Notable Analyst Rating Changes 02/11: IPG, FLR, ALU, SO Upgraded;CMG, S, EXPE, CSCO Downgraded

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IPG Hot Sheet

Overall Analyst Rating:
BUY ( Down

Down)

Dividend Yield: 2.2%
EPS Growth %: +38.9%

UPGRADES
Deutsche Bank upgraded Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG) to Buy, with a price target increased from $11 to $15. Click Here for more color.

Citi upgrades Flour (NYSE: FLR) shares from Hold to Buy.

Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) upgraded by two today:

Nomura Securities from Reduce to Neutral; and
MKM Partners from Neutral to Buy.

BofA/Merrill Lynch upgrades Southern Co. (NYSE: SO) from Neutral to Buy.

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DOWNGRADES
Chipotle Mexican Gril (NYSE: CMG) downgraded by a handful of firms today:

BofA/Merrill Lynch from Buy to Neutral;
Wells Fargo from Market Perform to Underperform. Click Here for more color; and
Morgan Keegan from Market Perform to Underperform, boosting their price target from $225 to $240.

Goldman Sachs lowers Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) from Buy to Neutral, cutting their price target from $6 to $5. Click Here for more color.

Expedia (Nasdaq: EXPE) downgraded by a slew of firms today:

BofA/Merrill Lynch from Buy to Neutral;
Deutsche Bank from Buy to Hold, with a price target lowered from $33 to $25. Click Here for more color;
ThinkEquity from Buy to Hold; and
Benchmark from Buy to Hold, cutting their price target by $10 from $36 to $26. Click Here for more color.

J.P. Morgan downgraded shares of Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) from Overweight to Neutral.

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NEW COVERAGE
Air Transport Services Group (Nasdaq: ATSG) started by two today:

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey at Buy, with $10 price target; and
BB&T at Buy, and $12 price target.

Canaccord Genuity initiates coverage on ABITIBIBOWATER Inc. (NYSE: ABH) with a Buy, and $35 price target.

William Blair initiates coverage on MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL) with a Outperform.

Citadel Securities initiates coverage on Sirius XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) with a Neutral rating and $2 price target.

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