Notable Analyst Rating Changes 10/12: BNI, MA, V, BBW, AMD, KR, PCG Upgrade; SNDK, OXY, NOK, LMT, BIDU Downgrade

October 12, 2009 10:53 AM EDT

UPGRADES:
Davenport upgrades Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI) from Neutral to Buy.

Credit Suisse upgrades MasterCard (NYSE: MA) and Visa (NYSE: V) from Neutral to Outperform.

Shares of Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. (NYSE: BBW) are surging after the company received a rare analyst upgrade today. Shares are up 17% currently on volume that is double normal already.

UBS upgrades Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) from Neutral to Buy and raised their price target from $4.50 to $7.50.

J.P. Morgan upgrades Kroger (NYSE: KR) from Neutral to Overweight. Price target raises from $21 to $27.

Jefferies upgrades PG&E Corp (NYSE: PCG) from Hold to Buy. Price target increased from $43.50 to $46.

For daily real-time Upgrades go to http://www.streetinsider.com/Upgrades

DOWNGRADES:
UBS downgrades SanDisk (Nasdaq: SNDK) from Neutral to Sell, maintaining their $18 price target. Click here for more color.

Citi downgrades Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) to Hold. Price target $82.

HSBC downgrades Nokia (NYSE: NOK) from Overweight to Neutral.

Cowen & Co downgrades Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) from Outperform to Neutral.

Deutsche Bank downgrades Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU) to Hold. Price target lowered from $426 to $411.

For daily real-time Downgrades go to http://www.streetinsider.com/Downgrades

NEW COVERAGE:
Leerink Swann resumes coverage on Medco Health Solutions (NYSE: MHS) and Express Scripts (Nasdaq: ESRX) with Outperform Ratings.

Brean Murray initiates coverage on Seagate Technology (NYSE: STX) with a Buy. Price target $20.

Bank of American re-instates coverage on Sherwin-Williams (NYSE: SHW) with a Buy rating. Price target $72.

Barclays initiates coverage on Black & Decker (NYSE: BDK) with an Overweight rating. Price target $55.

For daily real-time New Coverage go to http://www.streetinsider.com/New+Coverage


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AMD 7.01

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 19,388,290
Track AMD

BBW 4.74

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 163,645
Track BBW

BDK 60.69

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 1,051,040
Track BDK

BIDU 433.74

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 100
Track BIDU

BNI 98.30

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 4,009,436
Track BNI

ESRX 85.80

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 1,674,477
Track ESRX

KR 22.74

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 6,465,692
Track KR

LMT 77.23

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 2,929,914
Track LMT

MA 240.86

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 1,392,088
Track MA

MHS 63.16

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 3,353,062
Track MHS

NOK 13.26

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 16,524,897
Track NOK

OXY 80.79

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 4,331,577
Track OXY

PCG 42.34

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 1,676,641
Track PCG

SHW 60.84

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 950,817
Track SHW

SNDK 19.72

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 5,499,992
Track SNDK

STX 15.13

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 8,217,790
Track STX

V 81.00

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 3,926,682
Track V


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