Updated 16-Mar-10 14:50 ET

Upgrades


Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
CB&I CBI BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform
Clorox CLX Barclays Capital Equal Weight » Overweight $67 » $71
Compellent Technologies CML ThinkEquity Hold » Buy
Melco Crown Entertainment MPEL Credit Suisse Neutral » Outperform
Sonic SONC Piper Jaffray Underweight » Overweight $8 » $12
Starbucks SBUX UBS Neutral » Buy

Downgrades


Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Brinker EAT Piper Jaffray Neutral » Underweight $16
Cheesecake Factory CAKE Piper Jaffray Neutral » Underweight
Chordiant Software CHRD B. Riley & Co Buy » Neutral
Cree CREE GARP Research Buy » Neutral
Polypore Intl PPO Wedbush Morgan Neutral » Underperform $12
Psychiatric Solutions PSYS Wells Fargo Outperform » Market Perform
Ship Finance Intl SFL JP Morgan Overweight » Neutral
United Western Bancorp UWBK Sterne Agee Buy » Neutral
Western Union WU William Blair Outperform » Mkt Perform

Coverage Initiated


Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Corning GLW Brigantine Hold
Dynamics Research DRCO C.K. Cooper Hold
Green Plains Renewable Energy GPRE Piper Jaffray Overweight $19
IFM Investments (Century 21 China) CTC Oppenheimer Outperform $9
Openwave OPWV Dougherty & Company Buy $4
Pharmasset VRUS Citigroup Buy $34
SAIC SAI C.K. Cooper Hold
Synaptics SYNA Brigantine Buy $33
Universal Display PANL Brigantine Hold
Western Union WU Susquehanna Financial Positive

Coverage Reit/Price Tgt Changed*


Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Bank of the Ozarks OZRK Stifel Nicolaus Buy $34 » $37
BMP Sunstone BJGP Oppenheimer Outperform $6 » $7
Boston Scientific BSX UBS Buy $9 » $8
Brigham Exploration BEXP Thomas Weisel Overweight $18 » $21
Cliffs Natural Resources CLF Longbow Buy $65 » $82
CONSOL Energy CNX Credit Suisse Outperform $57 » $55
Continental Air CAL Jesup & Lamont Buy $22 » $26
Digital River DRIV Argus Buy $30 » $37
Dominion D Jefferies & Co Hold $38 » $40
Emeritus Corp ESC Stifel Nicolaus Buy $26 » $24
Guess GES Jefferies & Co Buy $50 » $55
Ladish LDSH Stifel Nicolaus Buy $20 » $26
Markel Corp MKL Oppenheimer Underperform $288 » $303
Ruby Tuesday RT Credit Suisse Neutral $9 » $12
Swift Energy SFY UBS Buy $28 » $38
United Western Bancorp UWBK FBR Capital Mkt Perform $4 » $2.50
Validus Holdings VR UBS Buy $34 » $32

Coverage Dropped


Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Manulife Financial MFC Argus Hold

(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.