Equity Briefing: Upgrades and Downgrades for August 17th: QCOM, RHI, ROST, RTN, SFG, SNE, STJ, TIF, TRW

A number of stocks were upgraded and downgraded by equities research analysts today, as reported by Analyst Ratings Network (http://bit.ly/arndailyr) and Equity Briefing:

Canaccord Genuity  reiterated its buy rating on shares of QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM).

Zacks  downgraded shares of Robert Half (NYSE: RHI) from an outperform rating to a neutral rating. Their analysts now have a $30.00 price target on the stock. To view Zacks' full report, visit http://bit.ly/zacksreport.

MKM Partners  reiterated its buy rating on shares of Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROST).

UBS AG  reiterated its buy rating on shares of Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROST).

Zacks  downgraded shares of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) from an outperform rating to a neutral rating. Their analysts now have a $59.00 price target on the stock.

Zacks  reiterated its underperform rating on shares of StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: SFG). They have a $28.00 price target on the stock.

Nomura  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of Sony Co. (NYSE: SNE).

Canaccord Genuity  reiterated its buy rating on shares of St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE: STJ).

Oppenheimer  reiterated its outperform rating on shares of Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF).

Zacks  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (NYSE: TRW). They have a $46.00 price target on the stock.

Zacks  downgraded shares of Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) from a neutral rating to an underperform rating. Their analysts now have a $31.00 price target on the stock.

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