Notable Analyst Rating Changes 10/28: TXN, MOT, TGT, WYNN, ILMN Upgraded; APOL, SNDK, NVDA, X, VCLK Downgraded

October 28, 2009 11:48 AM EDT

UPGRADES:
Goldman Sachs upgrades Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) from Neutral to Buy

RBC Capital upgrades Motorola (NYSE: MOT) from Sector Perform to Outperform.

Citigroup upgraded Target Corp (NYSE: TGT) from Sell to Buy and raised their price target from $44 to $61.

Oppenheimer upgrades Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) from Market Perform to Outperform. The firm maintains a $73 price target.

Caris & Co upgrades Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) from Average to Above Average. Price target increased to $42.

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DOWNGRADES:
Bank of America downgrades Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL) from Buy to Neutral. Price target slashed from $100 to $73. Additionally, Morgan Stanley downgrades Apollo Group from Overweight to Equalweight.

Goldman Sachs downgrades SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) from Buy to Neutral, maintaining a $24 price target.

Roth downgrades NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) from Buy to Hold, and lowers their price target from $18 to $12.

KeyBanc downgrades U.S. Steel (NYSE: X) from Hold to Buy.

ThinkEquity has downgraded shares of ValueClick (NASDAQ: VCLK) from Buy to Hold. Merriman Curhan Ford also downgraded ValueClick to Neutral. Finally, Needham & Co downgraded ValueClick from Buy to Hold.

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NEW COVERAGE:
Bank of America restarts coverage on Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE: ADM) with a Buy. Price target $36.

Citi initiates coverage on Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) with a Buy rating and a $17.50 price target.

Bank of America restarts coverage on Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) with a Buy, and a price target of $15.

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ADM 31.62

+0.05 +0.16%
Volume: 3,927,106
Track ADM

APOL 55.10

-0.05 -0.09%
Volume: 1,895,366
Track APOL

CIEN 13.17

-0.30 -2.23%
Volume: 5,648,825
Track CIEN

ILMN 26.81

-1.40 -4.96%
Volume: 5,036,681
Track ILMN

MOT 8.28

-0.20 -2.36%
Volume: 22,742,048
Track MOT

NVDA 12.90

-0.08 -0.62%
Volume: 10,671,206
Track NVDA

SNDK 20.24

+0.12 +0.60%
Volume: 5,821,205
Track SNDK

TGT 47.46

-0.44 -0.92%
Volume: 7,729,532
Track TGT

TSN 13.07

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 5,153,326
Track TSN

TXN 24.74

-0.14 -0.56%
Volume: 13,252,884
Track TXN

VCLK 10.00

+0.11 +1.11%
Volume: 916,755
Track VCLK

WYNN 63.88

-0.26 -0.41%
Volume: 2,077,938
Track WYNN

X 41.32

+0.04 +0.10%
Volume: 7,755,854
Track X


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