Ratings of the day 21.04.2017

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UPGRADES:
• Alon USA Partners (ALDW) raised to outperform at Credit Suisse, PT $12
• Brandywine Realty (BDN) raised to buy at Stifel, PT $19
• Citizens Financial (CFG) raised to overweight at Piper Jaffray
• Core Laboratories (CLB) raised to buy at Loop Capital, PT $130
• Core Laboratories (CLB) raised to hold at ABN Amro Bank
• Costco (COST) raised to overweight at Barclays
• Datawatch (DWCH) raised to buy at National Securities, PT $11.50
• First Financial Bankshares (FFIN) raised to market perform at KBW
• Fortinet (FTNT) raised to outperform at BMO, PT $46
• Gigamon (GIMO) raised to buy at Stifel, PT $42
• NuStar Energy (NS) raised to outperform at Wells Fargo
• NuStar GP Holdings (NSH) raised to outperform at Wells Fargo
• Quest Diagnostics (DGX) raised to outperform at Raymond James, PT $116
• Skechers (SKX) raised to buy at B Riley, PT $32
• Westamerica Bancorp (WABC) raised to market perform at KBW, PT $56
DOWNGRADES:
• Cabot Oil (COG) cut to outperform at Raymond James, PT $27
• Canadian Pacific Railway (CP CN) cut to hold at Loop Capital, PT C$215
• Essent (ESNT) cut to neutral at JPMorgan, PT $39
• Fairmount Santrol (FMSA) cut to equal-weight at Barclays
• Hudson's Bay (HBC CN) cut to neutral at Credit Suisse, PT C$12
• Humana (HUM) cut to hold at Jefferies, PT $221
• Maxim Integrated (MXIM) cut to inline at Evercore ISI, PT $46
• National Beverage (FIZZ) cut to neutral at Credit Suisse, PT $82
• Omnicell (OMCL) cut to neutral at Piper Jaffray
• Plains All American (PAA) cut to hold at Jefferies, PT $27
• Plains GP (PAGP) cut to hold at Jefferies, PT $27
• Primerica (PRI) cut to market perform at William Blair
• U.S. Silica (SLCA) cut to equal-weight at Barclays
• Varex Imaging (VREX) cut to underweight at JPMorgan, PT $30
INITIATIONS:
• Antares Pharma (ATRS) new strong buy at Raymond James, PT $4.30
• Cascadian (CASC) new buy at BTIG, PT $13
• Cedar Fair (FUN) new buy at Stifel
• Cidara (CDTX) new strong buy at Raymond James, PT $14
• Cogent Comms (CCOI) new sector weight at Pacific Crest
• Enterprise Products (EPD) new outperform at Macquarie, PT $32
• GW Pharma (GWP LN) new buy at Maxim, PT $135
• GasLog Partners (GLOP) new accumulate at Fearnley, PT $25
• GasLog Partners (GLOP) new equal-weight at Barclays, PT $26
• HCP (HCP) new neutral at MUFG, PT $32
• Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV) new buy at Janney, PT $38
• Kinder Morgan (KMI) new neutral at Macquarie, PT $21
• Magellan Midstream Partners (MMP) new neutral at Macquarie, PT $80
• Marriott Vacations (VAC) new buy at Janney, PT $119
• McDonald's (MCD) new outperform at BMO, PT $153
• NuStar Energy (NS) new neutral at Macquarie, PT $47
• NuStar GP Holdings (NSH) new neutral at Macquarie, PT $26
• Patrick Industries (PATK) new outperform at Baird, PT $74
• Plains All American (PAA) new outperform at Macquarie, PT $35.50
• Plains GP (PAGP) new outperform at Macquarie, PT $37
• SeaWorld (SEAS) new buy at Stifel
• Six Flags (SIX) new buy at Stifel
• Tallgrass Energy GP (TEGP) new outperform at Macquarie, PT $32
• Tallgrass Energy Partners (TEP) new outperform at Macquarie, PT $61
• Targa Resources (TRGP) new outperform at Macquarie, PT $65
• Weingarten (WRI) new outperform at Baird, PT $41
• Wendy's (WEN) new outperform at BMO, PT $17
• Western Gas Equity Partners (WGP) new outperform at Macquarie, PT $51
• Western Gas Partners (WES) new outperform at Macquarie, PT $70
• Williams Cos (WMB) resumed outperform at evercore ISI, PT $34
• Williams Partners (WMB) resumed outperform at evercore ISI, PT $43
• Yum (YUM) new market perform at BMO, PT $66