Notable Analyst Rating Changes 08/08: (KO) (EMC) (TJX) Upgraded; (TXN) (OMX) (FFIV) Downgraded

UPGRADES
Goldman Sachs added Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) to Conviction Buy with a price target of $77. Click Here for more color.

Auriga ups EMC (NYSE: EMC) from Hold to Buy with a price target of $28.00. Click Here for more color.

Goldman Sachs added The TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) to its Conviction Buy list and raised its price target to $66 from $61. Click Here for more color.

Sterne Agee lifts Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) from Neutral to Buy, keeping a $33 price target on the stock.

Goldman Sachs adds Boeing (NYSE: BA) to its Conviction Buy with a price target of $86. Click Here for more color.

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DOWNGRADES
FBR Capital cuts Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) from Outperform to Market Perform with a price target of $36.00.

Goldman Sachs downgrades OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX) from Buy to Neutral, cutting its price target from $12.50 to $8.25. Click Here for more color.

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey reduces F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) from Buy to Neutral.

Brigantine Advisors downgraded SunPower (Nasdaq: SPWRA) from Hold to Sell, price target halved to $11.00.

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NEW COVERAGE
Citadel Securities initiates Vertex (Nasdaq: VRTX) with a Neutral, and $46.00 price target. Click Here for more color.

HomeAway (Nasdaq: AWAY) started by several firms:

• Morgan Stanley at Overweight, and $44.00 price target;
  
  
• Goldman Sachs with a Buy rating and $48 price target. Click Here for more color;
  
  
• Pacific Crest with a Sector Perform rating;
  
  
• Stifel Nicolaus at Hold; and
  
  
• JPMorgan with an Overweight, and $43.00 price target; and
  
  
• Deutsche Bank with a Buy and price target of $36.00. Click Here for more color.

BofA/Merrill Lynch initiates Tesla Motors (Nasdaq: TSLA) with a Buy rating and $34.00 price target.

Citadel Securities starts Seattle Genetics (Nasdaq: SGEN) at Reduce, and $10.00 price target. Click Here for more color.

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