(By Balachander) A number of stocks were upgraded and downgraded by equities research analysts on Wednesday.
Baidu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU): CLSA downgraded the stock to "Underperform" from "Outperform". American depositary receipts (ADRs) shed 2.01 percent to trade at $90.33.
PNM Resources Inc. (NYSE: PNM): RW Baird upgraded the stock to "Outperform" from "Neutral". Shares added 1.23 percent to trade at $22.24.
SAIC Inc. (NYSE: SAI): JPMorgan downgraded the stock to "Neutral" from "Overweight". RBC Capital downgraded the stock to "Underperform" from "Sector Perform". Shares retreated 3.51 percent to trade at $11.82.
Staples Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS): Citigroup upgraded the stock to "Neutral" from "Sell". Shares dropped 2.12 percent to trade at $14.34.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: HOT): Jefferies downgraded the stock to "Hold" from "Buy". Shares lost 0.63 percent to trade at $61.05.
Visteon Corp. (NYSE: VC): JPMorgan upgraded the stock to "Overweight" from "Neutral". Shares jumped 3.58 percent to trade at $58.51.