Notable Analyst Rating Changes 4/25: NOC, WMT, BIDU, KR Upgraded; F, RTN, MMM Downgraded

April 25, 2008 9:20 AM EDT

StreetInsider.com Notable Analyst Rating Changes:

UPGRADES:
J.P. Morgan and Cowen upgrade Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) to Overweight and Outperform, respectively.

Merrill Lynch upgrades Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) from Neutral to Buy.

Citi upgrades Baidu.com (Nasdaq: BIDU) from Hold to Buy. Price target increased from $350 to $415.

Goldman Sachs upgrades Kroger (NYSE: KR) from Neutral to Buy.

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DOWNGRADES:
J.P. Morgan, Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns downgrade Ford (NYSE: F) to Neutral, Sell and Underperform, respectively.

J.P. Morgan downgrades Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) from Overweight to Neutral.

Sterne Agee downgrades 3M Corp (NYSE: MMM) from Buy to Hold.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
Lehman Bros. initiates coverage on Home Depot (NYSE: HD) with an Overweight rating.

Lehman Brothers initiates coverage on Circuit City Stores Inc. (NYSE: CC) with an Underweight rating.

Lehman Bros. initiates coverage on Home Depot (NYSE: HD) with an Overweight rating.

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


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BIDU 140.00

+3.41 +2.50%
Volume: 6,226,450
Track BIDU

CC 0.11

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 5,602,150
Track CC

F 12.54

+0.10 +0.80%
Volume: 34,466,353
Track F

HD 45.93

+0.60 +1.32%
Volume: 9,184,049
Track HD

KR 23.54

-0.09 -0.38%
Volume: 5,912,646
Track KR

MMM 88.03

+0.89 +1.02%
Volume: 2,530,550
Track MMM

NOC 60.30

+0.49 +0.82%
Volume: 1,330,528
Track NOC

RTN 50.31

+0.78 +1.57%
Volume: 2,138,263
Track RTN

WMT 61.79

-0.11 -0.18%
Volume: 4,174,905
Track WMT


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