Notable Analyst Rating Changes 11/04: VIA, DRIV, JBHT, GD Upgraded; STEC, ENR, DLB Downgraded

November 4, 2009 11:16 AM EST

UPGRADES:
Wunderlich Securities upgrades Viacom (NYSE: VIA-B) from Hold to Buy. Price target increased from $31 to $34. Click Here for more color. The stock was also upgraded to Outperform at Oppenheimer and to Buy at Miller Tabak.

Digital River (Nasdaq: DRIV) upgraded at to Overweight at Piper Jaffray and to Buy at Collins Stewart.

Bank of America upgraded JB Hunt (NASDAQ: JBHT) from Neutral to Buy with a $37 price target

Credit Suisse upgrades General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD) from Neutral to Outperform.

Wells Fargo and FBR Capital upgrade Gaylord Entertainment (NYSE: GET) to Market Perform.

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DOWNGRADES:
ThinkEquity downgrades STEC (Nasdaq: STEC) from Buy to Hold, following results after the close. href="http://www.streetinsider.com/Downgrades/ThinkEquity+downgrades+STEC+%2
8STEC%29+to+Hold/5072734.html">Click Here for more color. Wedbush also downgraded STEC Inc. (NASDAQ: STEC) from Outperform to Neutral. Price target slashed from $39 to $18. For more from Wedbush, href="http://www.streetinsider.com/Downgrades/Wedbush+Downgrades+STEC+Inc.+%
28STEC%29+to+Neutral%3B+Slashes+PT+%26+Estimates/5073716.html">Click Here. Oppenheimer also downgraded the stock to Perform.

Goldman Sachs downgrades Energizer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ENR) from Buy to Neutral and cut its price target from $61

JPMorgan and Maxim downgrade Dolby (NYSE: DLB) to Neutral and Hold, respectively.

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NEW COVERAGE:
Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and Susquehanna initiate coverage on Shanda Games (NASDAQ: GAME) with a Buy, Overweight, and Neutral rating, respectively. Goldman added the stock to their Asia Pacific Conviction Buy List with a $13 price target.

JANCO Partners initiates coverage on Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) with a Market Perform rating. Price target $16. Click here for more color.

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DLB 43.28

+0.33 +0.77%
Volume: 365,542
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DRIV 26.04

-0.18 -0.69%
Volume: 673,319
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ENR 57.46

-0.21 -0.36%
Volume: 619,844
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GAME 10.30

+0.18 +1.78%
Volume: 674,055
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GD 66.47

+0.09 +0.14%
Volume: 1,860,116
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GET 17.54

+0.05 +0.29%
Volume: 500,316
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JBHT 32.01

-0.21 -0.65%
Volume: 924,399
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STEC 12.69

-0.21 -1.63%
Volume: 3,393,577
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VIA-B 29.98

-0.75 -2.44%
Volume: 3,543,647
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YHOO 15.38

-0.23 -1.47%
Volume: 16,128,912
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