Notable Analyst Rating Changes 6/1: YHOO, X, ITW, WFMI, KSS Upgraded; SCHN, CVH, SLE, CTAS Downgraded

June 1, 2009 10:19 AM EDT

UPGRADES:
Barclays upgrades Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) from Equal-weight to Overweight and raised its price target from $15 to $20. Click here for full color on the upgrade.

Goldman Sachs upgrades United States Steel Corp. (NYSE: X) from Sell to Neutral and raises its price target from $28 to $34.

Credit Suisse upgrades Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) from Neutral to Outperform.

RBC Capital upgrades Whole Foods Market (Nasdaq: WFMI) from Sector Perform to Outperform.

Thomas Weisel upgrades Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) from Marketweight to Overweight.

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DOWNGRADES:
Goldman Sachs downgrades Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: SCHN) from Neutral to Sell with a $38 price target.

UBS downgrades Coventry Health Care (NYSE: CVH) from Buy to Neutral. Price target $19.

Goldman Sachs downgrades Sara Lee Corp. (NYSE: SLE) from Neutral to Sell with a $9.50 price target.

Baird downgrades Cintas (NYSE: CTAS) from Outperform to Neutral. Price target lowered from $31 to $27.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
Morgan Stanley initiates coverage on Giant Interactive (NYSE: GA) with an Overweight.

Jefferies & Co initiates coverage on Brigham Exploration (Nasdaq: BEXP) with a Buy.

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


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BEXP 36.48

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 36,898
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CTAS 37.94

+0.04 +0.11%
Volume: 531,138
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CVH 30.55

-0.47 -1.52%
Volume: 1,111,469
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GA 4.31

+0.06 +1.41%
Volume: 665,529
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ITW 55.58

-0.02 -0.04%
Volume: 3,083,470
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KSS 48.80

-0.27 -0.55%
Volume: 3,178,839
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SCHN 45.12

-0.44 -0.97%
Volume: 191,102
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SLE 19.94

-0.06 -0.30%
Volume: 4,002,348
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WFMI 59.95

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 6,806,722
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X 31.87

-0.38 -1.18%
Volume: 8,710,068
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YHOO 15.82

-0.10 -0.63%
Volume: 11,291,206
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