Notable Analyst Rating Changes 6/19: CCL, ARM, SPWRA, FRO Upgraded; VMW, LDK, RFMD Downgraded

June 19, 2009 9:52 AM EDT

UPGRADES:
Wachovia upgrades Carnival (NYSE: CCL) to Outperform. Valuation range: $28 to $30. Click here for the full report.

Barclays upgrades ArvinMeritor (NYSE: ARM) from Equal Weight to Overweight, citing ability to address near-term liquidty issues.

UBS upgrades SunPower (Nasdaq: SPWRA) from Neutral to Buy and raises their price target from $26 to $38, saying company is best positioned to benefit from increased U.S. solar demand.

Goldman Sachs upgraded Frontline Ltd. (NYSE: FRO) from Sell to Buy and added the stock to their Conviction Buy List.

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

DOWNGRADES:
Goldman Sachs removed VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) from its Conviction Buy List and downgraded the stock from Buy to Neutral. The firm's price target was raised from $29 to $31.

UBS downgrades LDK Solar (NYSE: LDK) from Buy to Neutral.

FBR Capital downgraded the U.S. dry bulk shipping sector from Market Weight to Underweight.

UBS downgrades RF Micro Devices (Nasdaq: RFMD) from Buy to Neutral.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
HSBC initiates coverage on Baidu.com (Nasdaq: BIDU) with an Underweight rating and $244 price target, which 17% represents downside.

Rochdale's Dick Bove initiates coverage on Citigroup (NYSE: C) with a Buy rating and $4 price target - CNBC Says normalized EPS of $1.12 could make the stock worth up to $12 per share.

Stifel Nicolaus initiates coverage on Ciena (Nasdaq: CIEN) with a Buy.

Kaufman Bros. initiates coverage on priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) with a Buy. Price target $145.

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


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ARM 7.90

+0.01 +0.13%
Volume: 1,519,515
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BIDU 409.74

+13.51 +3.41%
Volume: 2,637,764
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C 4.06

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 253,384,991
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CCL 30.57

-0.25 -0.81%
Volume: 3,236,790
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CIEN 12.25

+0.10 +0.82%
Volume: 2,332,453
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FRO 23.45

-0.70 -2.90%
Volume: 620,199
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LDK 5.74

-0.06 -1.03%
Volume: 1,756,175
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PCLN 172.00

+3.99 +2.37%
Volume: 1,500,185
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RFMD 4.02

-0.02 -0.50%
Volume: 6,633,851
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SPWRA 26.60

-0.05 -0.19%
Volume: 1,699,257
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VMW 40.07

-0.67 -1.64%
Volume: 1,213,749
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