Notable Analyst Rating Changes 10/16: GOOG, LYG, KR, HOG, NTRI, AUDC upgrade; NOK, KMP, WSM, SHAW, NFLX Downgrade

October 16, 2009 10:45 AM EDT

UPGRADES:
Benchmark upgrades Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) from Hold to Buy. Click Here for more color.

Deutsche Bank upgrades Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE: LYG) to a Buy. For more color Click Here

BB&T Capital upgrades Kroger (NYSE: KR) from Hold to Buy. Price target $30.

An analyst at RBC Capital has upgraded shares of Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG) to Outperform.

Janney Montgomery Scott upgrades NutriSystem (Nasdaq: NTRI) from Neutral to Buy, price target increased from $16 to $24. Click Here for more color.

BofA Merrill Lynch upgrades AudioCodes (Nasdaq: AUDC) two-notches from Underperform to Buy. The firm raised its price target from $1.75 to $3.50

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DOWNGRADES:
RBS downgrades Nokia (NYSE: NOK) to Hold from Buy.

Morgan Stanley downgrades Kinder Morgan Partners (NYSE: KMP) from Equalweight to Underweight. price target $57.

Goldman Sachs downgrades Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM) from Buy to Neutral but raised their price target from $21 to $24.

Robert W. Baird downgrades Shaw Group (NYSE: SHAW) from Outperform to Neutral with a $32 price target.

Caris & Co. downgrades Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) from Buy to Above Average.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
J.P. Morgan resumes coverage on Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) with an Overweight rating. Price target $21.

BMO Capital initiates coverage on SunTrust (NYSE: STI) with a Market Perform rating. Price target $25.

FBR Capital re-initiates coverage of EOG Resources, Inc. (NYSE: EOG) with a Market Perform rating and a 12-month price target of $80/share,

Credit Suisse initiates coverage on SAIC, Inc (NYSE: SAI) with an Outperform rating. Price target $22.

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


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AUDC 3.97

-0.04 -1.00%
Volume: 98,787
Track AUDC

EOG 110.06

+0.97 +0.89%
Volume: 3,069,419
Track EOG

GOOG 609.09

+12.76 +2.14%
Volume: 3,679,755
Track GOOG

HOG 45.32

-0.79 -1.71%
Volume: 1,634,731
Track HOG

KMP 86.38

+0.57 +0.66%
Volume: 433,269
Track KMP

KR 24.06

+0.14 +0.59%
Volume: 6,755,331
Track KR

LYG 2.20

+0.06 +2.80%
Volume: 2,945,643
Track LYG

NFLX 129.25

+2.82 +2.23%
Volume: 11,660,753
Track NFLX

NOK 5.04

-0.08 -1.56%
Volume: 16,858,058
Track NOK

NTRI 11.52

-0.01 -0.09%
Volume: 949,088
Track NTRI

PFE 20.95

-0.25 -1.18%
Volume: 32,095,656
Track PFE

SAI 12.69

-0.21 -1.63%
Volume: 1,905,745
Track SAI

SHAW 29.15

-0.19 -0.65%
Volume: 519,827
Track SHAW

STI 22.10

-0.18 -0.81%
Volume: 4,728,415
Track STI

WSM 36.51

-0.36 -0.98%
Volume: 1,850,030
Track WSM


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