Notable Analyst Rating Changes 6/1: YHOO, X, ITW, WFMI, KSS Upgraded; SCHN, CVH, SLE, CTAS Downgraded

June 1, 2009 10:19 AM EDT

UPGRADES:
Barclays upgrades Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) from Equal-weight to Overweight and raised its price target from $15 to $20. Click here for full color on the upgrade.

Goldman Sachs upgrades United States Steel Corp. (NYSE: X) from Sell to Neutral and raises its price target from $28 to $34.

Credit Suisse upgrades Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) from Neutral to Outperform.

RBC Capital upgrades Whole Foods Market (Nasdaq: WFMI) from Sector Perform to Outperform.

Thomas Weisel upgrades Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) from Marketweight to Overweight.

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

DOWNGRADES:
Goldman Sachs downgrades Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: SCHN) from Neutral to Sell with a $38 price target.

UBS downgrades Coventry Health Care (NYSE: CVH) from Buy to Neutral. Price target $19.

Goldman Sachs downgrades Sara Lee Corp. (NYSE: SLE) from Neutral to Sell with a $9.50 price target.

Baird downgrades Cintas (NYSE: CTAS) from Outperform to Neutral. Price target lowered from $31 to $27.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
Morgan Stanley initiates coverage on Giant Interactive (NYSE: GA) with an Overweight.

Jefferies & Co initiates coverage on Brigham Exploration (Nasdaq: BEXP) with a Buy.

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


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BEXP 10.18

-0.56 -5.21%
Volume: 6,080,808
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CTAS 28.77

+0.15 +0.52%
Volume: 865,712
Track CTAS

CVH 21.99

+0.09 +0.41%
Volume: 1,502,215
Track CVH

GA 7.13

-0.07 -0.97%
Volume: 244,797
Track GA

ITW 48.39

+0.12 +0.25%
Volume: 2,893,856
Track ITW

KSS 56.68

+0.73 +1.30%
Volume: 3,056,962
Track KSS

SCHN 44.64

-0.04 -0.09%
Volume: 997,345
Track SCHN

SLE 11.69

-0.13 -1.10%
Volume: 7,411,459
Track SLE

WFMI 28.25

+1.15 +4.24%
Volume: 6,185,179
Track WFMI

X 37.38

+0.57 +1.55%
Volume: 13,744,723
Track X

YHOO 15.94

+0.04 +0.25%
Volume: 13,564,323
Track YHOO


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