Ratings of the day 19.04.2017

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UPGRADES:
• AK Steel (AKS) raised to neutral at Citi, PT $7
• Bank of America (BAC) raised to strong buy at Vining Sparks, PT $28
• Coca-Cola (KO) raised to outperform at Credit Suisse
• Energy Transfer Equity (ETE) raised to buy at Jefferies
• Fastenal (FAST) raised to outperform at Credit Suisse
• Flowserve (FLS) raised to outperform at Cowen
• Genesee & Wyoming (GWR) raised to buy at BofAML, PT $76
• Goldman Sachs (GS) raised to neutral at Citi
• HP Inc (HPQ) raised to overweight at Barclays, PT $22
• Imperial Metals (III CN) raised to hold at Canaccord, PT C$6.50
• International Paper (IP) raised to outperform at RBC, PT $56
• Kirby (KEX) raised to outperform at Credit Suisse
• MSC Industrial (MSM) raised to outperform at Credit Suisse, PT $100
• Mobile TeleSystems (MTSS RM) raised to buy at BCS, PT $12.31
• National Fuel (NFG) raised to hold at Jefferies
• Proofpoint (PFPT) raised to buy at DA Davidson, PT $90
• Rockwell Automation (ROK) raised to hold at Gabelli
• Rockwell Collins (COL) raised to outperform at Baird, PT $118
• Russel Metals (RUS CN) raised to outperform at Raymond James, PT C$30
• Southwestern Energy (SWN) raised to outperform at Cowen
• Tempur Sealy (TPX) raised to strong buy at Raymond James, PT $53
• Veon (VEON) raised to buy at BCS, PT $4.60
• WestRock (WRK) raised to buy at Goldman
• WestRock (WRK) raised to outperform at RBC, PT $59
DOWNGRADES:
• Allstate (ALL) cut to neutral at Macquarie, PT $81
• AvalonBay (AVB) cut to market perform at JMP
• Canfor (CFP CN) cut to underperform at RBC, PT C$17
• Cardinal Health (CAH) cut to market perform at William Blair
• Cascades (CAS CN) cut to sector perform at RBC, PT C$16
• Education Realty (EDR) cut to market perform at JMP
• Energizer Holdings (ENR) cut to equal-weight at Morgan Stanley, PT $61
• Grainger (GWW) cut to underperform at Credit Suisse, PT $175
• Interactive Brokers (IBKR) cut to market perform at KBW, PT $38
• Murphy USA (MUSA) cut to market perform at Wells Fargo
• PerkinElmer (PKI) cut to neutral at Cantor
• Potlatch (PCH) cut to sector perform at RBC, PT $47
• Regions Financial (RF) cut to inline at Evercore ISI, PT $15
• Santander Chile (BSAN CI) cut to neutral at Credit Suisse, PT $26
• Sirius XM (SIRI) cut to underweight at Morgan Stanley, PT $4.80
• TriNet Group (TNET) cut to hold at Deutsche Bank
• Ultragenyx (RARE) cut to neutral at Wedbush, PT $75
• Vectren (VVC) cut to sector weight at Keybanc
• Western Forest Products (WEF CN) cut to sector perform at RBC, PT C$2.25
INITIATIONS:
• AT&T (T) new hold at SunTrust, PT $40
• Amira Nature Foods (ANFI) new sector weight at Keybanc
• Baker Hughes (BHI) new hold at HSBC, PT $62
• Basic Energy Services (BAS) new buy at Nomura, PT $51
• Blackbaud (BLKB) new outperform at Raymond James, PT $90
• C&J Energy Services (CJ) new buy at Nomura, PT $46
• Cable One (CABO) new buy at SunTrust, PT $715
• Charter Communications (CHTR) new buy at SunTrust, PT $380
• Comcast (CMCSA) new buy at SunTrust, PT $45
• DXC Technology (DXC) new overweight at JPMorgan, PT $90
• Dish (DISH) new hold at SunTrust, PT $60
• Edison International (EIX) new buy at Mizuho, PT $91.50
• FS Bancorp (FSBW) new outperform at Raymond James, PT $43
• FirstEnergy (FE) new neutral at Mizuho, PT $31.25
• Halliburton (HAL) new buy at HSBC, PT $65
• Keane Group (FRAC) new neutral at Nomura, PT $17
• Key Energy (KEG) new neutral at Nomura, PT $27
• LendingClub (LC) new hold at Stifel, PT $6
• Lilis Energy (LLEX) new outperform at Northland, PT $7.50
• Mammoth Energy (TUSK) new buy at Nomura, PT $32
• On Deck Capital (ONDK) new buy at Stifel, PT $6
• PNM Resources (PNM) new underperform at Mizuho, PT $32.25
• PSE&G (PEG) new neutral at Mizuho, PT $44.50
• ProPetro Holding (PUMP) new buy at Nomura, PT $19
• Reliance Steel (RS) new neutral at Longbow
• Schlumberger (SLB) new hold at HSBC, PT $90
• Sprint (S) new hold at SunTrust, PT $9
• T-Mobile (TMUS) new buy at SunTrust, PT $76
• Verizon (VZ) new hold at SunTrust, PT $50
• Xcel Energy (XEL) new neutral at Mizuho, PT $44