Notable Analyst Rating Changes 6/17: QCOM, TXN, USB, NVDA, NFLX Upgraded; UFS, PCL, UL, CMI Downgraded

June 17, 2009 10:06 AM EDT

UPGRADES:
Goldman Sachs upgrades QUALCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM) from Neutral to Buy and added the stock to their Conviction Buy List with a $53 price target

Merrill Lynch/BAM is out with a major call on Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) upgrading their rating to Buy from Underperform and adding the stock to their U.S 1 Focust list with a $27 tgt (prev. $18). Click here for more color.

Deutsche Bank upgrades US Bancorp (NYSE: USB) from Hold to Buy and raised their price target from $20 to $21, saying $3 normalized EPS possible. Click here for the full report.

UBS upgrades NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) from Sell to Neutral.

Wedbush Morgan upgrades Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) from Hold to Buy with a $48 price target, citing compelling valuation. Click here for the full report.

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

DOWNGRADES:
J.P. Morgan downgrades Domtar (NYSE: UFS) from Overweight to Neutral.

J.P. Morgan downgrades Plum Creek Timber (NYSE: PCL) from Neutral to Underweight.

UBS downgrades Unilever PLC (NYSE: UL) from Neutral to Sell.

UBS downgrades Cummins (NYSE: CMI) from Buy to Neutral.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
Baird initiates coverage on First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR) with a Neutral. Price target $180.

Needham initiates coverage on 3Com (Nasdaq: COMS) with a Buy rating and 'Street High' $7 price target.

SunTust initiates coverage on State Street (NYSE: STT) with a Buy. Price target $68.

SunTrust initiates coverage on The Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE: BK) with a Buy. Price target $38.

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


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BK 26.90

+0.17 +0.64%
Volume: 10,468,519
Track BK

CMI 46.18

-0.89 -1.89%
Volume: 1,856,133
Track CMI

COMS 5.46

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 4,168,966
Track COMS

FSLR 117.93

-2.83 -2.34%
Volume: 2,949,877
Track FSLR

NFLX 55.86

-0.53 -0.94%
Volume: 1,715,204
Track NFLX

NVDA 13.16

+0.89 +7.25%
Volume: 41,020,600
Track NVDA

PCL 32.81

-0.32 -0.97%
Volume: 2,334,033
Track PCL

QCOM 43.90

+0.05 +0.11%
Volume: 15,993,656
Track QCOM

STT 41.45

-1.36 -3.18%
Volume: 6,321,935
Track STT

TXN 24.04

-0.14 -0.58%
Volume: 11,756,521
Track TXN

UFS 49.20

-0.19 -0.38%
Volume: 995,868
Track UFS

UL 29.92

+0.12 +0.40%
Volume: 1,884,009
Track UL

USB 23.73

-0.25 -1.04%
Volume: 12,645,067
Track USB


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