Notable Analyst Rating Changes 02/10: (COP) (JDSU) (ATVI) Upgraded; (ORLY) (XCO) (AKS) Downgraded

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COP Hot Sheet

Overall Analyst Rating:
NEUTRAL (= Flat)

Dividend Yield: 5.2%
EPS Growth %: +11.0%

UPGRADES
Deutsche Bank upgrades ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) to Buy with a price target of $90. Click Here for more color.

Credit Suisse lifts JDS Uniphase (Nasdaq: JDSU) from Neutral to Outperform, boosting its price target from $13 to $17.

Goldman Sachs adds Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI) to its Conviction Buy List with a price target of $16. Click Here for more color.

Pritchard Capital lifts Hercules Offshore (Nasdaq: HERO) from Neutral to Buy, its price target raised from $3 to $7.

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DOWNGRADES
O'Reilly Automotive (Nasdaq: ORLY) lowered by two firms:

Baird from Outperform to Neutral, raising its price target from $72 to $88; and
Deutsche Bank from Buy to Hold with a price target of $91. Click Here for more color.

Baird reduced EXCO Resources (NYSE: XCO) from Outperform to Neutral, lowering its price target $13 to $8.

Citi cuts AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) from Buy to Neutral and reduces its price target from $12 to $9.

Collins Stewart downgrades First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR) from Buy to Hold with a price target maintained at $40. Click Here for more color.

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NEW COVERAGE
BofA/Merrill Lynch reinstates LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) at Buy and $10 price target.

Goldman Sachs resumes Symantec (Nasdq: SYMC) with a Neutral rating and $19 price target. Click Here for more color.

Gilead Sciences (Nasdaq: GILD) initiated by two today:

Morgan Stanley with a Overweight and price target of $55; and
Barclays also at Overweight rating and $67 price target.

Barclays assumes Idenix Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: IDIX) with an Equalweight, price target of $10.

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