Notable Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (NYSE: RTI) (TSX: ATA)

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The following stocks were upgraded/downgraded on May 22, 2014
Company Name Exchange Ticker Last Price Total Analyst Coverage Upgrade/
Downgrade
Analyst Name Rating Company Target Price Upside/
Downside (%)
ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc TSX ATA 14.82 8 Upgrade to buy from market perform Macmurray Whale Cormark Securities Inc. 17.50 18.1%
Quebecor Inc TSX QBR/B 26.25 17 Upgrade to buy from hold Kevin Chu Accountability Research Corp 31.00 18.1%
Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd TSXV FO 0.15 3 Initiate with speculative buy Ritesh Gaggar GMP 0.50 233.3%
Seabridge Gold Inc TSX SEA 8.39 2 Initiate with speculative buy Tony Lesiak Canaccord Genuity Corp 13.50 60.9%
Sulliden Gold Corp Ltd TSX SUE 1.12 9 Downgrade to market perform from outperform Raymond James Raymond James 1.20 7.1%

Cormark Securities Inc. upgraded ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc (TSX: ATA), engaged in providing custom designed, built and installed manufacturing solutions, to buy from market perform increasing its price target to C$17.50 from C$15.00, indicating an upside of 18.1% from current levels.

Quebecor Inc (TSX: QBR/B), holding company for Quebecor Media operating in the fields of publishing, distribution, multimedia, and broadcasting, was upgraded to buy from hold at Accountability Research Corp raising its price target to C$31.00 from C$25.50, indicating an upside of 18.1% from current levels.

GMP initiated coverage on Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd (TSXV: FO), an energy company engaged in the business of acquiring, exploring and developing petroleum and natural gas properties, with a speculative buy assigning a 12-month price target of C$0.50, indicating an upside of 233.3% from current levels.

Coverage on Seabridge Gold Inc (TSX: SEA), a development-stage company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of gold properties, was initiated with a speculative buy at Canaccord Genuity Corp with a price target of C$13.50, indicating an upside of 60.9% from current levels.

Raymond James downgraded Sulliden Gold Corp Ltd (TSX: SUE), a Canada based gold exploration and development company, to market perform from outperform lowering its price target to C$1.20 from C$1.80, indicating an upside of 7.1% from current levels.

The following stocks were upgraded/downgraded on May 22, 2014
Company Name Exchange Ticker Last Price Total Analyst
Coverage
Upgrade/
Downgrade
Analyst Name Rating Company Target Price Upside/
Downside (%)
RTI International Metals Inc NYSE RTI 24.31 11 Upgrade to overweight from neutral Michael F Gambardella JPMorgan 34.00 39.9%
Bonanza Creek Energy Inc NYSE BCEI 52.12 24 Upgrade to buy from hold John Herrlin Societe Generale 61.00 17.0%
Worthington Industries Inc NYSE WOR 39.74 9 Upgrade to outperform from neutral Nathan Littlewood Credit Suisse 46.00 15.8%
Matador Resources Co NYSE MTDR 26.17 13 Initiate with buy Anas Bennisse Sidoti & Company LLC 32.00 22.3%
Quanex Building Products Corp NYSE NX 18.12 10 Downgrade to neutral from outperform Al Kaschalk Wedbush 21.00 15.9%

JPMorgan upgraded RTI International Metals Inc (NYSE: RTI), a producer and global supplier of advanced titanium mill products and a manufacturer of fabricated titanium and specialty metal components, to overweight from neutral increasing its price target to $34.00 from $32.00, indicating an upside of 39.9% from current levels.

Bonanza Creek Energy Inc (NYSE: BCEI), an oil and natural gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of onshore oil and associated liquids-rich natural gas, was upgraded to buy from hold at Societe Generale raising its price target to $61.00 from $52.00, indicating an upside of 17% from current levels.

Credit Suisse upgraded Worthington Industries Inc (NYSE: WOR), a diversified metals processing company, focused on steel processing and manufactured metal products, to outperform from neutral increasing its price target to $46.00 from $43.00, indicating an upside of 15.8% from current levels.

Sidoti & Company LLC initiated coverage on Matador Resources Co (NYSE: MTDR), an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, production and acquisition of oil and natural gas resources, with a buy rating assigning a 12-month price target of $32.00, indicating an upside of 22.3% from current levels.

Wedbush downgraded Quanex Building Products Corp (NYSE: NX), engaged in the home building products markets and operating two business segments: Engineered Products and Aluminum Sheet Products, to neutral from outperform with a price target of $21.00, indicating an upside of 15.9% from current levels.

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