Notable Analyst Rating Changes 12/06: (SBUX) (GGP) (FAST) Upgraded; (FCX) (MET) (PXP) Downgraded


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UPGRADES
Baird raises Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) from Neutral to Outperform, boosting its target from $55 up to $62.

UBS lifts General Growth Properties (NYSE: GGP) from Neutral to Buy.

William Blair boosts Fastenal (Nasdaq: FAST) from Market Perform to Outperform.

JPMorgan upgrades Sealed Air (NYSE: SEE) from Neutral to Overweight with a price target of $20.

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DOWNGRADES
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) lowered by a gaggle of firms Thursday:
  • Citi from Buy to Neutral;

  • RBC Capital from Outperform to Sector Perform;

  • BMO Capital from Outperform to Market Perform;

  • Macquarie from Outperform to Neutral; and

  • Goldman Sachs from Buy to Neutral, moving its price target from $46 down to $38.

Barclays downgrades MetLife (NYSE: MET) from Overweight to Equalweight, moving its target from $42 down to $37.

Plains Exploration (NYSE: PXP) received some analyst attention today as well:
  • CapitalOne from Strong Buy to Neutral;

  • Johnson Rice from Equalweight to Focus List;

  • Raymond James from Outperform to Market Perform; and

  • Global Hunter Securities from Accumulate to Neutral, moving its price target from $58 down to $50.

Raymond James cuts JDS Uniphase (Nasdaq: JDSU) from Outperform to Market Perform.

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NEW COVERAGE
Goldman Sachs initiates Lions Gate (NYSE: LGF) with a Neutral and $18 price target. Click Here for more color.

BofA/Merrill Lynch reinstates Emerson (NYSE: EMR) at Neutral and $55 price target.

Raymond James begins Apollo Investment (Nasdaq: AINV) at Market Perform.

BofA/Merrill Lynch starts Fusion-io (NYSE: FIO) with a Buy and $30 target.

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