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Notable Analyst Rating Changes 02/16: (DVN) (EXPD) (HEK) Upgraded; (AMZN) (NVDA) (TLM) Downgraded

February 16, 2012 11:01 AM EST
UPGRADES
Tudor Pickering upgrades Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) from Accumulate to Buy.

Jefferies boosts Expeditors Int'l (Nasdaq: EXPD) from Neutral to Buy, moving its price target from $45 to $53. Click Here for more color.

Global Hunter Securities ups Heckmann Corporation (NYSE: HEK) from Accumulate to Buy with a price target of $7.50. Click Here for more color.

Jefferies lifts MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE: WFR) from Sell to Hold, raising its price target from $3.50 to $4.50. Click Here for more color.

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DOWNGRADES
Morgan Stanley lowers Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) from Overweight to Equalweight, moving its price target from $220 to $190. Click Here for more color.

FirstEnergy Capital reduces Talisman Energy (NYSE: TLM) from Outperform to Market Perform.

NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) downgraded by two Thursday:
  • BofA/Merrill Lynch from Buy to Neutral; and

  • Caris & Co. from Average to Below Average, price target cut from $15 to $13.
UBS cuts PulteGroup (NYSE: PHM) from Buy to Neutral, price target raised from $8 to $9.

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NEW COVERAGE
Credit Suisse reinstates Amylin Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: AMLN) with an Outperform and price target boosted from $14 to $22.

Macquarie initiates USG Corp. (NYSE: USG) with an Underperform.

Jefferies starts Lorillard (NYSE: LO) with a Buy, with a price target of $139. Click Here for more color.

Compass Point assumes Western Union Co. (NYSE: WU) at Neutral and $19 target.

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