Notable Analyst Rating Changes 6/19: AIG, KMX, TOT Upgraded; KFT, AGU, UBS, CVH Downgraded

June 19, 2008 9:54 AM EDT

StreetInsider.com Notable Analyst Rating Changes:

UPGRADES:
Citigroup upgrades AIG (NYSE: AIG) from Hold to Buy and raises their price target to $42, citing upside potential.

Wachovia upgrades CarMax (NYSE: KMX) from Underperform to Market Perform with a $14 to $16 valuation range. However, the firm lowers their fiscal 2009 and 2010 EPS estimates from $0.77 to $0.55 and from $1.00 to $0.73.

Goldman Sachs upgrades Total SA (NYSE: TOT) from Neutral to Buy, and adds the stock to their Conviction Buy List.

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DOWNGRADES:
UBS downgrades Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) from Buy to Neutral.

Credit Suisse downgrades Agrium (NYSE: AGU) from Outperform to Neutral but raises its price target from $66 to $128.

Credit Suisse downgrades UBS (NYSE: UBS) from Outperform to Neutral, citing lower earnings at the wealth-management unit.

Wachovia and BMO Capital downgrade Coventry Health Care (NYSE: CVH) to Market Perform.

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NEW COVERAGE:
Piper Jaffray resumes coverage of ON Semiconductor (NASDAQ: ONNN) with a Buy rating and a $12 price target.

UBS initiates coverage on Seattle Genetics (Nasdaq: SGEN) with a Neutral.

Jesup & Lamont initiates coverage on Rowan Companies (NYSE: RDC) with a Buy rating and a $70 price target.

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


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AIG 26.82

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CVH 32.30

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ONNN 9.41

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RDC 37.96

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SGEN 18.96

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TOT 54.16

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UBS 14.18

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