Notable Analyst Rating Changes 08/09: (WFC) (S) (MRK) Upgraded; (ENOC) (STXS) (LLNW) Downgraded

UPGRADES
FBR Capital ups Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) from Market Perform to Outperform, maintaining a price target of $31.00.

BTIG lifts Sprint (NYSE: S) from Sell to Neutral. Click Here for more color.

Jefferies raises Merck (NYSE: MRK) from Hold to Buy, cutting its price target from $39 to $37. Click Here for more color.

Rackspace (NYSE: RAX) upgraded by two today:

• Piper Jaffray from Neutral to Overweight, reaffirming its price target of $43.00. Click Here for more color; and
  
  
• RBC Capital from Sector Perform to Outperform, reiterating its $46 price target.

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DOWNGRADES
EnerNOC (Nasdaq: ENOC) lowered by several firms today:

• Brean Murray Carret & Co. from Buy to Hold, suspends $23 price target. Click Here for more color;
  
  
• KeyBanc from Buy to Hold. Click Here for more color;
  
  
• ThinkEquity from Buy to Hold, cutting its price target from $23 to $12;
  
  
• JPMorgan from Overweight to Neutral, reducing its price target from $27 to $22.50; and
  
  
• Ardour Capital to Hold with a price target of $14.00. Click Here for more color.

Stereotaxis (Nasdaq: STXS) lowered by two today:

• ThinkEquity from Buy to Hold, its price target cut from $6 to $2;
  
  
• Oppenheimer from Outperform to Perform.

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey cuts Limelight Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: LLNW) from Buy to Neutral.

Goldman Sachs downgraded United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) from Buy to Neutral, lowering its price target from $102 to $86.

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NEW COVERAGE
Macquarie initiates Emerson (NYSE: EMR) with an Outperform, and price target of $56.00.

Brean Murray Carret & Co. starts Gilead Sciences (Nasdaq: GILD) with a Buy. Click Here for more color.

Macquarie begins Tyco Electronics (NYSE: TEL) with an Outperform, and $44.00 price target.

Gleacher & Co. initiates shares of Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL) with a Buy rating and $18 price target.

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