Notable Analyst Rating Changes 11/04: VIA, DRIV, JBHT, GD Upgraded; STEC, ENR, DLB Downgraded

November 4, 2009 11:16 AM EST

UPGRADES:
Wunderlich Securities upgrades Viacom (NYSE: VIA-B) from Hold to Buy. Price target increased from $31 to $34. Click Here for more color. The stock was also upgraded to Outperform at Oppenheimer and to Buy at Miller Tabak.

Digital River (Nasdaq: DRIV) upgraded at to Overweight at Piper Jaffray and to Buy at Collins Stewart.

Bank of America upgraded JB Hunt (NASDAQ: JBHT) from Neutral to Buy with a $37 price target

Credit Suisse upgrades General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD) from Neutral to Outperform.

Wells Fargo and FBR Capital upgrade Gaylord Entertainment (NYSE: GET) to Market Perform.

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DOWNGRADES:
ThinkEquity downgrades STEC (Nasdaq: STEC) from Buy to Hold, following results after the close. href="http://www.streetinsider.com/Downgrades/ThinkEquity+downgrades+STEC+%2
8STEC%29+to+Hold/5072734.html">Click Here for more color. Wedbush also downgraded STEC Inc. (NASDAQ: STEC) from Outperform to Neutral. Price target slashed from $39 to $18. For more from Wedbush, href="http://www.streetinsider.com/Downgrades/Wedbush+Downgrades+STEC+Inc.+%
28STEC%29+to+Neutral%3B+Slashes+PT+%26+Estimates/5073716.html">Click Here. Oppenheimer also downgraded the stock to Perform.

Goldman Sachs downgrades Energizer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ENR) from Buy to Neutral and cut its price target from $61

JPMorgan and Maxim downgrade Dolby (NYSE: DLB) to Neutral and Hold, respectively.

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NEW COVERAGE:
Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and Susquehanna initiate coverage on Shanda Games (NASDAQ: GAME) with a Buy, Overweight, and Neutral rating, respectively. Goldman added the stock to their Asia Pacific Conviction Buy List with a $13 price target.

JANCO Partners initiates coverage on Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) with a Market Perform rating. Price target $16. Click here for more color.

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DLB 43.98

+0.37 +0.85%
Volume: 317,744
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DRIV 26.30

-0.14 -0.53%
Volume: 744,919
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ENR 57.89

-0.21 -0.36%
Volume: 374,885
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GAME 10.36

-0.14 -1.33%
Volume: 517,773
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GD 67.32

-0.20 -0.30%
Volume: 1,314,855
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GET 17.96

-0.03 -0.17%
Volume: 924,684
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JBHT 32.28

-0.15 -0.46%
Volume: 840,767
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STEC 12.37

-0.16 -1.28%
Volume: 3,075,007
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VIA-B 30.40

+0.12 +0.40%
Volume: 4,600,760
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YHOO 15.24

-0.21 -1.36%
Volume: 19,639,849
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