Notable Analyst Rating Changes 5/15: JWN, ZLC, CBS, VAL Upgraded; AFL, ZZ, CCE, CYT Downgraded

May 15, 2009 10:08 AM EDT

StreetInsider.com Notable Analyst Rating Changes:

UPGRADES:
Piper Jaffray & Co. upgrades Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) from Neutral to Buy. Price target increased $1 to $25. Click here for full color on the upgrade.

Bank of America upgrades Zale (NYSE: ZLC) from Neutral to Buy and raises their price target from $1.60 to $5.

Barclays upgrades CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) from Underweight to Equalweight. Price target increased from $5 to $9.

Goldman Sachs upgrades Valspar Corp. (NYSE: VAL) from Neutral to Buy and added the stock to their Conviction Buy List.

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

DOWNGRADES:
Morgan Stanley downgrades Aflac (NYSE: AFL) from Overweight to Equalweight.

Stifel Nicolaus and Raymond James downgrade Sealy (NYSE: ZZ) from Hold to Sell and from Strong Buy to Market Perform, respectively.

JPMorgan downgrades Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE) from Overweight to Neutral.

Goldman Sachs downgrades Cytec Industries Inc. (NYSE: CYT) from Neutral to Sell, but raises its price target from $16 to $21.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
Goldman Sachs resumes coverage on Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) with a Buy rating and $13 price target.

Stifel Nicolaus initiates coverage on BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) with a Hold.

Oppenheimer initiates coverage on Comverge (Nasdaq: COMV) with a Perform rating.

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


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AA 10.33

+0.04 +0.39%
Volume: 19,047,670
Track AA

AFL 48.91

+0.58 +1.20%
Volume: 2,975,916
Track AFL

BLK 192.45

+2.45 +1.29%
Volume: 554,507
Track BLK

CBS 30.21

+0.31 +1.04%
Volume: 6,001,600
Track CBS

CCE 28.16

+0.73 +2.66%
Volume: 2,857,025
Track CCE

COMV 1.40

-0.04 -2.78%
Volume: 121,620
Track COMV

CYT 56.83

+0.67 +1.19%
Volume: 562,290
Track CYT

JWN 50.56

-0.22 -0.43%
Volume: 1,841,212
Track JWN

VAL 44.02

-0.37 -0.83%
Volume: 1,421,973
Track VAL

ZLC 3.02

+0.12 +4.14%
Volume: 322,398
Track ZLC

ZZ 1.56

+0.04 +2.63%
Volume: 541,839
Track ZZ


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