Notable Analyst Rating Changes 2/27: VZ, AAUK, ROCK Upgraded; SLM, ADBE, RTP Downgraded

February 27, 2009 10:04 AM EST

UPGRADES:
RBC Capital upgrades Verizon (NYSE: VZ) from Sector Perform to Outperform.

Goldman Sachs upgrades Anglo American (Nasdaq: AAUK) from Neutral to Buy.

Piper Jaffray & Co. upgrades Gibraltar Industries (Nasdaq: ROCK) from Sell to Neutral. Price target lowered from $11 to $6. Here is StreetInsider.com's summary of the upgrade.

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DOWNGRADES:
Barclays downgrades SLM Corp (NYSE: SLM) from Overweight to Equalweight.

Wachovia downgrades Adobe Systems (Nasdaq: ADBE) from Outperform to Market Perform. Click here to view a summary of the downgrade.

Goldman Sachs downgrades Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) from Neutral to Sell.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
Morgan Stanley initiates coverage on Dollar Tree (Nasdaq: DLTR) with an Overweight.

Morgan Stanley initiates coverage on Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO) with an Equalweight rating.

Barclays assumes coverage on National CineMedia (Nasdaq: NCMI) with an Equalweight rating.

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AAUK 16.12

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 2,288,451
Track AAUK

ADBE 32.21

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 2,819,786
Track ADBE

DLTR 86.83

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 560,422
Track DLTR

FDO 57.65

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 986,066
Track FDO

NCMI 13.70

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 196,098
Track NCMI

ROCK 15.73

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 100,345
Track ROCK

RTP 62.17

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 2,442,185
Track RTP

SLM 15.88

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 3,257,080
Track SLM

VZ 37.69

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 12,456,020
Track VZ


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