Notable Analyst Rating Changes 6/1: YHOO, X, ITW, WFMI, KSS Upgraded; SCHN, CVH, SLE, CTAS Downgraded

June 1, 2009 10:19 AM EDT

UPGRADES:
Barclays upgrades Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) from Equal-weight to Overweight and raised its price target from $15 to $20. Click here for full color on the upgrade.

Goldman Sachs upgrades United States Steel Corp. (NYSE: X) from Sell to Neutral and raises its price target from $28 to $34.

Credit Suisse upgrades Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) from Neutral to Outperform.

RBC Capital upgrades Whole Foods Market (Nasdaq: WFMI) from Sector Perform to Outperform.

Thomas Weisel upgrades Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) from Marketweight to Overweight.

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

DOWNGRADES:
Goldman Sachs downgrades Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: SCHN) from Neutral to Sell with a $38 price target.

UBS downgrades Coventry Health Care (NYSE: CVH) from Buy to Neutral. Price target $19.

Goldman Sachs downgrades Sara Lee Corp. (NYSE: SLE) from Neutral to Sell with a $9.50 price target.

Baird downgrades Cintas (NYSE: CTAS) from Outperform to Neutral. Price target lowered from $31 to $27.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
Morgan Stanley initiates coverage on Giant Interactive (NYSE: GA) with an Overweight.

Jefferies & Co initiates coverage on Brigham Exploration (Nasdaq: BEXP) with a Buy.

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


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BEXP 10.75

+0.57 +5.60%
Volume: 3,225,930
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CTAS 29.32

+0.55 +1.91%
Volume: 893,739
Track CTAS

CVH 22.68

+0.69 +3.14%
Volume: 1,861,703
Track CVH

GA 7.28

+0.15 +2.10%
Volume: 390,956
Track GA

ITW 49.72

+1.33 +2.75%
Volume: 2,677,896
Track ITW

KSS 56.97

+0.29 +0.51%
Volume: 3,913,379
Track KSS

SCHN 45.76

+1.12 +2.51%
Volume: 466,546
Track SCHN

SLE 11.87

+0.18 +1.54%
Volume: 6,413,767
Track SLE

WFMI 28.52

+0.27 +0.96%
Volume: 4,590,902
Track WFMI

X 38.71

+1.33 +3.56%
Volume: 8,983,488
Track X

YHOO 16.02

+0.08 +0.50%
Volume: 14,835,481
Track YHOO


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