South State (NASDAQ: SSB) FIG Partners raises rating to outperform from market perform
Diebold (NYSE: DBD) Northcoast raises to buy from neutral
NCR Corp (NYSE: NCR) Northcoast raises to buy from neutral
Landec (NASDAQ : LNDC) Sidoti raises to buy from neutral
JB Hunt Trans (NASDAQ: JBHT) BB&T Capital Mkts raises to buy from hold with $83.00 price target
Affymetrix (NASDAQ: AFFX) Cantor Fitzgerald lowers to hold from buy, raises price target to $14.00 from $13.00
Engility (NYSE: EGL) Drexel Hamilton lowers to hold from buy
PAREXEL (NASDAQ: PRXL) Avondale lowers to underperform from market perform
American Eagle (NYSE: AEO) BB&T Capital Mkts lowers to hold from buy
OvaScience (NASDAQ: OVAS) Oppenheimer lowers to market perform from outperform
ARI Ntwrk Service (NASDAQ: ARIS) Barrington Research initiates at outperform with $6.00 price target
Alcobra Pharma (NASDAQ: ADHD) Oppenheimer starts at outperform with $16.00 price target
Gartner (NYSE: IT) Atlantic Equities starts at overweight
Mitek Systems (NASDAQ: MITK) Northland Capital starts at outperform
QTS Realty Trust (NYSE: QTS) Sun Trust Rbsn Humphrey starts at buy
Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB) Scotia Howard Weil lowers price target to $80.00 from $90.00 with focus stock rating; Oppenheimer lowers price target to $92.00 from $94.00 with outperform rating
Citizens Financial Group (NYSE: CFG) Oppenheimer lowers price target to $27.00 from $30.00 with outperform rating
Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) Pivotal Research Group lowers price target to $34.00 from $43.00 with buy rating
Hexcel (NYSE: HXL) Canaccord Genuity lowers price target to $48.00 from $50.00 with hold rating