StreetInsider.com Notable Analyst Rating Changes 11/27

November 27, 2007 10:20 AM EST

Notable Analyst Rating Changes:

UPGRADES:
Bear Stearns upgrades BP (NYSE: BP) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX) from Peer Perform to Outperform and Marathon (NYSE: MRO) from Underperform to Peer Perform.

Goldman upgrades the Defensive, Tobacco sector stocks to Attractive.

Credit Suisse upgrades AXA (NYSE: AXA) from Neutral to Outperform.

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

DOWNGRADES:
Baird downgrades Genlyte (Nasdaq: GLYT) from Outperform to Neutral. Price target $95. The firm says another bid for the company is unlikely.

UBS downgrades BRE Properties (NYSE: BRE) from Neutral to Sell. Price target $41.

Goldman downgrades US Software sector stocks from Attractive to Neutral.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
Soleil Securities Group initiates coverage on the homebuilding industry with a 'cautious stance'. Starts at Buy: Centex (NYSE: CTX), Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) and Lennar (NYSE: LEN). Starts at Hold: D.R. Horton (NYSE: DHI), KB Home (NYSE: KBH) and Pulte Homes (NYSE: PHM).

Sterne Agee initiates coverage on footwear and apparel manufacturers including: Deckers Outdoor (Nasdaq: DECK) and Skechers USA (NYSE: SKX) at Buy, Wolverine World Wide (NYSE: WWW) at Hold and Columbia Sportswear (Nasdaq: COLM) at Sell.

CIBC initiates coverage on Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM) with a Sector Perform.

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


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AKAM 23.89

-0.01 -0.04%
Volume: 1,910,375
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AXA 25.47

-0.73 -2.79%
Volume: 651,816
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BP 58.26

-0.87 -1.47%
Volume: 3,426,584
Track BP

BRE 30.56

+0.17 +0.56%
Volume: 275,124
Track BRE

COLM 40.46

+1.91 +4.95%
Volume: 313,165
Track COLM

CTX 11.95

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 8,830,287
Track CTX

CVX 78.50

+0.16 +0.20%
Volume: 5,490,474
Track CVX

DECK 96.92

+1.05 +1.10%
Volume: 348,184
Track DECK

DHI 12.26

+0.57 +4.88%
Volume: 5,436,106
Track DHI

GLYT 95.48

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 0
Track GLYT

KBH 15.48

+0.80 +5.45%
Volume: 5,294,048
Track KBH

LEN 15.08

+0.78 +5.45%
Volume: 4,773,446
Track LEN

MRO 34.85

-0.09 -0.26%
Volume: 2,870,454
Track MRO

PHM 10.06

+0.60 +6.34%
Volume: 8,669,414
Track PHM

SKX 24.05

+0.55 +2.34%
Volume: 502,133
Track SKX

TOL 21.08

+2.69 +14.63%
Volume: 17,446,639
Track TOL

WWW 26.75

-0.64 -2.34%
Volume: 287,443
Track WWW


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