Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (T, DRYS, XOM, ITT, MOT, VZ, HBAN, RF, WMB, ZION)

These are ten of the top analyst upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street this Monday morning with more than two hours until the market opens:

• AT&T (T) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
• DryShips (DRYS) Raised to Perform at Oppenheimer.
• Exxon Mobil (XOM) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
• ITT (ITT) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
• Motorola (MOT) Raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
• Verizon (VZ) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
• Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
• Regions Financial (RF) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
• Williams Cos. (WMB) Cut to Underperform at RBX.
• Zions Bancorp (ZION) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.

Jon C. Ogg
February 23, 2009