Notable Analyst Rating Changes 2/27: VZ, AAUK, ROCK Upgraded; SLM, ADBE, RTP Downgraded

February 27, 2009 10:04 AM EST

UPGRADES:
RBC Capital upgrades Verizon (NYSE: VZ) from Sector Perform to Outperform.

Goldman Sachs upgrades Anglo American (Nasdaq: AAUK) from Neutral to Buy.

Piper Jaffray & Co. upgrades Gibraltar Industries (Nasdaq: ROCK) from Sell to Neutral. Price target lowered from $11 to $6. Here is StreetInsider.com's summary of the upgrade.

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

DOWNGRADES:
Barclays downgrades SLM Corp (NYSE: SLM) from Overweight to Equalweight.

Wachovia downgrades Adobe Systems (Nasdaq: ADBE) from Outperform to Market Perform. Click here to view a summary of the downgrade.

Goldman Sachs downgrades Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) from Neutral to Sell.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
Morgan Stanley initiates coverage on Dollar Tree (Nasdaq: DLTR) with an Overweight.

Morgan Stanley initiates coverage on Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO) with an Equalweight rating.

Barclays assumes coverage on National CineMedia (Nasdaq: NCMI) with an Equalweight rating.

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


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AAUK 16.12

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 2,288,451
Track AAUK

ADBE 34.65

-0.05 -0.14%
Volume: 3,693,843
Track ADBE

DLTR 48.78

+0.46 +0.95%
Volume: 1,696,396
Track DLTR

FDO 28.59

-0.09 -0.31%
Volume: 3,309,526
Track FDO

NCMI 14.80

-0.36 -2.37%
Volume: 411,259
Track NCMI

ROCK 13.48

-0.58 -4.13%
Volume: 285,133
Track ROCK

RTP 193.33

+2.76 +1.45%
Volume: 873,917
Track RTP

SLM 10.10

+0.11 +1.10%
Volume: 4,682,945
Track SLM

VZ 29.56

+0.25 +0.85%
Volume: 14,904,710
Track VZ


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