: STX) was downgraded to a Sell from Buy at Citigroup.

Titanium Metals (NYSE: TIE) was downgraded to a Neutral from Buy at Citigroup.

Tyco (NYSE: TYC) was downgraded to In-line from Outperform at Imperial Capital. The firm set its target price at $30.

Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) was upgraded to a Buy from Hold at Jefferies.

Walter Energy (NYSE: WLT) was downgraded to a Sell from Outperform at Credit Agricole.

Western Digital (NYSE: WDC) was downgraded to a Sell from Buy at Citigroup.

Xenoport (NASDAQ: XNPT) was downgraded to a Neutral from Overweight at Piper Jaffray.