Notable Analyst Rating Changes 12/01: FITB, BPFH, MENT, CLWR, LTD, SPWRA Upgraded; NFLX, NUVA Downgraded

December 1, 2009 11:37 AM EST

UPGRADES:
Citigroup upgrades Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) from Hold to Buy.

SunTrust upgrades Boston Private Financial (Nasdaq: BPFH) to Buy. Price target $6.50.

JP Morgan upgrades Mentor Graphics (Nasdaq: MENT) from Underweight to Overweight and raises their price target from $9.00 to $10.50.

UBS upgrades Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) from Sell to Neutral.

Soleil Securities upgrades Limited Brands (NYSE: LTD) from Sell to Hold. Price target $15.50. Click here for the full report.

Pacific Crest upgraded SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWRA) to Outperform with a $29 price target. Click Here for more color.

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DOWNGRADES:
Merriman Curhan Ford downgrades Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) from Buy to Neutral. Click Here for more color.

Brean Murray downgrades NuVasive (NASDAQ: NUVA) from Buy to Hold. The stock was also downgraded to Market Perform at JMP Securities.

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NEW COVERAGE:
HSBC initiated coverage on shares of Boeing (NYSE: BA) with an Underweight rating, the equivalent of a Sell, and a $45 price target.

Ticonderoga Securities initiates coverage on Monsanto (NYSE: MON) with a Sell and $68 price target. For more color, Click Here.

JMP Securities initiates coverage on Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) with a Market Outperform rating.

Piper Jaffray & Co. initiates coverage on Novavax, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVAX) with an Overweight rating. Price target $4.50. Click Here for more color.

Bank of America initiates coverage on Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) with a Buy. Price target $50.

Morgan Stanley initiates coverage on Banco Santander (NASDAQ: BSBR) with an Overweight rating.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods initiates coverage on Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) with a Market Perform rating. Price target $66. Click Here for more details.

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ADBE 29.42

+0.57 +1.98%
Volume: 6,125,513
Track ADBE

ANR 39.42

+0.35 +0.90%
Volume: 1,527,481
Track ANR

BA 63.39

+1.10 +1.77%
Volume: 3,465,719
Track BA

BPFH 6.90

+0.26 +3.92%
Volume: 658,298
Track BPFH

BSBR 12.71

-0.10 -0.78%
Volume: 4,504,210
Track BSBR

CLWR 6.81

+0.16 +2.41%
Volume: 1,870,505
Track CLWR

FITB 11.72

+0.06 +0.51%
Volume: 7,962,279
Track FITB

LTD 25.75

+1.48 +6.10%
Volume: 5,800,094
Track LTD

MENT 9.58

+0.22 +2.35%
Volume: 520,569
Track MENT

MON 54.35

+0.36 +0.67%
Volume: 3,723,430
Track MON

NFLX 138.00

+3.08 +2.28%
Volume: 5,260,118
Track NFLX

NUVA 30.60

+0.49 +1.63%
Volume: 664,136
Track NUVA

NVAX 2.32

-0.02 -0.85%
Volume: 1,192,970
Track NVAX

SPWRA 11.19

+0.07 +0.63%
Volume: 1,279,941
Track SPWRA

VNO 86.14

+1.84 +2.18%
Volume: 1,652,767
Track VNO


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