Notable Analyst Rating Changes 5/27: RF, PFG, LVS, SLP Upgraded; CTXS, BIG, CTCM Downgraded

May 27, 2009 10:29 AM EDT

UPGRADES:
Deutsche Bank upgrades Regions Financial (NYSE: RF) from Hold to Buy. Price target $5. Click here for the full report.

Morgan Stanley upgrades Principal Financia (NYSE: PFG) to Overweight.

Argus upgrades Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) from Sell to Hold.

Leerink Swann upgrades WellPoint (NYSE: WLP) from Market Perform to Outperform.

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

DOWNGRADES:
J.P. Morgan downgrades Citrix Systems (Nasdaq: CTXS) from Overweight to Neutral.

JP Morgan is making an interesting call on Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) this morning downgrading the shares to Neutral from Overweight while lowering tgt to $27 (prev. $28) Click here for the full report.

Goldman Sachs downgrades CTC Media, Inc (Nasdaq: CTCM) to Buy from Neutral, citing valuation.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
RBC Capital initiates coverage on Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) with an Outperform rating. Price target $24.

Brean Murray initiates coverage on THQ, Inc. (Nasdaq: THQI) with a Hold. Click here for full color on the coverage.

Brean Murray initiates coverage on Activision-Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI) with a Buy. Price target $15. Here is the full report.

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


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ATVI 11.42

-0.12 -1.04%
Volume: 20,421,263
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BIG 25.60

-0.26 -1.01%
Volume: 1,447,504
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CTCM 17.33

-0.64 -3.56%
Volume: 572,467
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CTXS 39.00

-0.43 -1.09%
Volume: 1,413,112
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LVS 16.97

+0.18 +1.07%
Volume: 32,162,401
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ORCL 21.80

-0.03 -0.14%
Volume: 22,687,165
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PFG 25.84

-0.93 -3.47%
Volume: 2,124,174
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RF 4.83

-0.13 -2.62%
Volume: 20,803,990
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THQI 5.04

-0.21 -4.00%
Volume: 1,181,089
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WLP 52.36

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 2,046,921
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