UPGRADES/DOWNGRADES
Equity ratings changes direct from brokerage firms.
Last Update: 11-Oct-12 09:21 ET
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Ratings Systems

Upgrades
Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Audience ADNC Chardan Capital Makrets Hold » Buy $12
Lufkin Industries LUFK Howard Weil Market Perform » Market Outperform
Schlumberger SLB Howard Weil Market Outperform » Focus Stock
Leap Wireless LEAP Oppenheimer Perform » Outperform $10
FedEx FDX Standpoint Research Hold » Buy $130

Downgrades
Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Key Energy KEG Howard Weil Market Outperform » Market Perform
Tenaris TS Howard Weil Market Outperform » Market Perform
MetroPCS PCS Oppenheimer Perform » Underperform
Check Point Software CHKP Needham Buy » Hold
Fresenius Medical FMS HSBC Securities Overweight » Neutral

Coverage Initiated
Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Lifepoint Hospitals LPNT Imperial Capital Outperform $53
SLM Corp SLM Compass Point Buy $21
Exxon Mobil XOM Dahlman Rose Buy $100
Chevron CVX Dahlman Rose Hold

Coverage Resumed
Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Onyx Pharma ONXX Canaccord Genuity Buy $105

Coverage Reit/Price Tgt Changed*
Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Continental Resources CLR Canaccord Genuity Buy $94 » $107
Valeant Pharmaceuticals VRX Stifel Nicolaus Buy $60 » $75
FedEx FDX Stifel Nicolaus Buy $108 » $120
Salesforce.com CRM Stifel Nicolaus Buy $175 » $190
ADTRAN ADTN Mizuho Underperform $17 » $10


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