Notable Analyst Rating Changes 1/24: GILD, HGSI, Homebuilders Upgraded; BMY, EBAY, GOOG, THQI Downgraded

January 24, 2008 10:55 AM EST

StreetInsider.com Notable Analyst Rating Changes:

UPGRADES:
Friedman Billings upgrades Gilead Sciences (Nasdaq: GILD) from Market Perform to Outperform, citing postiive Q4 earnings release. Price target increased to $54.

Bear Stearns, Piper Jaffray, and Baird upgrade Human Genome Sciences (Nasdaq: HGSI) to Outperform, Buy and Outperform, respectively.

Raymond James upgrades Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) and Ryland Group (NYSE: RYL) to Outperform and Lennar (NYSE: LEN), Pulte Homes (NYSE: PHM) and Standard Pacific (NYSE: SPF) to Market Perform.

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

DOWNGRADES:
Goldman Sachs downgrades Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (NYSE: BMY) from Neutral to Sell.

Citi downgrades eBay Inc (Nasdaq: EBAY) from Buy to Hold. Price target dropped from $49 to $31.

Stanford Group downgrades Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) from Buy to Hold. Price target $615.

Broadpoint Capital and Kaufman Bros. downgraded THQ Inc. (Nasdaq: THQI) to Sell and Hold, respectively.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
Oppenheimer initiates coverage comScore (Nasdaq: SCOR) with an Outperform, citing positive growth opportunities. Price target $35.

Oppenheimer initiates coverage on Omniture (Nasdaq: OMTR) with an Outperform. Price target $34.

Raymond James initiates coverage on Select Comfort (NASDAQ: SCSS) with a Market Perform rating.

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


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BMY 19.00

+1.44 +8.20%
Volume: 21,276,326
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EBAY 18.10

+1.37 +8.19%
Volume: 23,753,363
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GILD 42.65

+5.18 +13.82%
Volume: 13,367,871
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GOOG 381.02

+49.02 +14.77%
Volume: 8,906,258
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HGSI 4.01

+0.30 +8.09%
Volume: 3,180,909
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LEN 9.63

-0.08 -0.82%
Volume: 8,688,664
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OMTR 12.78

+1.64 +14.72%
Volume: 1,372,227
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PHM 11.76

+0.50 +4.44%
Volume: 8,278,906
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RYL 20.31

+0.40 +2.01%
Volume: 2,420,602
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SCOR 16.60

+1.76 +11.86%
Volume: 263,713
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SCSS 1.10

+0.12 +12.24%
Volume: 467,241
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SPF 3.84

-0.14 -3.52%
Volume: 2,276,043
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THQI 10.23

+0.62 +6.45%
Volume: 2,229,000
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TOL 20.60

+0.24 +1.18%
Volume: 5,407,117
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