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 43.77

-0.47 -1.06%
Volume: 164,220
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DRIV 25.74

-0.48 -1.83%
Volume: 410,959
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ENR 56.68

-1.25 -2.16%
Volume: 218,904
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GAME 10.15

-0.20 -1.93%
Volume: 630,426
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GD 67.08

-1.05 -1.54%
Volume: 1,064,671
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GET 17.19

-0.80 -4.45%
Volume: 202,189
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JBHT 31.88

-0.59 -1.82%
Volume: 394,442
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STEC 12.24

-0.64 -4.97%
Volume: 2,403,089
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VIA-B 30.03

-0.40 -1.31%
Volume: 1,357,250
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YHOO 15.00

-0.30 -1.96%
Volume: 11,452,844
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