Advance Auto: Upgrades, Downgrades
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Advance Auto
(AAP) - Get Report
upgraded at Oppenheimer from Underperform to Perform. $75 price target. Sales momentum is improving across the industry.
Brookdale Senior
(BKD) - Get Report
upgraded at Morgan Keegan from Market Perform to Outperform. $24 price target. Industry outlook is improving and the FIG sale increases the company's float.
Dean Foods
(DF) - Get Report
downgraded at Credit Suisse to Underperform from Neutral. Pricing battle with competitors and higher costs will reduce earnings in 2011. Price target lowered to $7 from $11.
Geoeye
( GEOY) downgraded at Merriman to Neutral. Valuation call, as growth is expected to moderate the next couple of years.
Las Vegas Sands
(LVS) - Get Report
downgraded at UBS from Buy to Neutral. Valuation call, based on a $52 price target.
Charles Schwab
(SCHW) - Get Report
downgraded at FBR from Outperform to Market Perform. $17 price target. YieldPlus overhang has returned.
Warnaco
(WRC)
downgraded at Sterne Agee to Neutral. $55 price target. Company is facing margin pressure.
Williams-Sonoma
(WSM) - Get Report
upgraded at ThinkEquity from Hold to Buy. $40 price target. Sales are recovering faster than expected.
This article was written by a staff member of TheStreet.
