S&P 500 Analyst Recommendation Changes for April 25

The following table details daily changes in consensus analyst ratings for companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

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                           April 30 April 27 April 26 April 24   -Daily Change-
                               2012     2012     2012     2012 Percent    Level
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Higher ratings                   14       21       47       17
Lower ratings                    20       15       33       17
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber         3.55     3.36     3.36     3.36     5.7%     0.19
Laboratory Crp Of Amer         3.64     3.48     3.48     3.48     4.6%     0.16
Sealed Air Corp                4.08     3.92     3.92     3.92     4.1%     0.16
Ralph Lauren                   4.18     4.06     4.06     4.06     3.0%     0.12
Kraft Foods Inc                4.43     4.33     4.24     4.24     2.3%     0.10
Western Digital Corp           4.18     4.09     4.27     4.27     2.2%     0.09
American Intl Group            3.74     3.67     3.67     3.67     1.9%     0.07
Amazon.Com Inc                 4.19     4.12     4.02     4.00     1.7%     0.07
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                           April 30 April 27 April 26 April 24   -Daily Change-
                               2012     2012     2012     2012 Percent    Level
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Chesapeake Energy              3.64     3.58     3.58     3.58     1.7%     0.06
Coach Inc                      4.45     4.38     4.38     4.38     1.6%     0.07
Intuit Inc                     4.36     4.30     4.30     4.30     1.4%     0.06
Jacobs Engineering Group       4.04     4.00     4.00     4.00     1.0%     0.04
Becton Dickinson And Co        3.55     3.52     3.52     3.64     0.9%     0.03
PACCAR Inc.                    3.76     3.73     3.82     3.82     0.8%     0.03
Advanced Micro Devices         3.41     3.42     3.42     3.42    -0.3%    -0.01
Ford Motor Co                  4.27     4.30     4.30     4.30    -0.7%    -0.03
Fiserv Inc                     4.24     4.27     4.27     4.27    -0.7%    -0.03
McGraw-Hill Companies          4.56     4.60     4.60     4.60    -0.9%    -0.04
Cameron International          4.47     4.53     4.53     4.53    -1.3%    -0.06
Occidental Petroleum           4.39     4.45     4.45     4.45    -1.3%    -0.06
Morgan Stanley                 3.48     3.55     3.55     3.55    -2.0%    -0.07
VF Corp.                       4.18     4.27     4.18     4.18    -2.1%    -0.09
Air Products & Chemicals       4.10     4.19     4.19     4.10    -2.1%    -0.09
MetroPCS Communications        3.13     3.20     3.60     3.60    -2.2%    -0.07
Equity Residential             3.38     3.46     3.46     3.46    -2.3%    -0.08
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                           April 30 April 27 April 26 April 24   -Daily Change-
   



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