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 23.32

+0.47 +2.06%
Volume: 4,656,796
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AXA 25.15

-0.07 -0.28%
Volume: 567,051
Track AXA

BP 58.43

-0.10 -0.17%
Volume: 4,114,637
Track BP

BRE 28.79

-0.37 -1.27%
Volume: 492,600
Track BRE

COLM 38.86

-0.05 -0.13%
Volume: 84,323
Track COLM

CTX 11.95

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

CVX 77.53

+0.29 +0.38%
Volume: 7,746,553
Track CVX

DECK 93.17

-0.26 -0.28%
Volume: 323,992
Track DECK

DHI 12.03

+0.20 +1.69%
Volume: 6,708,623
Track DHI

GLYT 95.48

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 0
Track GLYT

KBH 14.91

-0.23 -1.52%
Volume: 5,521,511
Track KBH

LEN 14.14

+0.63 +4.66%
Volume: 7,379,768
Track LEN

MRO 33.68

+0.05 +0.15%
Volume: 6,428,036
Track MRO

PHM 9.65

-0.01 -0.10%
Volume: 10,430,489
Track PHM

SKX 22.80

+0.05 +0.22%
Volume: 387,550
Track SKX

TOL 18.14

+0.15 +0.83%
Volume: 2,764,823
Track TOL

WWW 26.93

-0.28 -1.03%
Volume: 387,205
Track WWW


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