Notable Analyst Rating Changes 10/13: PKX, DRYS, YHOO, AMD, PHG Upgrade; GS, VPRT, SVU, GAP, SWY, DRIV Downgrade

October 13, 2009 10:46 AM EDT

UPGRADES:
Goldman Sachs upgraded POSCO (NYSE: PKX) to Buy and added the stock to their Conviction Buy List with a $150 price target.

Lazard Capital Markets upgrades shares of DryShips (Nasdaq: DRYS) from Hold to Buy.

Benchmark upgrades Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) from Hold to Buy. Price target raised from $16 to $20. For more color Click Here

JMP Securities upgrades Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) from Underperform to Market Perform.

RBS upgrades Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG) from Hold to Buy. BNP Paribas upgrades Philips Electronics from Underperform to Neutral.

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

DOWNGRADES:
Meredith Whitney Advisory downgrades Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) from Buy to Neutral, with a $186 price target.

Goldman Sachs downgrades VistaPrint (Nasdaq: VPRT) from Buy to Neutral and lowers their price target from $52 to $47.

Pali Research downgrades SUPERVALU (NYSE: SVU) & Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co (NYSE: GAP) from Neutral to SELL and lowering estimates ahead of the upcoming earnings reports. Pali also lowered estimates on SELL rated Safeway (NYSE: SWY). For more color Click Here

RBC downgrades Digital River (Nasdaq: DRIV) from Outperform to Sector Perform. Price target halved to $22. First Analysis also downgrades Digital River from Overweight to Equalweight.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
Deutsche Bank initiates coverage on Citigroup (NYSE: C) with a Buy rating and $5.50 price target. For more color, Click Here

UBS initiates coverage on Coach (NYSE: COH) with a Neutral rating. Price target $37.

Auriga initiates coverage on F5 Networks (Nasdaq: FFIV) with a Buy. Price target $48.

J.P. Morgan initiates coverage on J.M. Smucker (NYSE: SJM) with a Neutral rating.

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


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AMD 6.92

-0.16 -2.26%
Volume: 13,144,737
Track AMD

C 33.30

-0.24 -0.72%
Volume: 32,022,750
Track C

COH 72.57

-0.02 -0.03%
Volume: 1,808,314
Track COH

DRIV 17.78

-0.11 -0.61%
Volume: 524,549
Track DRIV

DRYS 2.81

+0.40 +16.60%
Volume: 27,798,568
Track DRYS

FFIV 125.00

+0.23 +0.18%
Volume: 1,038,202
Track FFIV

GAP 0.93

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 64,146
Track GAP

GS 117.39

-0.14 -0.12%
Volume: 3,423,669
Track GS

PHG 20.83

+0.05 +0.24%
Volume: 412,989
Track PHG

PKX 91.32

-2.73 -2.90%
Volume: 230,253
Track PKX

SJM 79.52

-0.04 -0.05%
Volume: 285,790
Track SJM

SVU 6.93

-0.05 -0.72%
Volume: 3,371,218
Track SVU

SWY 21.70

-0.04 -0.18%
Volume: 4,368,011
Track SWY

VPRT 39.39

-0.44 -1.10%
Volume: 372,045
Track VPRT

YHOO 15.82

-0.10 -0.63%
Volume: 11,291,206
Track YHOO


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