Top Pre-Market Stock Upgrades/Downgrades April 6, 2010

Here is a list of this morning’s top companies upgrades, downgrades, and initiations by brokerage firms.

Upgrades:

• CardioNet (BEAT) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Roth Capital; price target $12 from $7
• Dollar General (DG) upgraded to Outperform from Perform at Wells Fargo
• Huron Consulting (HURN) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Baird; price target $30 from $27
• Isle of Capri Casinos (ISLE) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Brean Murray; price target $12
• Schlumberger (SLB) upgraded to Strong Buy from Outperform at Raymond James
• Walt Disney (DIS) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Soleil; price target $42

Downgrades:

• Bally Technologies (BYI) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Macquarie
• Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at BofA/Merrill
• STR Holdings (STRI) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Hapoalim Securities

Coverage Initiated:

• A123 Systems (AONE) initiated with an Outperform at JMP Securities
• Avanir Pharmaceuticals (AVNR) initiated with a Buy at Canaccord Adams
• Cree (CREE) initiated with an Outperform at JMP Securities
• Cisco Systems (CSCO) initiated with a Buy at Wunderlich; price target $33
• eBay (EBAY) initiated with an Overweight at Thomas Weisel; price target $34
• Halliburton (HAL) initiated with an Outperform at Raymond James
• Integrated Silicon Solution (ISSI) initiated with a Hold at Auriga USA; price target $11
• Oracle (ORCL) initiated with a Neutral at Macquarie; price target $29
• Orthovita (VITA) initiated with a Buy at Maxim; price target $6
• Synaptics (SYNA) initiated with an Outperform at Rodman & Renshaw; price target $32

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