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Check out today's top analyst calls from around Wall Street, compiled by The Fly. SUNTRUST UPGRADES NETFLIX TO BUY: SunTrust analyst Matthew Thornton upgraded Netflix (NFLX) to Buy from Hold while lowering his price target to $410 from $415, saying the pullback after the Q2 subscriber miss was driven in part by the interest in World Cup viewing. The analyst stated that his Q3 domestic and international Tracker through July suggest subscription gains are "solidly in line or ahead" of expectations. MONNESS CRESPI UPGRADES CHILDREN'S PLACE TO BUY: Monness Crespi upgraded Children's Place (PLCE) to Buy from Neutral with a $165 price target. Analyst Jim Chartier said the modest sell-off in shares following strong Q2 results provides a buying opportunity. The analyst believes Q3 guidance is conservative given positive LDD comp sales to date, and declining investment that provides good visibility into 20%+ earnings growth over the next two years. Children's Place is up 2.2% in late morning trading. MORGAN STANLEY CUTS L BRANDS TO EW: Morgan Stanley analyst Kimberly Greenberger downgraded L Brands (LB) to Equal Weight from Overweight and lowered her price target to $32 from $56, telling investors the Victoria's Secret turnaround is taking longer than anticipated and she now sees greater risk to 2019 estimates. Greenberger added that L Brands is a "wait and see" stock and she struggles to identify a catalyst to take shares higher despite an compelling valuation and she is moving to the sidelines. L Brands is trading down 2.3% in late morning trading. BAIRD RAISES PAYPAL TARGET TO $99: Baird analyst Colin Sebastian raised his price target for PayPal (PYPL) to $99 from $96 to reflect a favorable view of Venmo's monetization opportunity. He believes Venmo is on track to become a billion-dollar business. Sebastian says that while Venmo may not fully replace the lost contribution profit from eBay (EBAY), investors are likely to put a premium on Venmo-generated incremental revenues. Sebastian kept an Outperform rating on the shares. ALIBABA PRICE TARGET CUT AT MULTIPLE FIRMS: KeyBanc analyst Hans Chung maintained an Overweight rating on Alibaba (BABA) and cut his price target to $220 from $235. Nomura Instinet analyst Jialong Shi lowered his price target for Alibaba to $224 from $231 following the company's Q1 results, but kept a Buy rating on the shares. Argus analyst Jim Kelleher lowered his price target on Alibaba to $235 from $275 after its Q1 earnings miss, but kept his Buy rating on the stock. SunTrust analyst Youssef Squali lowered his price target on Alibaba to $205 from $215, and Jefferies analyst Karen Chan lowered her price target for Alibaba to $225 from $242.