Notable Analyst Rating Changes 5/27: RF, PFG, LVS, SLP Upgraded; CTXS, BIG, CTCM Downgraded

May 27, 2009 10:29 AM EDT

UPGRADES:
Deutsche Bank upgrades Regions Financial (NYSE: RF) from Hold to Buy. Price target $5. Click here for the full report.

Morgan Stanley upgrades Principal Financia (NYSE: PFG) to Overweight.

Argus upgrades Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) from Sell to Hold.

Leerink Swann upgrades WellPoint (NYSE: WLP) from Market Perform to Outperform.

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

DOWNGRADES:
J.P. Morgan downgrades Citrix Systems (Nasdaq: CTXS) from Overweight to Neutral.

JP Morgan is making an interesting call on Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) this morning downgrading the shares to Neutral from Overweight while lowering tgt to $27 (prev. $28) Click here for the full report.

Goldman Sachs downgrades CTC Media, Inc (Nasdaq: CTCM) to Buy from Neutral, citing valuation.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
RBC Capital initiates coverage on Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) with an Outperform rating. Price target $24.

Brean Murray initiates coverage on THQ, Inc. (Nasdaq: THQI) with a Hold. Click here for full color on the coverage.

Brean Murray initiates coverage on Activision-Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI) with a Buy. Price target $15. Here is the full report.

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


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ATVI 11.25

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 26,718,845
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BIG 25.07

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 1,056,920
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CTCM 16.55

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 260,120
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CTXS 38.88

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 2,919,526
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LVS 15.35

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 20,098,415
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ORCL 21.42

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 22,995,164
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PFG 25.71

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 2,308,016
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RF 4.75

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 24,253,147
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THQI 5.18

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 1,265,292
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WLP 51.00

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 4,325,748
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