Analyst Upgrades for February 18th
Analyst Upgrades for 2/18/2010... American Eagle (NYSE: AEO) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform, $20-21 target, at Wells Fargo... CardioNet (NASDAQ: BEAT) upgraded to Buy, $9 target, at Brean Murray... Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) upgraded to Overweight, $65 target, at JPMorgan... Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Bernstein... First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) upgraded to Buy, $145 target, at Brigantine Advisors... Fundtech Ltd. (NASDAQ: FNDT) upgraded to Buy, $17 target, at Dougherty... Group1 Automotive (NYSE: GPI) upgraded to Buy, $36 target, at Soleil Securities... Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) upgraded to Buy at Needham... MDC Partners (NASDAQ: MDCA) initiated as Buy at Deutsche Bank... Nucor (NYSE: NUE) upgraded to Neutral from Underperform, $50 target, at BofA/Merrill... Orthofix International (NASDAQ: OFIX) upgraded to Positive, $38 target, at Susquehanna... Rogers Communications (NYSE: RCI) upgraded to Buy from Neutral, $35.50 target, at BofA/Merrill... Southern Copper (NYSE: PCU) upgraded to Neutral from Underperform, $38 target, at BofA/Merrill... Statoil (NYSE: STO) upgraded to Hold at ING Group... Tata Motors (NYSE: TTM) upgraded to Buy at BNP Paribas... Telecom Italia (NYSE: TI) upgraded to Outperform at Bernstein... Valmont (NYSE: VMI) upgraded to Neutral from Underweight, $70 target, at Piper Jaffray... VMware (NYSE: VMW) initiated as Buy at UBS... Winn-Dixie (NASDAQ: WINN) upgraded to Hold, $11 target, at Jefferies... Ziopharm (NASDAQ: ZIOP) initiated as Outperform at JMP Securities...
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