Vancouver, BC, July 17, 2012 - (ACN Newswire) - A number of stocks were upgraded and downgraded by equities research analysts today, as reported by Analyst Ratings Network and Equity Briefing:

CRT Capital downgraded shares of Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) from a buy rating to a fair value rating.Their analysts now have a $7.00 price target on the stock.

Credit Suisse initiated coverage on shares of Accuride Corp (NYSE: ACW). They issued a neutral rating on the stock and set a $6.00 price target.

Compass Point initiated coverage on shares of Agree Realty Corp (NYSE: ADC). They issued a buy rating on the stock and set a $28.00 price target.

Raymond James downgraded shares of Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (NYSE: AEM) from an outperform rating to a market perform rating.

Leerink Swann initiated coverage on shares of Alnylam Pharma (NASDAQ: ALNY). They issued an outperform rating on the stock.

Macquarie upgraded shares of Alterra Capital Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALTE) from a neutral rating to an outperform rating.

DeutscheBank downgraded shares of Alcatel Lucent (NYSE: ALU) from a buy rating to a hold rating.

Wells Fargo & Co. reiterated its outperform rating on shares of TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ: AMTD).

Lazard Capital initiated coverage on shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). They issued a buy rating on the stock and set a $240.00 price target.

Evercore Partners initiated coverage on shares of AOL (NYSE: AOL). They issued an equal weight rating on the stock.

Morgan Stanley upgraded shares of Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) from an underweight rating to an equalweight rating.

Barrington Research initiated coverage on shares of Belden (NYSE: BDC). They issued an outperform rating on the stock and set a $40.00 price target.

RBC Capital initiated coverage on shares of Boyd Gaming (NYSE: BYD). They issued a sector perform rating on the stock.

Canaccord Genuity upgraded shares of Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE: CLR) from a hold rating to a buy rating.

Citigroup upgraded shares ofChipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) from a neutral rating to a buy rating. Citigroup now has a $490.00 price target on the stock.

Barrington Research downgraded shares of Cintas (NASDAQ: CTAS) from an outperform rating to a market perform rating.

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