Notable Analyst Rating Changes 6/19: CCL, ARM, SPWRA, FRO Upgraded; VMW, LDK, RFMD Downgraded

June 19, 2009 9:52 AM EDT

UPGRADES:
Wachovia upgrades Carnival (NYSE: CCL) to Outperform. Valuation range: $28 to $30. Click here for the full report.

Barclays upgrades ArvinMeritor (NYSE: ARM) from Equal Weight to Overweight, citing ability to address near-term liquidty issues.

UBS upgrades SunPower (Nasdaq: SPWRA) from Neutral to Buy and raises their price target from $26 to $38, saying company is best positioned to benefit from increased U.S. solar demand.

Goldman Sachs upgraded Frontline Ltd. (NYSE: FRO) from Sell to Buy and added the stock to their Conviction Buy List.

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

DOWNGRADES:
Goldman Sachs removed VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) from its Conviction Buy List and downgraded the stock from Buy to Neutral. The firm's price target was raised from $29 to $31.

UBS downgrades LDK Solar (NYSE: LDK) from Buy to Neutral.

FBR Capital downgraded the U.S. dry bulk shipping sector from Market Weight to Underweight.

UBS downgrades RF Micro Devices (Nasdaq: RFMD) from Buy to Neutral.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
HSBC initiates coverage on Baidu.com (Nasdaq: BIDU) with an Underweight rating and $244 price target, which 17% represents downside.

Rochdale's Dick Bove initiates coverage on Citigroup (NYSE: C) with a Buy rating and $4 price target - CNBC Says normalized EPS of $1.12 could make the stock worth up to $12 per share.

Stifel Nicolaus initiates coverage on Ciena (Nasdaq: CIEN) with a Buy.

Kaufman Bros. initiates coverage on priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) with a Buy. Price target $145.

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


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ARM 8.47

+0.36 +4.44%
Volume: 1,249,120
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BIDU 435.55

+1.81 +0.42%
Volume: 1,434,357
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C 4.10

-0.01 -0.24%
Volume: 245,746,271
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CCL 32.13

+0.10 +0.31%
Volume: 3,934,958
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CIEN 12.28

+0.13 +1.07%
Volume: 5,089,163
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FRO 27.91

+0.74 +2.72%
Volume: 1,160,272
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LDK 8.18

+0.38 +4.87%
Volume: 6,002,784
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PCLN 214.80

+0.68 +0.32%
Volume: 1,158,272
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RFMD 4.68

+0.36 +8.33%
Volume: 13,292,365
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SPWRA 21.62

+0.95 +4.60%
Volume: 3,347,243
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VMW 42.66

+0.68 +1.62%
Volume: 1,465,934
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