Catch up on today's top five analyst downgrades with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. Apple (AAPL) downgraded to Outperform from Buy at Daiwa. 2. Big Lots (BIG) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Northcoast with analyst Jeff Stein citing valuation. 3. Wendy's (WEN) downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital with analyst David Palmer saying the company's positive Same-Store Sales trends moderated in the second quarter and July, as its SSS drivers have become less visible. 4. Kroger (KR) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at BMO Capital with analyst Kelly Bania believing grocery deflationary pressures are too hard to ignore and make outperformance difficult given the pressure on same-store-sales and the deleveraging impact on the balance sheet. 5. Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Maxim. This list is just a portion of The Fly's full analyst coverage. To see The Fly's full Street Research coverage, click here.

VP of Kroger, Mary Ellen Adcock, disclosed the sale of 82,806 shares of company stock at $55.61 per share on April 23, for a total transaction amount of $4,605,189.

Apple saw sales of its iPhones fall 19.1% in the first three months of the year, CNBC's Ryan Browne reports, citing data from Counterpoint Research. Meanwhile, Huawei saw a 69.7% surge in smartphone sales in the country during the same period, Counterpoint said. Reference Link

Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced he signed onto a pending resolution with Kroger that will bring in $47.5M to combat the opioid epidemic in Washington state. Half of these resources will go to the state and the other half will go to Washington city and county governments. The $47.5M will be paid over 11 years. The first payment of $4.3M will come within a few months of the resolution being finalized by the litigating states and local jurisdictions, Ferguson said in a statement.

JPMorgan analyst Ken Goldman added Albertsons (ACI) to the firm's Analyst Focus List as a value idea and placed the stock on "Positive Catalyst Watch" following the fiscal Q4 earnings release. The "gap between the current share price and fair value is too wide," the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm says its trimming of out-year estimates does not impair Albertsons' standalone value, which it estimates at $24 per share. JPMorgan continues to believe the stock's valuation discount to Kroger (KR) is too wide given the companies similarities. It also believes the probability that Albertsons gets bought has increased, given yesterday's announcement that additional stores and services will be sent C&S's way. The firm says the risk/reward for Albertsons stock "is becoming too appealing to ignore." It keeps an Overweight rating on the name with a $27 price target.