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 36.30

+0.30 +0.83%
Volume: 2,319,906
Track ADBE

DLTR 46.79

-0.27 -0.57%
Volume: 1,336,984
Track DLTR

FDO 28.22

-0.20 -0.70%
Volume: 3,217,881
Track FDO

NCMI 15.55

+0.63 +4.22%
Volume: 59,522
Track NCMI

ROCK 15.70

+0.41 +2.68%
Volume: 181,250
Track ROCK

RTP 208.39

-1.81 -0.86%
Volume: 805,089
Track RTP

SLM 11.35

-0.20 -1.73%
Volume: 3,532,234
Track SLM

VZ 32.69

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 9,354,866
Track VZ


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