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Notable Analyst Rating Changes 05/09: (BHI) (ETFC) (PEP) Upgraded; (SPLS) (MJN) (DRWI) Downgraded

May 9, 2011 11:02 AM EDT
UPGRADES
Barclays lifts Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) from Equal Weight to Overweight with a $91 price target.

Goldman Sachs upgrades E*TRADE (Nasdaq: ETFC) from Neutral to Buy with a $19 price target. Click Here for more color.

Goldman Sachs adds Pepsico (NYSE: PEP) to its Conviction Buy List with a $83 price target. Click Here for more color.

Bernstein raises Teva Pharma (Nasdaq: TEVA) from Market Perform to Outperform, boosting their price target from $53 to $55.

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DOWNGRADES
Nomura Securities lowers Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS) from Neutral to Reduce, with a price target lowered from $21 to $17. Click Here for more color.

Goldman Sachs lowers Mead Johnson Nutrition (NYSE: MJN) from Conviction Buy List to Neutral, saying the stock is now fully valued. The firm is leaving its price target at $70. Click Here for more color.

TD Newcrest (assumes coverage and) downgraded DragonWave (Nasdaq: DRWI) from Buy to Hold, with a price target cut from $10 to $8.

Barclays downgrades Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) from Overweight to Equalweight and cut its price target from $118 to $108.

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NEW COVERAGE
ThinkEquity initiates Vertex (Nasdaq: VRTX) with a Buy, and $62 price target.

Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO) initiated by several firms today:
  • Deutsche Bank at Buy, and $20 price target. Click Here for more color;

  • Wells Fargo with a Market Perform, and valuation range of $19 - $20. Click Here for more color;

  • Goldman Sachs at Buy and $24 price target. Click Here for more color;

  • J.P. Morgan with an Overweight rating and a $24 price target;

  • Citigroup with a Buy rating and a $24 price target;

  • Credit Suisse with an Outperform rating and a $23 price target; and

  • UBS with a Buy rating and a $21 price target. Click Here for more color.
Qihoo 360 Technology (NYSE: QIHU) started by two today:
  • Cowen with a Neutral; and

  • Stifel Nicolaus at Hold.
Wells Fargo initiates coverage on IDEX Corp (NYSE: IEX) with an Outperform., with a price target boosted from $58 to $60. Click Here for more color.

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