Notable Analyst Rating Changes 5/27: RF, PFG, LVS, SLP Upgraded; CTXS, BIG, CTCM Downgraded

May 27, 2009 10:29 AM EDT

UPGRADES:
Deutsche Bank upgrades Regions Financial (NYSE: RF) from Hold to Buy. Price target $5. Click here for the full report.

Morgan Stanley upgrades Principal Financia (NYSE: PFG) to Overweight.

Argus upgrades Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) from Sell to Hold.

Leerink Swann upgrades WellPoint (NYSE: WLP) from Market Perform to Outperform.

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

DOWNGRADES:
J.P. Morgan downgrades Citrix Systems (Nasdaq: CTXS) from Overweight to Neutral.

JP Morgan is making an interesting call on Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) this morning downgrading the shares to Neutral from Overweight while lowering tgt to $27 (prev. $28) Click here for the full report.

Goldman Sachs downgrades CTC Media, Inc (Nasdaq: CTCM) to Buy from Neutral, citing valuation.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
RBC Capital initiates coverage on Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) with an Outperform rating. Price target $24.

Brean Murray initiates coverage on THQ, Inc. (Nasdaq: THQI) with a Hold. Click here for full color on the coverage.

Brean Murray initiates coverage on Activision-Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI) with a Buy. Price target $15. Here is the full report.

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


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ATVI 11.54

+0.29 +2.58%
Volume: 21,915,413
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BIG 25.86

+0.79 +3.15%
Volume: 1,849,050
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CTCM 17.97

+1.42 +8.58%
Volume: 349,296
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CTXS 39.43

+0.55 +1.41%
Volume: 2,010,156
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LVS 16.79

+1.44 +9.38%
Volume: 42,013,756
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ORCL 21.83

+0.41 +1.91%
Volume: 22,678,174
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PFG 26.77

+1.06 +4.12%
Volume: 2,492,109
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RF 4.96

+0.21 +4.42%
Volume: 31,456,046
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THQI 5.25

+0.07 +1.35%
Volume: 1,022,981
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WLP 52.36

+1.36 +2.67%
Volume: 3,078,844
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