StreetInsider.com Notable Analyst Rating Changes 11/27

November 27, 2007 10:20 AM EST

Notable Analyst Rating Changes:

UPGRADES:
Bear Stearns upgrades BP (NYSE: BP) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX) from Peer Perform to Outperform and Marathon (NYSE: MRO) from Underperform to Peer Perform.

Goldman upgrades the Defensive, Tobacco sector stocks to Attractive.

Credit Suisse upgrades AXA (NYSE: AXA) from Neutral to Outperform.

For daily real-time Upgrades go to http://www.streetinsider.com/Upgrades

DOWNGRADES:
Baird downgrades Genlyte (Nasdaq: GLYT) from Outperform to Neutral. Price target $95. The firm says another bid for the company is unlikely.

UBS downgrades BRE Properties (NYSE: BRE) from Neutral to Sell. Price target $41.

Goldman downgrades US Software sector stocks from Attractive to Neutral.

For daily real-time Downgrades go to http://www.streetinsider.com/Downgrades

NEW COVERAGE:
Soleil Securities Group initiates coverage on the homebuilding industry with a 'cautious stance'. Starts at Buy: Centex (NYSE: CTX), Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) and Lennar (NYSE: LEN). Starts at Hold: D.R. Horton (NYSE: DHI), KB Home (NYSE: KBH) and Pulte Homes (NYSE: PHM).

Sterne Agee initiates coverage on footwear and apparel manufacturers including: Deckers Outdoor (Nasdaq: DECK) and Skechers USA (NYSE: SKX) at Buy, Wolverine World Wide (NYSE: WWW) at Hold and Columbia Sportswear (Nasdaq: COLM) at Sell.

CIBC initiates coverage on Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM) with a Sector Perform.

For daily real-time New Coverage go to http://www.streetinsider.com/New+Coverage


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AKAM 23.63

-0.29 -1.21%
Volume: 904,671
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AXA 24.42

-0.30 -1.21%
Volume: 88,017
Track AXA

BP 57.15

-0.96 -1.65%
Volume: 2,744,341
Track BP

BRE 30.53

+0.54 +1.80%
Volume: 217,740
Track BRE

COLM 37.61

-0.17 -0.45%
Volume: 70,020
Track COLM

CTX 11.95

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 8,830,287
Track CTX

CVX 78.12

-0.05 -0.06%
Volume: 3,601,492
Track CVX

DECK 92.82

-1.04 -1.11%
Volume: 94,249
Track DECK

DHI 10.31

-0.23 -2.18%
Volume: 2,608,502
Track DHI

GLYT 95.48

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 0
Track GLYT

KBH 13.46

-0.16 -1.17%
Volume: 736,003
Track KBH

LEN 12.72

-0.14 -1.09%
Volume: 827,837
Track LEN

MRO 32.65

+0.02 +0.06%
Volume: 1,302,854
Track MRO

PHM 9.11

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 1,592,062
Track PHM

SKX 22.06

-0.42 -1.87%
Volume: 262,105
Track SKX

TOL 19.42

+0.14 +0.73%
Volume: 886,868
Track TOL

WWW 25.15

-0.40 -1.57%
Volume: 85,212
Track WWW


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