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Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades CHK, COF, BKC, STI, SIGA, ROK, NFLX, IGTE…

By Amarendra Bhushan for CEOWORLD Magazine Updated:January 28, 2010

Alliance Holding (AHGP, News, Press Releases: 33.88 -0.44 -1.28%, yield: 5.06, cap: 2.028B, 1yr target: 30.17) upgraded to Market Perform, $26-28 target, at Wells Fargo…
Alliance Resource (ARLP, News, Press Releases: 43.55 -0.19 -0.43%, yield: 6.88, cap: 1.597B, 1yr target: 45.25) upgraded to Market Perform, $40-42 target, at Wells Fargo…
Alliant Techsystems (ATK, News, Press Releases: 80.58 -0.18 -0.22%, yield: N/A, cap: 2.660B, 1yr target: 93.80) downgraded to Neutral at Credit Suisse…
Anadarko Petroleum (APC, News, Press Releases: 70.94 -2.20 -3.01%, yield: 0.49, cap: 34.942B, 1yr target: 83.26) upgraded to Overweight, $82 target, at Barclays…
Apache (APS, News, Press Releases: 0.00 N/A N/A, yield: N/A, cap: N/A, 1yr target: 0.00) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform, $123-127 target, at Wells Fargo…
Burger King (BKC, News, Press Releases: 20.25 +0.08 +0.40%, yield: 1.25, cap: 2.739B, 1yr target: 20.54) downgraded to Neutral from Buy, $19 target, at Janney Montgomery…
Callaway Golf (ELY, News, Press Releases: 9.35 -0.10 -1.06%, yield: 1.16, cap: 602.1M, 1yr target: 9.28) initiated with an Outperform at RW Baird…
Capital One Financial (COF, News, Press Releases: 40.84 +0.59 +1.47%, yield: 0.50, cap: 18.594B, 1yr target: 45.85) downgraded to Buy from Conviction Buy at Goldman…
Caterpillar (CAT, News, Press Releases: 59.77 -0.45 -0.75%, yield: 2.79, cap: 37.340B, 1yr target: 62.50) upgraded to Neutral from Sell, $54 target, at UBS…
Chesapeake (CHK, News, Press Releases: 23.79 -1.26 -5.03%, yield: 1.20, cap: 15.508B, 1yr target: 36.04) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform, $27-31 target, at Wells Fargo…
China Valves Technology (CVVT, News, Press Releases: 13.50 +0.16 +1.20%, yield: N/A, cap: 423.8M, 1yr target: 15.20) initiated with an Outperform at Rodman & Renshaw…
Cinemark (CNK, News, Press Releases: 17.25 -0.03 -0.17%, yield: 4.17, cap: 1.920B, 1yr target: 18.29) downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight, $13 target, at Morgan Stanley…
CME Group (CME, News, Press Releases: 310.89 -5.11 -1.62%, yield: 1.46, cap: 20.720B, 1yr target: 340.89) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral, $360 target, at JP Morgan…
Deckers Outdoor (DECK, News, Press Releases: 134.09 -1.65 -1.22%, yield: N/A, cap: 1.726B, 1yr target: 132.89) reiterated Overweight, raised target to $120 to $106, at Piper Jaffray…
Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS, News, Press Releases: 36.67 +0.14 +0.38%, yield: 0.41, cap: 9.318B, 1yr target: 36.36) initiated with a Buy at Davenport…
E*TRADE Financial (ETFC, News, Press Releases: 1.64 -0.0325 -1.94%, yield: N/A, cap: 3.146B, 1yr target: 1.82) reiterated Outperform, $2.25 target, at FBR…
Flextronics (FLEX, News, Press Releases: 7.68 -0.06 -0.78%, yield: N/A, cap: 6.241B, 1yr target: 9.12) upgraded to Buy at Needham…
iGATE Corp. (IGTE, News, Press Releases: 9.86 -0.03 -0.30%, yield: 1.11, cap: 544.6M, 1yr target: 13.83) initiated with a Buy at Global Hunter…
Global Payments (GPN, News, Press Releases: 46.44 +0.38 +0.83%, yield: 0.17, cap: 3.785B, 1yr target: 54.78) upgraded to Buy, $53 target, at Lazard…
Illinois Tool Works (ITW, News, Press Releases: 47.19 +0.91 +1.97%, yield: 2.68, cap: 23.709B, 1yr target: 56.36) upgraded to Equalweight, $48 target, at Barclays…
Intersil (ISIL, News, Press Releases: 15.43 -0.27 -1.72%, yield: 3.06, cap: 1.898B, 1yr target: 15.79) upgraded to Overweight, $19 target, at GC Research…
Logistics Partners (SXL, News, Press Releases: 68.60 -0.40 -0.58%, yield: 6.10, cap: 2.130B, 1yr target: 73.22) downgraded to Hold, $73.50 target, at Citi…
Navios Partners (NMM, News, Press Releases: 17.31 -0.09 -0.52%, yield: 9.28, cap: 635.1M, 1yr target: 16.20) downgraded to Hold, $16 target, at Deutsche Bank…
Netflix (NFLX, News, Press Releases: 70.54 -0.38 -0.54%, yield: N/A, cap: 3.776B, 1yr target: 64.84) upgraded to Buy from Underperform at BofA/Merrill…
Piper Jaffray (PJC, News, Press Releases: 44.90 -1.14 -2.48%, yield: N/A, cap: 885.2M, 1yr target: 56.00) downgraded to Buy from Conviction Buy at Goldman…
Power-One (PWER, News, Press Releases: 3.71 +0.03 +0.82%, yield: N/A, cap: 327.2M, 1yr target: 5.50) initiated with a Buy at Merriman…
Praxair (PX, News, Press Releases: 82.13 +0.09 +0.11%, yield: 2.01, cap: 25.158B, 1yr target: 91.74) maintained Buy, raised target to $100, at Soleil Securities…
Qualcomm (QCOM, News, Press Releases: 40.43 +1.53 +3.93%, yield: 1.75, cap: 67.947B, 1yr target: 49.77) downgraded to Hold at ThinkEquity…
Rockwell (ROK, News, Press Releases: 55.13 -0.10 -0.18%, yield: 2.10, cap: 7.870B, 1yr target: 55.25) upgraded to Hold from Sell, $52 target, at Citigroup…
Siga Tech (SIGA, News, Press Releases: 7.18 -0.02 -0.28%, yield: N/A, cap: 275.1M, 1yr target: 9.67) initiated with an Outperform at RBC Capital…
STMicroelectronics (STM, News, Press Releases: 9.16 -0.18 -1.93%, yield: 1.28, cap: 8.046B, 1yr target: 10.11) upgraded to Neutral at Piper Jaffray…
SunTrust (STI, News, Press Releases: 27.38 -0.71 -2.53%, yield: 0.46, cap: 13.672B, 1yr target: 25.09) upgraded to Conviction Buy List from Neutral at Goldman…
Taylor Devices (TAYD, News, Press Releases: 5.805 -0.2949 -4.83%, yield: N/A, cap: 18.7M, 1yr target: 0.00) downgraded to Underperform, $7 target, at KBW…
Tetra Tech (TTEK, News, Press Releases: 20.75 -0.02 -0.10%, yield: N/A, cap: 1.280B, 1yr target: 24.94) downgraded to Neutral from Buy, $26 target, at Janney Montgomery…
Textainer Group (TGH, News, Press Releases: 22.16 -0.56 -2.46%, yield: 4.05, cap: 1.058B, 1yr target: 20.60) upgraded to Buy at Deutsche Bank…
Vivo Participacoes (VIV, News, Press Releases: 27.69 -0.74 -2.60%, yield: 4.54, cap: 11.065B, 1yr target: 34.35) upgraded to Buy, $34 target, at Bank of America…
Warner Chilcott (WCRX, News, Press Releases: 25.48 -0.09 -0.35%, yield: N/A, cap: 6.422B, 1yr target: 32.61) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies…
West Bancorp (EWBC, News, Press Releases: 18.04 +0.24 +1.35%, yield: 0.22, cap: 1.984B, 1yr target: 19.00) downgraded to Market Perform, $18 target, at BMO Capital…
Zion (ZION, News, Press Releases: 22.73 -0.46 -1.98%, yield: 0.30, cap: 3.419B, 1yr target: 19.27) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman…

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