Notable Analyst Rating Changes 11/16: COH, JWN, GNK, ESEA, SVA, YGE Upgraded; PARD, GPS, JCP, DLTR Downgraded

November 16, 2009 11:10 AM EST

UPGRADES:
Goldman Sachs upgraded Coach (NYSE: COH) from Neutral to Buy and raises their price target from $37 to $42. Goldman also upgraded Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) from Neutral to Buy and raised their price target form $39 to $41.

Deutsche Bank upgrades Dry Bulk Stocks Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE: GNK), Euroseas, Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESEA), and Eagle Bulk Shipping (Nasdaq: EGLE). Click here for more color on the upgrades.

Piper Jaffray & Co. upgrades Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NYSE: SVA) to Overweight. Price target increased from $9 to $11. For more color, Click Here.

Janney Montgomery Scott upgrades Yingli Green Energy (NYSE: YGE) from Neutral to Buy. Price target $20. Click Here for more color.

Caris & Co upgrades Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) from Below Average to Average. Price target increased from $30 to $40.

FBR Capital upgrades Ladish Co. (Nasdaq: LDSH) from Market Perform to Outperform. Price target $14. Click here for the full report.

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DOWNGRADES:
Merriman Curhan Ford downgrades Poniard Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: PARD) from Buy to Neutral. Click Here for more color.

BMO Capital downgrades Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) from Outperform to Market Perform. Price target lowers from $26 to $23.

Goldman downgrades JC Penney (NYSE: JCP) from Neutral to Sell and lowers their price target from $36 to $32.

Goldman downgrades Dollar Tree (Nasdaq: DLTR) from Buy to Neutral and lowers their price target from $54 to $52.

Lazard Capital downgrades Shire Ltd. (NASDAQ: SHPGY) from a Buy to Hold. Caris & Co. also downgraded Shire Ltd. from Above Average to Average with a price target of $55.

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NEW COVERAGE:
Deutsche Bank resumes coverage on Lear (NYSE: LEA) (NYSE: LEAWI) with a Buy rating and $77 price target. For more color, Click Here.

Goldman Sachs resumes coverage on Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) with a Buy rating and $19 price target. Click Here for more color.

Wells Fargo initiates coverage on Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ: VRSK) with a Market Perform rating. Click Here for more color. Fox-Pitt also initiated coverage on Verisk Analytics with an In-Line rating.

Deutsche Bank initiated coverage on several pharmaceutical companies :

  • starts GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) with a Hold and 1,200p price target;

  • starts Novartis (NYSE: NVS) with a Buy and CHF 60.5 price target;

  • starts Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY) with a Buy and €58.5 price target;

  • begins AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) with a Hold and 2,530p price target.
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ANF 40.51

+0.11 +0.27%
Volume: 8,742,267
Track ANF

AZN 47.50

+0.29 +0.61%
Volume: 1,569,201
Track AZN

COH 72.59

+1.83 +2.59%
Volume: 3,171,538
Track COH

DELL 17.66

+0.06 +0.34%
Volume: 25,803,229
Track DELL

DLTR 85.65

-0.38 -0.44%
Volume: 956,827
Track DLTR

EGLE 1.36

+0.04 +3.03%
Volume: 819,621
Track EGLE

ESEA 2.79

+0.01 +0.36%
Volume: 30,679
Track ESEA

GNK 7.39

+0.40 +5.72%
Volume: 825,053
Track GNK

GPS 21.71

+0.19 +0.88%
Volume: 7,697,874
Track GPS

GSK 44.85

+0.45 +1.01%
Volume: 2,179,790
Track GSK

JCP 41.06

-0.36 -0.87%
Volume: 6,982,019
Track JCP

JWN 50.27

+1.16 +2.36%
Volume: 2,111,772
Track JWN

LDSH 56.17

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 34,220
Track LDSH

LEA 45.46

+2.96 +6.96%
Volume: 2,845,590
Track LEA

NVS 55.72

+0.06 +0.11%
Volume: 2,594,507
Track NVS

PARD 2.41

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 8,193
Track PARD

SHPGY 99.70

+0.70 +0.71%
Volume: 325,826
Track SHPGY

SNY 36.73

+0.03 +0.08%
Volume: 3,520,114
Track SNY

SVA 2.18

+0.04 +1.87%
Volume: 72,242
Track SVA

VRSK 40.61

+1.14 +2.89%
Volume: 834,444
Track VRSK

YGE 4.33

+0.08 +1.88%
Volume: 4,857,563
Track YGE


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