Notable Analyst Rating Changes 11/06: GE, CBS, HD/LOW, M Upgrade; ESLR, RMD, SUN Downgrade

November 6, 2009 11:00 AM EST

UPGRADES:
Oppenheimer upgraded General Electric (NYSE: GE) today from Perform to Outperform and raised their price target from $17 to $18. Sandford C. Bernstein also upgraded General Electric from Market Perform to Outperform and raised their price target from $18 to $19. Investors are reacting positively to the two upgrades of General Electric (NYSE: GE) today.

Piper Jaffray upgrades CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) from Underweight to Neutral. Price target increased from $12 to $13. Click Here for more color.

Bank of America upgraded home improvement retailers Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Lowe's Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) two-notches from Underperform to Buy. The firm sees a price target of $29 for Home Depot, and $23 for Lowe's.

JPMorgan has upgraded shares of Macy's (NYSE: M) from Neutral to Overweight this morning, also boosting his price target from $19 to $23. Click Here for more color.

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DOWNGRADES:
Citi, Pacific Crest, and Adrour Capital cut Evergreen Solar (NASDAQ: ESLR) from Hold to Sell, Sector Outperform to Sectore Perform, and Hold to Reduce, Respectively. Citi also reduced its price target from $3 to $1.

Jefferies & Co downgrades ResMed (NYSE: RMD) from Buy to Hold. Price target increased from $50 to $53. Morgan Stanley also downgraded ResMed from Overweight to Equalweight.

Howard Weil downgrades Sunoco (NYSE: SUN) from Outperform to Market Perform.

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NEW COVERAGE:
Janney Montgomery Scott initiates coverage on Peet's Coffee and Tea (NASDAQ: PEET) with a Buy. Price target $62. Click Here for more color.

Jefferies & Co initiates coverage on Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO) with a Hold rating. Price target $50.

MKM Partners initiates coverage on Hertz Global (NYSE: HTZ) with a Neutral.

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CBS 29.63

+0.15 +0.51%
Volume: 4,157,820
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ESLR 0.18

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 118,529
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GE 19.05

+0.03 +0.16%
Volume: 42,736,578
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HD 45.20

+0.03 +0.07%
Volume: 8,091,397
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HTZ 14.43

-0.06 -0.41%
Volume: 2,715,286
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LOW 27.01

-0.19 -0.70%
Volume: 11,062,354
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M 35.72

-0.40 -1.11%
Volume: 5,084,610
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PEET 67.56

+0.32 +0.48%
Volume: 108,394
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RMD 29.35

-0.25 -0.84%
Volume: 808,497
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SUN 39.79

+1.29 +3.35%
Volume: 4,769,710
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TMO 55.74

-0.55 -0.98%
Volume: 1,812,163
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