Notable Analyst Rating Changes 05/02: (GNW) (ACI) (HLF) Upgraded; (RSH) (COP) (EQT) Downgraded

UPGRADES
BofA/Merrill Lynch upgrades Genworth Financial (NYSE: GNW) from Underperform to Neutral.

CRT Capital boosts Arch Coal Inc (NYSE: ACI) from Fairly Valued to Buy, price target maintained at $12.

Auriga raises Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) from Hold to Buy.

RBC Capital lifts Masco (NYSE: MAS) from Underperform to Sector Perform, its price target raised from $15 to $16.

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DOWNGRADES
Morgan Stanley trims RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) from Equal Weight to Underweight.

BofA/Merrill Lynch chops ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) from Neutral to Underperform.

Brean Murray Carret & Co. downgrades EQT Corp. (NYSE: EQT) from Buy to Hold. Click Here for more color.

Longbow Research lops Autodesk (Nasdaq: ADSK) from Buy to Neutral.

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NEW COVERAGE
Vipshop Holdings (NYSE: VIPS) started by several firms:

• Goldman Sachs at Buy and $8 target. Click Here for more color;
  
  
• Deutsche Bank with a Buy and $11.05 price target. Click Here for more color;
  
  
• Oppenheimer with an Outperform and $7.50 target; and
  
  
• Piper Jaffray at Overweight and $9.50 price target.

Sterne Agee initiates Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) with a Neutral and $57 price target.

Whiting Petroleum (NYSE: WLL) coverage initiated by two:

• Barrington Research with an Outperform and $69 price target; and
  
  
• Stifel Nicolaus with a Hold.

Credit Suisse starts Terex (NYSE: TEX) with an Outperform and $41 price target.

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