Catch up on today's top five analyst downgrades with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. Apple (AAPL) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Rosenblatt with analyst Jun Zhang citing his view that its fundamental will deteriorate over the next 6-12 months. 2. Verizon (VZ) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citi with analyst Michael Rollins saying rising long-term industry risks and the stock's current valuation premium are likely to limit returns over the next 12-months. 3. F5 Networks (FFIV) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman Sachs with analyst Rod Hall saying the company's earnings risks are increasing due to the weaker short-term spending environment and increasing competitive threat. 4. BNY Mellon (BK) and State Street (STT) were double downgraded to Underweight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley. 5. American Airlines (AAL) downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse with analyst Jose Caiado citing labor and Boeing (BA) 737 Max risk. This list is just a portion of The Fly's full analyst coverage. To see The Fly's full Street Research coverage, click here.

Notable companies reporting before tomorrow's open, with earnings consensus, include Merck (MRK), consensus $1.87... Caterpillar (CAT), consensus $5.14... Comcast (CMSCA), consensus 99c... Honeywell (HON), consensus $2.17... Bristol-Myers (BMY), consensus ($4.44)... Altria (MO), consensus $1.15... Keurig Dr. Pepper (KDP), consensus 35c... GE Vernova (GEV), consensus (37c)... Royal Caribbean (RCL), consensus $1.33... Tractor Supply (TSCO), consensus $1.72... Mobileye (MBLY), consensus (6c)... Textron (TXT), consensus $1.23... LabCorp (LH), consensus $3.48... Southwest Airlines (LUV), consensus (34c)... American Airlines (AAL), consensus (29c)... Harley-Davidson (HOG), consensus $1.51.

Ribbon Communications (RRBN) announced plans for a major network modernization program with Verizon (VZ) to retire legacy TDM switching platforms and replace their function with modern cloud-based technologies. Verizon is leveraging Ribbon's portfolio of Voice Products including the vC20 Call Controller, G5 Line Access Gateway, G6 Universal Media Gateway, virtual and Cloud-native Session Border Controllers, and other products which allows for the consolidation and replacement of equipment with energy efficient, software-centric platforms while maintaining full feature functionality.

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

Wells Fargo lowered the firm's price target on Verizon to $40 from $44 and keeps an Equal Weight rating on the shares. The firm sees encouraging signs in Q1 - improvement in sub trends and limited churn from price-ups - offset by some softness in the business segment and prepaid. Wells would get more constructive when there's visibility on a sustainable improvement in sub trends.