Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (A, MO, BAC, BCS, CPHD, DF, DNR, HAL, JCI, LH, LYG, RMBS, SWIR, VMI, WSM)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Monday.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.

Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) raised to Buy at UBS.

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.

Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.

Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Dean Foods Co. (NYSE: DF) raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.

Denbury Resources Inc. (NYSE: DNR) named a trading buy ahead of the holiday at Credit Suisse.

Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) raised to Outperform at Macquarie.

Johnson Controls Inc. (NYSE: JCI) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Lab Corp. of America (NYSE: LH) cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (NYSE: LYG) cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.

Sierra Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: SWIR) named value stock of the day at Zacks.

Valmont Industries Inc. (NYSE: VMI) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.

Williams-Sonoma Inc. (NYSE: WSM) raised to Buy at BofA/ML.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: 24/7 Wall St. Wire, Analyst Calls Tagged: A, BAC, BCS, CPHD, DF, DNR, HAL, JCI, LH, LYG, MO, RMBS, SWIR, VMI, WSM