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.

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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 8.01

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 31,338
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DLTR 47.97

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 1,249,735
Track DLTR

EMC 16.95

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 21,683,373
Track EMC

FWLT 26.02

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 3,107,000
Track FWLT

GHL 75.49

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 65,163
Track GHL

HOLX 16.03

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 2,934,312
Track HOLX

JTX 2.08

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 4,659,590
Track JTX

KNX 18.24

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 1,012,359
Track KNX

MOT 6.54

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 35,057,275
Track MOT

SIGM 10.49

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 663,434
Track SIGM

TREE 7.85

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 19,595
Track TREE

WAG 33.61

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 7,249,164
Track WAG

WHR 77.88

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 1,724,911
Track WHR

WSM 19.60

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 2,145,571
Track WSM


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