StreetInsider.com Notable Analyst Rating Changes 11/27

November 27, 2007 10:20 AM EST

Notable Analyst Rating Changes:

UPGRADES:
Bear Stearns upgrades BP (NYSE: BP) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX) from Peer Perform to Outperform and Marathon (NYSE: MRO) from Underperform to Peer Perform.

Goldman upgrades the Defensive, Tobacco sector stocks to Attractive.

Credit Suisse upgrades AXA (NYSE: AXA) from Neutral to Outperform.

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

DOWNGRADES:
Baird downgrades Genlyte (Nasdaq: GLYT) from Outperform to Neutral. Price target $95. The firm says another bid for the company is unlikely.

UBS downgrades BRE Properties (NYSE: BRE) from Neutral to Sell. Price target $41.

Goldman downgrades US Software sector stocks from Attractive to Neutral.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
Soleil Securities Group initiates coverage on the homebuilding industry with a 'cautious stance'. Starts at Buy: Centex (NYSE: CTX), Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) and Lennar (NYSE: LEN). Starts at Hold: D.R. Horton (NYSE: DHI), KB Home (NYSE: KBH) and Pulte Homes (NYSE: PHM).

Sterne Agee initiates coverage on footwear and apparel manufacturers including: Deckers Outdoor (Nasdaq: DECK) and Skechers USA (NYSE: SKX) at Buy, Wolverine World Wide (NYSE: WWW) at Hold and Columbia Sportswear (Nasdaq: COLM) at Sell.

CIBC initiates coverage on Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM) with a Sector Perform.

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


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AKAM 24.27

-0.32 -1.30%
Volume: 3,146,339
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AXA 25.70

-0.23 -0.89%
Volume: 212,053
Track AXA

BP 58.72

+0.08 +0.14%
Volume: 3,330,115
Track BP

BRE 30.12

-0.28 -0.92%
Volume: 569,180
Track BRE

COLM 38.09

-0.73 -1.88%
Volume: 214,712
Track COLM

CTX 11.95

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 8,830,287
Track CTX

CVX 79.03

+0.29 +0.37%
Volume: 8,528,203
Track CVX

DECK 93.92

-0.78 -0.82%
Volume: 272,820
Track DECK

DHI 10.58

-0.08 -0.75%
Volume: 8,799,309
Track DHI

GLYT 95.48

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 0
Track GLYT

KBH 13.73

-0.28 -2.00%
Volume: 3,585,888
Track KBH

LEN 13.04

-0.61 -4.47%
Volume: 7,328,844
Track LEN

MRO 33.00

-0.09 -0.27%
Volume: 5,313,532
Track MRO

PHM 9.30

-0.26 -2.72%
Volume: 8,541,321
Track PHM

SKX 22.34

-0.19 -0.84%
Volume: 612,769
Track SKX

TOL 19.50

-0.36 -1.81%
Volume: 3,364,039
Track TOL

WWW 26.07

-0.33 -1.25%
Volume: 284,089
Track WWW


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