Notable Analyst Rating Changes 05/22: (MTW) (GPS) (REXX) Upgraded; (ABMD) (CBE) (LOW) Downgraded

UPGRADES
Goldman Sachs upgrades Manitowoc (NYSE: MTW) from Neutral to Buy with a price target of $15 (down from $17). Click Here for more color.

Lazard Capital lifts Gap, Inc. (NYSE: GPS) from Neutral to Buy.

BMO Capital raises REX Energy (Nasdaq: REXX) from Market Perform to Outperform.

Wells Fargo moves Humana (NYSE: HUM) from Market Perform to Outperform and valuation range of $87 - $96. Click Here for more color.

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DOWNGRADES
Lazard Capital downgraded Abiomed, Inc. (Nasdaq: ABMD) from Buy to Neutral.

Cooper Industries (NYSE: CBE) cut by three:

• KeyBanc from Buy to Hold. Click Here for more color;
  
  
• FBR Capital from Outperform to Market Perform; and
  
  
• JMP Securities from Market Outperform to Market Perform.

Piper Jaffray reduces Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) from Overweight to Neutral, choping its price target from $41 to $28.

Sterne Agee downgrades Assurant (NYSE: AIZ) from Neutral to Underperform, its price target lowered from $43 to $30.

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NEW COVERAGE
Morgan Stanley initiates Hertz Global (NYSE: HTZ) at Overweight and $17 target.

Jefferies assumes Heckmann Corporation (NYSE: HEK) with a Buy and $5.25 target. Click Here for more color.

Credit Agricole starts LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE: LYB) with an Underperform and $39 target.

Forum Energy Technologies (NYSE: FET) started by several firms:

• BofA/Merrill Lynch at Buy and $31 target;
  
  
• CapitalOne with an Add and $27 price target;
  
  
• Howard Weil with a Market Outperform and price target of $28;
  
  
• Tudor Pickering with a Buy;
  
  
• FBR Capital with an Outperform and $28 price target;
  
  
• Citi at Buy and $29 target;
  
  
• JPMorgan at Overweight and target of $29; and
  
  
• Dahlman Rose with a Buy and $28 target. Click Here for more color.

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