Tuesday, March 10, 2009

3/10 Upgrades & Downgrades

UPGRADES

Lazard upgrades Sandisk (SNDK)to BUY
BB&T Capital upgrades AeroVironment (AVAV) to BUY
RBC Capital upgrades Oil and Gas Equipment & Services stocks (Cameron, CAM; FMC Technologies, FTI; National Oilwell Varco, NOV) from sector perform to OUTPERFORM
CIBC upgrades Silver Wheaton (SLW) to SECTOR PERFORM
SunTrust upgrades Abaxis (ABAX) to BUY
Goldman Sachs upgrades Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS) to BUY, Investment Technology Group (ITG) to Neutral
FBR upgrades Cameron (CAM), FMC Tech (FTI), National Oilwell (NOV) to OUTPERFORM
UBS upgrades Nucor (NUE) to BUY
Stifel Nicolaus upgrades Capital One Financial (COF), Discover Financial (DFS) to BUY
Morgan Stanley upgrades US Cellular (USM) to EQUALWEIGHT
Credit Suisse upgrades Barclays (BCS), Con Edison (ED) to OUTPERFORM
Barclays upgrades Clorox (CLX) to EQUALWEIGHT
JP Morgan upgrades Gaylord Entertainment (GET) to NEUTRAL
Bank of America upgrades Kohl's (KSS) to BUY
Credit Suisse upgrades Duke Energy (DUK) to OUTPERFORM


DOWNGRADES

Morgan Stanley downgrades aerospace & defense sector (Boeing, BA; Lockheed Martin, LMT; Northrop Gruman, NOC; Honeywell, HON; General Dynamics, GD) to CAUTIOUS
Howard Weil downgrades GMX Resources (GMXR) to MARKET PERFORM
Janney Montgomery Scott downgrades Netflix (NFLX) to SELL
UBS downgrades LG Display (LPL) to NEUTRAL
FBR downgrades Metlife (MET) to MARKET PERFORM
Goldman Sachs downgrades Computer Sciences (CSC) to SELL
Baird downgrades Genentech (DNA) to Neutral based on valuation
BMO Capital downgrades XTO Energy (XTO) to UNDERPERFORM
Credit Suisse downgrades BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ) to UNDERPERFORM
RBC Capital downgrades oil & gas drilling and exploration stocks (Halliburton, HAL; Schlumberger, SLB) to SECTOR PERFORM
Citigroup downgrades Wal-Mart (WMT) to HOLD on EFCA/card check concerns

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