Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Sprint Nextel Corp (S), Adobe Systems (ADBE), General Mills (GIS), Analyst initiations
Analyst upgrades:
- Deutsche Bank upgraded Garmin (NASDAQ: GRMN) to Hold from Sell as it believes the company's second half of 2009 is tracking better than expected due to retailer restocking. Deutsche raised its target on shares to $33 from $15 but thinks Garmin's long-term trends remain unfavorable.
- Goldman upgraded Fortune Brands (NYSE: FO) to Buy from Neutral citing potential EPS improvement driven by the Home division. Fortune Brands price target to $49 from $45. Note that the firm downgraded General Mills to Neutral from Buy.
- Oppenheimer upgraded FPIC Insurance (NASDAQ: FPIC) to Outperform from Perform to reflect the company's acquisition of Advocate MD and management's commitment to share repurchases. The firm set a $49 price target on the stock.
- PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) and Olin Corp. (NYSE: OLN) were upgraded to Neutral from Sell at UBS.
- Synovus (NYSE: SNV) was upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at BofA/Merrill.
- Take-Two (NASDAQ: TTWO) was upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
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