Benzinga's Top Upgrades, Downgrades For August 17, 2018

Top Upgrades

• Stifel Nicolaus upgraded Viper Energy Partners LP VNOM from Hold to Buy. Viper Energy Partners shares rose 1.23 percent to $38.80 in pre-market trading.
• Bank of America upgraded Enbridge Inc (USA) ENB from Neutral to Buy. Enbridge shares rose 0.95 percent to $35.23 in pre-market trading.
• Analysts at Atlantic Equities upgraded First Data Corp FDC from Neutral to Overweight. First Data shares rose 0.37 percent to $24.25 in pre-market trading.
• Cowen & Co. upgraded Colfax Corp CFX from Market Perform to Outperform. Colfax shares rose 1.45 percent to close at $31.53 on Thursday.
• Oppenheimer upgraded NVIDIA Corporation NVDA from Perform to Outperform. NVIDIA shares fell 3.72 percent to $247.87 in pre-market trading.
• Citigroup upgraded Esperion Therapeutics Inc ESPR from Neutral to Buy. Esperion Therapeutics shares rose 2.85 percent to $48.00 in pre-market trading.
• Raymond James upgraded Acer Therapeutics Inc ACER from Outperform to Strong Buy. Acer Therapeutics shares fell 0.27 percent to $26.17 in pre-market trading.

Top Downgrades

• KeyBanc downgraded Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp WAB from Overweight to Sector Weight. Westinghouse Air Brake shares rose 0.86 percent to close at $110.62 on Thursday.
• Jefferies downgraded Nutanix Inc NTNX from Buy to Hold. Nutanix shares fell 1.90 percent to $54.60 in pre-market trading.
• Evercore ISI Group downgraded Sun Communities Inc SUI from Outperform to In-Line. Sun Communities shares rose 0.98 percent to close at $102.12 on Thursday.
• Bernstein downgraded Hilton Hotels Corporation HLT from Outperform to Market Perform. Hilton Worldwide shares fell 0.71 percent to $76.69 in pre-market trading.
• Oppenheimer downgraded Yum China Holdings Inc YUMC from Outperform to Perform. Yum China shares rose 0.17 percent to $35.39 in pre-market trading.
• Susquehanna downgraded DSW Inc. DSW from Neutral to Negative. DSW shares fell 3.38 percent to $26.90 in pre-market trading.
• Bank of America downgraded Bluegreen Vacations Corp BXG from Buy to Underperform. Bluegreen Vacations shares fell 1.06 percent to $20.37 in pre-market trading.
• Raymond James downgraded Walmart Inc WMT from Strong Buy to Outperform. Walmart shares fell 0.34 percent to $98.30 in pre-market trading.
• Chardan Capital downgraded Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. FOLD from Buy to Neutral. Amicus Therapeutics shares fell 0.30 percent to $13.42 in pre-market trading.
• JP Morgan downgraded Dean Foods Co DF from Neutral to Underweight. Dean Foods shares fell 8.83 percent to $7.95 in pre-market trading.

Top Initiations

• Jefferies initiated Yatra Online Inc YTRA with a Buy rating. The price target for Yatra Online is set to $6.75. Yatra Online shares closed at $5.10 on Thursday.
• Analysts at Credit Suisse initiated coverage on WillScot Corp WSC with aN Outperform rating. The price target for WillScot is set to $20. WillScot shares closed at $15.90 on Thursday.
• Canaccord Genuity initiated coverage on Retrophin Inc RTRX with a Buy rating. The price target for Retrophin is set to $36. Retrophin shares closed at $27.05 on Thursday.
• Analysts at Maxim Group initiated coverage on Dare Bioscience Inc DARE with a Buy rating. The price target for Dare Bioscience is set to $3. Dare Bioscience shares closed at $0.99 on Thursday.
• TD Securities initiated coverage on Cott Corp (USA) COT with a Action Buy List rating. The price target for Cott is set to $22. Cott closed at $15.64 on Thursday.