Notable Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (NASDAQ: MXIM) (TSX: FRC)

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The following stocks were upgraded/downgraded on January 03, 2014
Company Name Exchange Ticker Last Price Total Analyst Coverage Upgrade/

Downgrade
Analyst Name Rating Company Target Price Upside/

Downside (%)
Canyon Services Group Inc TSX FRC 11.85 13 Upgrade to outperform from sector perform Dan Macdonald RBC Capital Markets 16.00 35.0%
Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services Inc TSX IAG 46.04 9 Initiate with sector perform Darko Mihelic RBC Capital Markets 48.00 4.3%
Canadian Western Bank TSX CWB 38.37 12 Initiate with sector perform Darko Mihelic RBC Capital Markets 40.00 4.2%
DIRTT Environmental Solutions TSX DRT 2.70 1 Initiate with outperform Rupert M Merer National Bank Financial 3.75 38.9%
Toromont Industries Ltd TSX TIH 26.13 11 Downgrade to hold from buy Cherilyn Radbourne TD Securities 28.00 7.2%

RBC Capital Markets upgraded Canyon Services Group Inc (TSX: FRC), a provider of specialized stimulation services to exploring and producing (E&P) companies, to outperform from sector perform, increasing its price target to C$16.00 from C$13.00, indicating an upside of 35% from current levels.

Meanwhile, RBC initiated coverage on two financial services companies, Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services Inc (TSX: IAG) and Canadian Western Bank (TSX: CWB), with sector perform rating assigning a 12-month price target of C$48.00 to IAG and C$40.00 to CWB. The target price indicates an upside potential of 4.3% for IAG and 4.2% for CWB from their current levels.

Analyst Rupert M Merer at National Bank Financial initiated coverage on DIRTT Environmental Solutions (TSX: DRT), a manufacturer of interior space solutions, with an outperform rating assigning a 12-month price target of C$3.75, indicating an upside of 38.9% from current levels.

TD Securities downgraded Toromont Industries Ltd (TSX: TIH), engaged in selling, renting and providing services to the Caterpillar construction equipment and power systems, to hold from buy with a price target of C$28.00, indicating an upside of 7.2% from current levels.

The following stocks were upgraded/downgraded on January 03, 2014
Company Name Exchange Ticker Last Price Total Analyst

Coverage
Upgrade/

Downgrade
Analyst Name Rating Company Target Price Upside/

Downside (%)
Maxim Integrated Products Inc NASDAQ MXIM 28.73 28 Upgrade to outperform from market perform Ambrish Srivastava BMO Capital Markets 33.00 14.9%
Cadence Design Systems Inc NASDAQ CDNS 14.17 11 Upgrade to buy from hold Richard F Valera Needham & Co 16.00 12.9%
Zillow Inc NASDAQ Z 81.88 15 Upgrade to outperform from sector perform Mark S Mahaney RBC Capital Markets 100.00 22.1%
Trina Solar Ltd NYSE TSL 15.35 18 Initiate with buy Joseph Fong Jefferies 23.10 50.5%
Moog Inc NYSE MOG/A 66.95 8 Downgrade to sector perform from outperform Steven Cahall RBC Capital Markets 70.00 4.6%

BMO Capital Markets upgraded Maxim Integrated Products Inc (NASDAQ: MXIM), engaged in designing, developing, manufacturing and marketing a range of linear and mixed-signal integrated circuits, commonly referred to as analog circuits, to outperform from market perform, increasing its price target to $33.00 from $26.00, indicating an upside potential of 14.9% from current levels.

Cadence Design Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CDNS), a developer of electronic design automation (EDA), software, hardware, and silicon intellectual property (IP), was upgraded to buy from hold at Needham & Co with a price target of $16.00, indicating an upside of 12.9% from current levels.

RBC Capital Markets upgraded Zillow Inc (NASDAQ: Z), a provider of real estate and home-related information, to outperform from sector perform increasing its price target to $100.00 from $90.00, indicating an upside of 22.1% from current levels.

However, RBC downgraded Moog Inc (NYSE: MOG/A), a designer, manufacturer and integrator of precision motion and fluid controls and systems for a range of applications in aerospace and defense and industrial markets, to sector perform from outperform with a price target of $70.00, indicating an upside of 4.6% from current levels.

Jefferies initiated coverage on Trina Solar Ltd (NYSE: TSL), an integrated solar power products manufacturer based in China with a global distribution network, with a buy rating assigning a 12-month price target of $23.10, indicating an upside of 50.5% from current levels.


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