Notable Analyst Rating Changes 8/5: WFMI, PCU, CVS, ICE, HNT, EAT Upgraded; VCLK, TSN, DM, OSK, ADM, CVLT Downgraded

August 5, 2009 10:16 AM EDT

UPGRADES:
Morgan Stanley upgrades Whole Foods (Nasdaq: WFMI) from Underweight to Equalweight.

Bank of America upgrades Southern Copper (NYSE: PCU) from Underperform to Neutral. Price target doubled to $30.

William Blair upgrades CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) from Market Perform to Outperform.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upgrades Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) to Market Perform. Click here for more color on the upgrade.

Citi upgrades Health Net (NYSE: HNT) from Sell to Hold.

UBS upgrades Brinker (NYSE: EAT) from Neutral to Buy with a $22 price target.

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

DOWNGRADES:
Citi downgrades ValueClick (Nasdaq: VCLK) from Hold to Sell. Price target lowered from $13 to $10.

KeyBanc downgrades Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) from Buy to Hold. Click here to see the full report.

Piper Jaffray & Co. downgrades Dolan Media (NYSE: DM) from Overweight to Neutral. Price target increased $1 to $16. Click here to see more color on the downgrade.

KeyBanc downgrades Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) from Buy to Hold. Here is the full report.

Oppenheimer downgrades Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE: ADM) from Outperform to Perform.

Thomas Weisel downgrades CommVault Systems (Nasdaq: CVLT) from Overweight to Marketweight.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
Goldman Sachs starts 3Com (Nasdaq: COMS) at Buy, F5 Networks (Nasdaq: FFIV) with a Neutral.

Credit Suisse initiates coverage on Delphi Financial Group (NYSE: DFG) with a Neutral.

Susquehanna initiates coverage on Research In Motion Ltd. (Nasdaq: RIMM) with a Positive rating and $94 price target, saying RIM's GSM subscriber base is ripe for an upgrade after flattish trends in recent quarters given AT&T's focus on the iPhone. Click here for the full report.

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


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ADM 31.40

+0.14 +0.45%
Volume: 2,666,689
Track ADM

COMS 7.41

-0.03 -0.40%
Volume: 34,536,670
Track COMS

CVLT 21.28

-0.29 -1.34%
Volume: 226,744
Track CVLT

CVS 31.53

-0.07 -0.22%
Volume: 12,349,193
Track CVS

DFG 22.01

-0.24 -1.08%
Volume: 101,868
Track DFG

DM 12.00

+0.42 +3.63%
Volume: 262,675
Track DM

EAT 13.78

+0.06 +0.44%
Volume: 1,122,960
Track EAT

FFIV 48.46

+0.43 +0.90%
Volume: 528,572
Track FFIV

HNT 21.69

+0.24 +1.12%
Volume: 1,558,410
Track HNT

ICE 107.92

+0.45 +0.42%
Volume: 419,063
Track ICE

OSK 39.08

+0.67 +1.74%
Volume: 1,392,233
Track OSK

PCU 35.86

+1.04 +2.99%
Volume: 1,952,264
Track PCU

RIMM 59.76

+0.23 +0.39%
Volume: 7,953,507
Track RIMM

TSN 12.42

+0.05 +0.40%
Volume: 4,671,567
Track TSN

VCLK 9.98

-0.03 -0.30%
Volume: 421,329
Track VCLK

WFMI 26.49

+0.06 +0.23%
Volume: 1,473,412
Track WFMI


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