Assured (AGO) (VLO) (VRTX) (VVUS) (AEGN) (AEO) Ratings, Price Targets

Assured Guaranty Ltd (AGO), Valero Energy Co. (VLO), Vertex
Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), VIVUS, Inc. (VVUS), Aegion (AEGN) and American Eagle (AEO) ratings and price targets.

BTIG Research initiated coverage on Assured Guaranty Ltd (AGO). They placed a “Buy” rating and a price target of $35.00 on the company.

Benchmark Co. downgraded Valero Energy Co. (VLO) from a “Buy” rating to a “Hold” rating. They have a price target of $23.00 on the company.

Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC) reiterated its “Overweight” rating on Vertex
Pharmaceuticals (VRTX). They have a price target of $56.00 on the company.

Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) reiterated its “Underperform” on VIVUS, Inc. (VVUS). They have a price target of $3.00 on the company.

Northland Securities raised its price target on Aegion (AEGN) from $18.00 to $20.00. They have an “Outperform” rating on the company.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) upgraded American Eagle (AEO) from an
“Underweight” rating to an “Equal Weight” rating.