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.

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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 12.33

-0.33 -2.61%
Volume: 23,186,878
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BIG 44.00

+0.16 +0.36%
Volume: 583,347
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CTCM 10.32

-0.23 -2.18%
Volume: 283,418
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CTXS 71.46

-0.52 -0.72%
Volume: 1,397,995
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LVS 51.59

-0.96 -1.83%
Volume: 9,081,005
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ORCL 28.50

-0.39 -1.35%
Volume: 30,232,002
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PFG 26.21

-0.73 -2.71%
Volume: 4,244,883
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RF 5.67

-0.01 -0.18%
Volume: 20,557,021
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THQI 0.58

-0.02 -3.33%
Volume: 1,042,195
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WLP 64.17

-0.48 -0.74%
Volume: 2,876,122
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