Comstock (LODE) (QRE) (RBS) (BLK) (BWLD) (CHKP) (RHT) Ratings, Price Targets

Comstock Mining Inc. (LODE), QR Energy LP (QRE), Royal Bank Scotland (RBS), BlackRock, Inc. (BLK), Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD), Check Point Software (CHKP) and Red Hat (RHT) had ratings and price targets on them adjusted by analysts.

Global Hunter Securities initiated coverage on Comstock Mining Inc. (LODE). They placed a "Buy" rating and price target of $3.50 on the company.

Stifel Nicolaus downgraded QR Energy LP (QRE) from a "Buy" rating to a "Hold" rating.

UBS AG downgraded Royal Bank Scotland (RBS) from a "Neutral" rating to a "Buy" rating.

Deutsche Bank downgraded BlackRock, Inc. (BLK) from a "Buy" rating to a "Hold" rating.

Wedbush downgraded Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) from an "Outperform" rating to a "Neutral" rating.

Cowen downgraded Check Point Software (CHKP) from an "Outperform" rating to a "Neutral" rating.

Morgan Stanley downgraded Red Hat (RHT) from an "Overweight" rating to an "Equal Weight" rating.

Lowe’s (LOW) (RIMM) (CMA) (COV) (DRC) (QRE) Price Targets Changed

Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW), Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), Comerica (NYSE: CMA), Covidien Plc (NYSE: COV), Dresser-Rand (NYSE: DRC) and QR Energy LP (NYSE: QRE) price targets adjusted by analysts.

Research In Motion (RIMM) had its price target boosted by Sterne Agee to $28.00. They have a “Neutral” rating on the company.

Comerica (CMA) had its price target lowered by Sterne Agee to $35.00. They have a “Buy” rating on the company.

QR Energy LP (QRE) had its price target lowered by Oppenheimer to $23.00.

Covidien Plc (COV) had its price target raised by Morgan Keegan from $56.00 to $60.00. They have an “Outperform” rating on the company.

Lowe’s (LOW) had its price target lowered by Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC)to $19.00. They have a “Neutral” rating on the company.

Dresser-Rand (DRC) had its price target lowered by Morgan Keegan from $63.00 to $52.50. They have an “Outperform” rating on the company.

Coverage on (QRE) (RAI) (SBUX) Initiated

Coverage on QR Energy LP (NYSE: QRE), Reynolds American, Inc. (NYSE: RAI)
and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) was initiated by analysts.

HSBC initiated coverage on QR Energy LP (QRE). They placed a “neutral”
rating and a price target of $23.00 on the company.

Robert W. Baird initiated coverage on QR Energy LP (QRE). They placed a
“neutral” rating and a price target of $23.00 on the company.

Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE:WFC) initiated coverage on Reynolds American, Inc.
(RAI). They placed an “outperform” rating and a price target of $39.00 on
the company.

Wells Fargo & Co. initiated coverage on Starbucks (SBUX). They placed a
“market perform” rating and a price target of $38.00 on the company.