Notable Analyst Rating Changes 6/19: CCL, ARM, SPWRA, FRO Upgraded; VMW, LDK, RFMD Downgraded

June 19, 2009 9:52 AM EDT

UPGRADES:
Wachovia upgrades Carnival (NYSE: CCL) to Outperform. Valuation range: $28 to $30. Click here for the full report.

Barclays upgrades ArvinMeritor (NYSE: ARM) from Equal Weight to Overweight, citing ability to address near-term liquidty issues.

UBS upgrades SunPower (Nasdaq: SPWRA) from Neutral to Buy and raises their price target from $26 to $38, saying company is best positioned to benefit from increased U.S. solar demand.

Goldman Sachs upgraded Frontline Ltd. (NYSE: FRO) from Sell to Buy and added the stock to their Conviction Buy List.

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

DOWNGRADES:
Goldman Sachs removed VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) from its Conviction Buy List and downgraded the stock from Buy to Neutral. The firm's price target was raised from $29 to $31.

UBS downgrades LDK Solar (NYSE: LDK) from Buy to Neutral.

FBR Capital downgraded the U.S. dry bulk shipping sector from Market Weight to Underweight.

UBS downgrades RF Micro Devices (Nasdaq: RFMD) from Buy to Neutral.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
HSBC initiates coverage on Baidu.com (Nasdaq: BIDU) with an Underweight rating and $244 price target, which 17% represents downside.

Rochdale's Dick Bove initiates coverage on Citigroup (NYSE: C) with a Buy rating and $4 price target - CNBC Says normalized EPS of $1.12 could make the stock worth up to $12 per share.

Stifel Nicolaus initiates coverage on Ciena (Nasdaq: CIEN) with a Buy.

Kaufman Bros. initiates coverage on priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) with a Buy. Price target $145.

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


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ARM 8.35

-0.12 -1.42%
Volume: 766,094
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BIDU 434.72

-0.83 -0.19%
Volume: 1,324,106
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C 4.10

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 186,550,151
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CCL 32.71

+0.58 +1.81%
Volume: 5,319,981
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CIEN 12.88

+0.60 +4.89%
Volume: 13,065,240
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FRO 28.24

+0.33 +1.18%
Volume: 1,126,701
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LDK 8.45

+0.27 +3.30%
Volume: 5,022,253
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PCLN 218.03

+3.23 +1.50%
Volume: 1,165,824
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RFMD 4.99

+0.31 +6.62%
Volume: 18,902,513
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SPWRA 21.53

-0.09 -0.42%
Volume: 2,327,106
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VMW 42.08

-0.58 -1.36%
Volume: 848,431
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