Notable Analyst Rating Changes 8/27: GHL, DLTR, WHR, KNX, WAG, FWLT Upgraded; ATRO, JTX, SIGM, TREE Downgraded

August 27, 2009 11:05 AM EDT

UPGRADES:
Goldman upgrades shares of Greenhill & Co. (NYSE: GHL) from Sell to Neutral, also boosting its price target from $65 to $75.

Barclays upgrades Dollar Tree (Nasdaq: DLTR) from Equalweight to Overweight. Price target increased from $48 to $64. Wedbush Morgan also upgraded the stock from Underperform to Neutral.

Cowen & Co upgrades Whirlpool (NYSE: WHR) from Neutral to Outperform.

UBS upgrades Knight Transportation (NYSE: KNX) from Sell to Neutral.

Raymond James upgrades Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) from Market Perform to Outperform.

Sterne Agee upgrades Foster Wheeler (Nasdaq: FWLT) from Hold to Buy.

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

DOWNGRADES:
Jesup & Lamont downgrades Astronics Corp. (Nasdaq: ATRO) from Hold to Sell. Click here to see some more color on the downgrade.

Oppenheimer downgrades Jackson Hewitt (NYSE: JTX) from Outperform to Perform. Price target $7.50.

Collins Stewart downgrades Sigma Designs (Nasdaq: SIGM) from Buy to Hold. Here is the full report.

Stifel Nicolaus downgrades Tree.com (Nasdaq: TREE) from Hold to Sell.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
Citi initiates coverage on Williams-Sonoma (NYSE: WSM) with a Buy rating. Price target $21.

Stifel Nicolaus initiates coverage on Hologic (Nasdaq: HOLX) with a Buy. Price target $19.

Citi initiates coverage on EMC Corp (NYSE: EMC) with a Buy rating.

MKM Partners initiates coverage on Motorola (NYSE: MOT) with a Sell.

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


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ATRO 8.04

+0.14 +1.77%
Volume: 26,322
Track ATRO

DLTR 48.93

+0.18 +0.37%
Volume: 754,810
Track DLTR

EMC 17.04

-0.13 -0.76%
Volume: 16,351,250
Track EMC

FWLT 32.00

-0.65 -1.99%
Volume: 2,071,225
Track FWLT

GHL 82.42

+0.02 +0.02%
Volume: 373,796
Track GHL

HOLX 14.39

-0.68 -4.51%
Volume: 9,787,786
Track HOLX

JTX 4.15

+0.10 +2.47%
Volume: 366,599
Track JTX

KNX 17.28

+0.11 +0.64%
Volume: 488,191
Track KNX

MOT 8.28

-0.20 -2.36%
Volume: 22,742,048
Track MOT

SIGM 11.30

+0.28 +2.54%
Volume: 609,282
Track SIGM

TREE 7.02

-0.01 -0.14%
Volume: 13,013
Track TREE

WAG 38.97

-0.06 -0.15%
Volume: 6,374,422
Track WAG

WHR 69.66

-1.06 -1.50%
Volume: 1,826,447
Track WHR

WSM 21.81

-0.27 -1.22%
Volume: 2,823,432
Track WSM


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