Analysts Downgrades – AXE, SYMC, DV, WMT, WAB, QEP

The following stocks have recently had their ratings downgraded by stock analysts.

Anixter (NYSE:AXE) Stifel Nicolaus has downgraded Anixter’s rating
from: Buy – to – Hold. Anixter International Inc. is engaged in the distribution of communications and electrical wire and cable products and fasteners and other small parts.

Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) RBC Capital Mkts has downgraded Symantec’s rating
from: Outperform – to – Sector Perform
Target Price: $18.00 . Symantec Corporation provides security, storage and systems management solutions to help businesses and consumers secure and manage their information. It has business in three geographic regions: Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific Japan.

DeVry (NYSE:DV) Barrington Research has downgraded DeVry’s rating
from: Outperform – to – Mkt Perform. DeVry, Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, owns and operates DeVry University, Ross University, Chamberlain College of Nursing, U.S. Education, Becker Professional Education and Advanced Academics.

Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) Argus has downgraded Wal-Mart’s rating
from: Buy – to – Hold. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates Walmart discount stores, supercenters, Neighborhood Markets and Sam’s Club locations in the United States.

Wabtec (NYSE:WAB) KeyBanc Capital Mkts has downgraded Wabtec’s rating
from: Buy – to – Hold. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp is a provider of value-added, technology-based products and services for the global rail industry.It primarily serves the worldwide freight rail and passenger transit industries.

QEP Resources (NYSE:QEP) Howard Weil has downgraded QEP Resources’s rating
from: Focus Stock – to – Market Outperform. QEP Resources, Inc. is an independent natural gas and oil exploration and production company. It is a holding company with three lines of business gas and oil exploration and production, midstream field services, and energy marketing.

McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) Argus has downgraded McDonald’s’s rating
from: Buy – to – Hold. McDonald’s Corporation franchises and operates McDonald’s restaurants in the food service industry. The Company and its franchisees purchase food, packaging, equipment and other goods from numerous independent suppliers.

Ceradyne (NASDAQ:CRDN) Needham has downgraded Ceradyne’s rating
from: Buy – to – Hold. Ceradyne Inc. develops, manufactures and markets advanced technical ceramic products, ceramic powders and components for defense, industrial, automotive/diesel and commercial applications.

Rent-A-Center (NASDAQ:RCII) Hilliard Lyons has downgraded Rent-A-Center’s rating
from: Long-term Buy – to – Neutral. Rent-A-Center, Inc. is an operator in the United States rent-to-own industry.

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