Updated 02-Sep-10 14:14 ET

Upgrades


Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Digital River DRIV Caris & Company Average » Buy $36
Hewlett-Packard HPQ JMP Securities Mkt Perform » Mkt Outperform $50
Jack In The Box JACK DA Davidson Underperform » Neutral $18 » $23
LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. BOOT DA Davidson Neutral » Buy $18
MCG Capital MCGC FBR Capital Mkt Perform » Outperform $5 » $7
Rio Tinto PLC RTP RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform » Outperform
Zumiez ZUMZ Caris & Company Above Average » Buy $25 » $25

Downgrades


Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Companhia Vale do Rio VALE RBC Capital Mkts Outperform » Sector Perform $32

Coverage Initiated


Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Alphatec ATEC Stifel Nicolaus Buy $3.25
American Campus Communities ACC Hilliard Lyons Neutral
Boston Scientific BSX Stifel Nicolaus Hold
Clearwire CLWR Kaufman Bros Buy $8.50
Education Realty Trust EDR Hilliard Lyons Neutral
Exelon EXC RBC Capital Mkts Outperform $59
Medtronic MDT Stifel Nicolaus Hold $37
NuVasive NUVA Stifel Nicolaus Buy $37
QLT Inc QLTI C.K. Cooper Buy $12
St. Jude Medical STJ Stifel Nicolaus Hold $36
Stryker SYK Stifel Nicolaus Hold $50
Vantage Drilling VTG Jefferies Buy $2.20
Wright Medical WMGI Stifel Nicolaus Hold $16
Zimmer Hldgs ZMH Stifel Nicolaus Buy $58

Coverage Resumed


Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Allscripts-Misys Healthcare MDRX Deutsche Bank Hold $19.50

Coverage Reit/Price Tgt Changed*


Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Atheros Communications ATHR Deutsche Bank Buy $40 » $35
Canadian Solar CSIQ Wedbush Neutral $11 » $12
Collective Brands PSS Caris & Company Above Average $29 » $16
Diodes DIOD Longbow Buy $31 » $26
Entropic Comms ENTR JMP Securities Mkt Outperform $9 » $10
Exxon Mobil XOM Deutsche Bank Buy $80 » $70
Hackett Group HCKT Ladenburg Thalmann Buy $4.50 » $5
Henry Schein HSIC UBS Neutral $62 » $60
HJ Heinz HNZ UBS Neutral $46 » $47
Joy Global JOYG RBC Capital Mkts Outperform $72 » $77
Joy Global JOYG UBS Buy $77 » $80
Kinross Gold KGC RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform $20 » $21
Rex Energy REXX Rodman & Renshaw Mkt Outperform $19 » $20
Rowan Cos RDC RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform $28 » $31
SAIC SAI Stifel Nicolaus Buy $24 » $19
SAIC SAI UBS Neutral $19 » $17
TradeStation TRAD FBR Capital Mkt Perform $7.50 » $7
Vishay VSH Longbow Buy $16 » $15
Yahoo! YHOO UBS Neutral $17 » $15

(a) Brokerage firm initiating coverage participated in underwriting the recent IPO.
(b) Brokerage firm resumes coverage.
(c) Brokerage firm participated in the secondary offering.
* This list of reiterations/target changes is not comprehensive.