Goodrich (GDP) (OHI) (HRC) (MTD) (HTWR) (MIPS) Upgraded

Goodrich Petroleum Co. (NYSE: GDP), Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE: OHI), Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HRC), Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (NYSE: MTD), HeartWare (NASDAQ: HTWR) and MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIPS) upgraded by analysts.

Goodrich Petroleum Co. (GDP) was upgraded by Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) from a “Market Perform” rating to an “Outperform” rating.

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (OHI) was upgraded by Hilliard Lyons from a “Long” rating to a “Term Buy” rating.

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. (HRC) was upgraded by Hilliard Lyons from a “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” rating. They have a price target of $40.00 on the company.

Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (MTD) was upgraded by Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) from a “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” rating.

HeartWare (HTWR) was upgraded by Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) from a “Neutral” rating to an “Outperform” rating.

MIPS Technologies, Inc. (MIPS) was upgraded by Capstone from a “Sell” rating to a “Hold” rating.

Ratings On (AWK) (ENOC) (MCBC) (OHI) Downgraded

Ratings on American Water Works Co Inc (NYSE: AWK), EnerNOC, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENOC), Macatawa Bank Corp (NASDAQ: MCBC) and Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE: OHI) downgraded by analysts.

Barrington Research downgraded American Water Works Co Inc (AWK) from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating.

Piper Jaffray downgraded EnerNOC, Inc. (ENOC) to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $18.00 price target on the company, down from $23.00.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc downgraded Macatawa Bank Corp (MCBC) from a “market perform” rating to an “underperform” rating.

Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) downgraded Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (OHI) from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.

Ratings on (LEG) (MCD) (OHI) (PFCB) Downgraded by Analysts

Analysts downgraded ratings on Leggett & Platt Inco (NYSE: LEG), McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD), Omega Healthcare (NYSE:OHI) and P.F. Chang’s China Bistro (NASDAQ: PFCB) today.

SunTrust (NYSE:STI) downgraded Leggett & Platt Inco (LEG) from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating.

Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC) downgraded McDonald’s (MCD) from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating.

Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) downgraded Omega Healthcare (OHI) from a "buy" to a "hold."

Piper Jaffray downgraded P.F. Chang’s China Bistro (PFCB) from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating.

Health Care REIT (NYSE:HCN) Misses on Earnings

Health Care REIT (NYSE:HCN) missed in its quarterly earnings by 3 cents a share, generating 70 cents a diluted share, down from 75 cents a diluted share. Analysts had been looking for 73 cents a share.

Revenue came in at $255 million for the quarter.

“Health Care REIT remains on target to deliver strong 2011 earnings growth of 8-11%,” commented George L. Chapman, Health Care REIT’s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President. “We recently closed the Genesis HealthCare and Benchmark Senior Living transactions on or ahead of schedule. These closings allowed us to recently raise our 2011 FFO guidance by seven cents as these transactions will be immediately accretive to earnings. The $7 billion of new partnerships formed in 2010 and 2011-to-date demonstrates the successful execution of our relationship investment strategy and positions the company for a strong period of earnings and dividend growth over the next several years,” said Health Care leadership.

Major competitors of Health Care REIT include Nationwide Health Properties Inc. (NYSE:NHP), HCP, Inc. (NYSE:HCP), Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR), Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT), Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI), National Health Investors Inc (NYSE:NHI), LTC Properties, Inc. (NYSE:LTC), Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE:SNH), Healthcare Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE:HR) and Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE:MPW)

Health Care Reit was trading at $53.05, falling $1.01, or 1.87 percent, as of 12:21 PM EDT.