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Tuesday's Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BJ, GLW, DRI, DTSI, ITW, RBS, VIA, BHP, COF, FITB, MAT, STO)

These are some of Tuesday morning’s top pre-market upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street analysts with more than two hours until the open:

  • BJ’s Wholesale (NYSE: BJ) Raised to Buy at UBS.
  • Corning (NYSE: GLW) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
  • Darden restaurants (NYSE: DRI) Started as Outperform at Baird.
  • Digital Theater Systems (NASDAQ: DTSI) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Illinois Toolworks (NYSE: ITW) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Royal Bank of Scotland (NYSE: RBS) Raised to Overweight at HSBC.
  • Viacom (NYSE: VIA) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
  • BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) Cut to Hold at ABN AMRO.
  • Capital One (NYSE: COF) Target cut by more than half to $18 at Goldman Sachs.
  • Fifth Third (NASDAQ: FITB) Target cut 75% down to $2.00 at Goldman Sachs.
  • Mattel (NYSE: MAT) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • StatoilHydro (NYSE: STO) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.

Jon C. Ogg
February 3, 2009

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