Notable Analyst Rating Changes 5/27: RF, PFG, LVS, SLP Upgraded; CTXS, BIG, CTCM Downgraded

May 27, 2009 10:29 AM EDT

UPGRADES:
Deutsche Bank upgrades Regions Financial (NYSE: RF) from Hold to Buy. Price target $5. Click here for the full report.

Morgan Stanley upgrades Principal Financia (NYSE: PFG) to Overweight.

Argus upgrades Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) from Sell to Hold.

Leerink Swann upgrades WellPoint (NYSE: WLP) from Market Perform to Outperform.

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

DOWNGRADES:
J.P. Morgan downgrades Citrix Systems (Nasdaq: CTXS) from Overweight to Neutral.

JP Morgan is making an interesting call on Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) this morning downgrading the shares to Neutral from Overweight while lowering tgt to $27 (prev. $28) Click here for the full report.

Goldman Sachs downgrades CTC Media, Inc (Nasdaq: CTCM) to Buy from Neutral, citing valuation.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
RBC Capital initiates coverage on Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) with an Outperform rating. Price target $24.

Brean Murray initiates coverage on THQ, Inc. (Nasdaq: THQI) with a Hold. Click here for full color on the coverage.

Brean Murray initiates coverage on Activision-Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI) with a Buy. Price target $15. Here is the full report.

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


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ATVI 11.03

-0.27 -2.39%
Volume: 26,217,095
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BIG 28.08

+4.54 +19.29%
Volume: 11,429,901
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CTCM 15.04

+0.41 +2.80%
Volume: 429,074
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CTXS 39.47

+0.95 +2.47%
Volume: 2,385,306
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LVS 16.17

+0.04 +0.25%
Volume: 29,459,819
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ORCL 22.83

+0.19 +0.84%
Volume: 27,813,755
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PFG 24.09

+1.57 +6.97%
Volume: 11,600,695
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RF 5.71

+0.21 +3.82%
Volume: 29,570,261
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THQI 4.64

-0.02 -0.43%
Volume: 1,901,445
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WLP 53.88

+0.22 +0.41%
Volume: 3,800,646
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