Notable Analyst Rating Changes 4/30: OXPS, SNY, LAMR Upgraded; SQNM, GT, ITRI Downgraded

April 30, 2009 10:08 AM EDT

UPGRADES:
Goldman Sachs upgrades optionsXpress Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: OXPS) from Sell to Neutral and removed the stock from its Conviction Sell List.

J.P. Morgan upgrades Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY) from Neutral to Overweight.

Soleil Securities upgrades CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) from Hold to Buy. Price target increased from $5 to $9.

J.P. Morgan upgrades Pzena Investment Management (NYSE: PZN) from Underweight to Overweight.

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

DOWNGRADES:
Cantor Fitzgerald downgrades Sequenom (Nasdaq: SQNM) from Buy to Hold. Price target slashed to $4 from $42.

Citi downgrades Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co (NYSE: GT) from Buy to Hold. Price target increased from $9 to $12.

Wachovia downgrades Itron, Inc. (Nasdaq: ITRI) from Outperform to Market Perform. Valuation Range: $45 to $47.

UBS downgrades Costco (Nasdaq: COST) from Buy to Neutral. Price target $52.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
RBC Capital initiates coverage on BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) with an Outperform.

Soleil Securities initiates coverage on Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) with a Hold. Price target $15.50.

Soleil Securities initiates coverage on Sun Healthcare Group (Nasdaq: SUNH) with a Hold. Price target $11.50.

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


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BHP 71.29

-0.21 -0.29%
Volume: 2,409,213
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CBS 13.19

-0.10 -0.75%
Volume: 5,555,774
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COST 59.78

-0.66 -1.09%
Volume: 1,539,752
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GT 13.57

-0.02 -0.15%
Volume: 2,479,866
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ITRI 62.74

-0.57 -0.90%
Volume: 329,350
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KND 15.34

-0.26 -1.67%
Volume: 110,314
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OXPS 15.90

+0.05 +0.32%
Volume: 177,547
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PZN 7.74

-0.37 -4.56%
Volume: 18,182
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SNY 37.84

-0.07 -0.18%
Volume: 437,282
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SQNM 3.22

-0.06 -1.83%
Volume: 1,741,877
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SUNH 8.88

-0.04 -0.45%
Volume: 133,776
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