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 23.77

-0.40 -1.65%
Volume: 3,291,877
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AXA 24.52

-0.04 -0.16%
Volume: 415,992
Track AXA

BP 57.62

-1.02 -1.74%
Volume: 5,371,450
Track BP

BRE 31.71

-0.22 -0.69%
Volume: 689,065
Track BRE

COLM 38.40

-0.94 -2.39%
Volume: 191,560
Track COLM

CTX 11.95

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

CVX 77.96

-0.77 -0.98%
Volume: 7,624,448
Track CVX

DECK 96.01

-1.58 -1.62%
Volume: 397,893
Track DECK

DHI 10.00

-0.04 -0.40%
Volume: 8,891,621
Track DHI

GLYT 95.48

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 0
Track GLYT

KBH 13.41

-0.36 -2.61%
Volume: 5,377,657
Track KBH

LEN 12.25

-0.54 -4.22%
Volume: 6,678,165
Track LEN

MRO 32.15

-0.23 -0.71%
Volume: 5,035,128
Track MRO

PHM 9.07

-0.24 -2.58%
Volume: 6,557,943
Track PHM

SKX 23.81

-0.51 -2.10%
Volume: 568,068
Track SKX

TOL 18.02

-1.47 -7.54%
Volume: 9,316,393
Track TOL

WWW 26.48

-0.09 -0.34%
Volume: 288,507
Track WWW


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