Notable Analyst Rating Changes 6/1: YHOO, X, ITW, WFMI, KSS Upgraded; SCHN, CVH, SLE, CTAS Downgraded

June 1, 2009 10:19 AM EDT

UPGRADES:
Barclays upgrades Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) from Equal-weight to Overweight and raised its price target from $15 to $20. Click here for full color on the upgrade.

Goldman Sachs upgrades United States Steel Corp. (NYSE: X) from Sell to Neutral and raises its price target from $28 to $34.

Credit Suisse upgrades Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) from Neutral to Outperform.

RBC Capital upgrades Whole Foods Market (Nasdaq: WFMI) from Sector Perform to Outperform.

Thomas Weisel upgrades Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) from Marketweight to Overweight.

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

DOWNGRADES:
Goldman Sachs downgrades Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: SCHN) from Neutral to Sell with a $38 price target.

UBS downgrades Coventry Health Care (NYSE: CVH) from Buy to Neutral. Price target $19.

Goldman Sachs downgrades Sara Lee Corp. (NYSE: SLE) from Neutral to Sell with a $9.50 price target.

Baird downgrades Cintas (NYSE: CTAS) from Outperform to Neutral. Price target lowered from $31 to $27.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
Morgan Stanley initiates coverage on Giant Interactive (NYSE: GA) with an Overweight.

Jefferies & Co initiates coverage on Brigham Exploration (Nasdaq: BEXP) with a Buy.

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


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BEXP 11.58

+0.40 +3.58%
Volume: 3,842,267
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CTAS 29.41

+0.68 +2.37%
Volume: 1,131,366
Track CTAS

CVH 22.75

+0.53 +2.39%
Volume: 1,755,896
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GA 7.09

-0.09 -1.25%
Volume: 475,208
Track GA

ITW 48.49

+0.19 +0.39%
Volume: 3,001,215
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KSS 53.70

-0.48 -0.89%
Volume: 5,003,849
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SCHN 46.64

-0.31 -0.66%
Volume: 1,108,386
Track SCHN

SLE 12.22

+0.02 +0.16%
Volume: 4,590,217
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WFMI 26.20

+0.51 +1.99%
Volume: 2,004,825
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X 44.39

-0.56 -1.25%
Volume: 13,953,537
Track X

YHOO 15.19

+0.08 +0.53%
Volume: 17,578,467
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