Notable Analyst Rating Changes 08/20: (ROST) (PB) (STO) Upgraded; (STEM) (STX) (PCYC) Downgraded

UPGRADES
BofA/Merrill Lynch upgrades Ross Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROST) from Neutral to Buy.

BMO Capital raises Prosperity Bancshares (NYSE: PB) from Market Perform to Outperform, moving its price target up $1 to $48.

RBC Capital boosts call on Statoil ASA (NYSE: STO) from Sector Perform to Top Pick.

ISI Group lifts Gap, Inc. (NYSE: GPS) from Sell to Hold with a price target of $38.

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DOWNGRADES
Roth Capital trims StemCells (Nasdaq: STEM) from Buy to Neutral, lowering its price target from $5 down to $1.80.

Stifel Nicolaus downgrades Seagate Technology (Nasdaq: STX) from Buy to Hold.

Roth Capital lowers Pharmacyclics (Nasdaq: PCYC) from Buy to Neutral with a price target of $57.

Janney Montgomery Scott reduces Capital Source (NYSE: CSE) from Buy to Neutral with a price target of $8.

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NEW COVERAGE
E2open (Nasdaq: EOPN) started by several firms Monday:

• Pacific Crest with a Outperform and $16 target;
  
  
• Canaccord Genuity at Buy and $15 target. Click Here for more color;
  
  
• William Blair with a Outperform; and
  
  
• Needham & Company at Buy and $18 target. Click Here for more color.

Longbow Research initiates Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) with a Buy and $36 target.

Chuy's Holdings (Nasdaq: CHUY) stared by several firms:

• Jefferies with a Hold and $19 target. Click Here for more color;
  
  
• KeyBanc at Hold;
  
  
• Raymond James at Market Perform; and
  
  
• Baird with a Outperform and $24 target.

Hyperion Therapeutics (Nasdaq: HPTX) started by three today:

• Cowen with an Outperform;
  
  
• Needham & Company at Buy and $15 target. Click Here for more color; and
  
  
• Leerink Swann at Outperform and $18 target. Click Here for more color.

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