Merit Medical (NASDAQ: MMSI) Barrington Research raises rating to outperform from market perform
Encore Wire (NASDAQ: WIRE) Sidoti raises to buy from neutral
Alaska Air (NYSE: ALK) Buckingham Research raises to buy from neutral
Vocera (NYSE: VCRA) Craig Hallum raises to buy from hold
Southwestern Energy (NYSE: SWN) Raymond James raises to market perform from underperform
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) Clarkson Capital lowers to hold from buy
Aerie Pharma (NASDAQ: AERI) Canaccord Genuity lowers to hold from buy, price target to $12.00 from $40.00
First Merchants (NASDAQ: FRME) Sandler O'Neill lowers to hold from buy
Emerge Energy Services (NYSE: EMES) Robert W. Baird lowers to underperform from neutral, price target to $30.00 from $50.00
Proto Labs (NYSE: PRLB) Canaccord Genuity lowers to hold from buy, price target to $75.00 from $85.00
Mast Therapeutics (NYSE MKT: MSTX) ROTH Capital initiates coverage at buy with $3.00 price target
RAVE Restaurant Group (NASDAQ: RAVE) ROTH Capital initiates coverage at buy with $20.00 price target
Juniper Pharma (NASDAQ: JNP) ROTH Capital initiates coverage at buy with $15.00 price target
uniQure (NASDAQ: QURE) Chardan Capital Markets starts at buy with $40.00 price target
Randgold Resources (NASDAQ: GOLD) Credit Suisse starts at neutral
Lakeland (NASDAQ: LBAI) Raymond James resumes coverage at outperform
Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT) B. Riley & Co. raises price target to $31.00 from $29.00 with buy rating
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) RBC Capital Mkts raises price target to $50.00 from $47.00 with outperform rating
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) Oppenheimer raises price target to $57.00 from $47.50 with outperform rating; RBC Capital Mkts raises price target to $55.00 from $50.00 with outperform rating; Telsey Advisory Group raises price target to $59.00 from $51.00 with outperform rating