Goodrich (GDP) (FST) (GDOT) (GEVA) (GPN) Get New Coverage

Goodrich Petroleum Co. (NYSE: GDP), Forest Oil Co. (NYSE: FST), Green Dot Co. (NASDAQ: GDOT), Synageva BioPharma (NASDAQ: GEVA) and Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) getting new coverage from analysts.

Robert W. Baird initiated coverage on Forest Oil Co. (FST). They placed an “Outperform” rating and a price target of $23.00 on the company.

Nomura initiated coverage on Green Dot Co. (GDOT). They set a “neutral” rating on the company.

Robert W. Baird initiated coverage on Goodrich Petroleum Co. (GDP). They placed a “Neutral” rating and a price target of $18.00 on the company.

Wedbush initiated coverage on Synageva BioPharma (GEVA). They placed an “Outperform” rating on the company.

Nomura initiated coverage on Global Payments Inc. (GPN). They placed a “Buy” rating on the company.

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 (CRARY) (ECT) (FXCM) (GDP) (NYX) Downgraded

Ratings on shares of Credit Agricole (OTC: CRARY), ECA Marcellus Trust (NYSE: ECT), FXCM Inc (NASDAQ: FXCM), Goodrich Petroleum Co. (NYSE: GDP) and NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) were downgraded by analysts.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) downgraded Credit Agricole (CRARY) from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating.

Oppenheimer downgraded ECA Marcellus Trust (ECT) from an “outperform” rating to a “perform” rating.

Citigroup (NYSE:C) downgraded FXCM Inc (FXCM) from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating. They have a price target of $7.00 on the company, down from $12.50.

Imperial Capital downgraded Goodrich Petroleum Co. (GDP) from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating.

Argus downgraded NYSE Euronext (NYX) from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.

Horizon Lines (NYSE:HRZ), Target (NYSE:TGT), AnnTaylor (NYSE:ANN), Goodrich Petroleum (NYSE:GDP), Regal Beloit (NYSE:RBC), Ingersoll-Rand (NYSE:IR), S

MKM Partners released their 9 Best Ideas for 2011, and they include Horizon Lines (NYSE:HRZ), Target (NYSE:TGT), AnnTaylor (NYSE:ANN), Goodrich Petroleum (NYSE:GDP), Regal Beloit (NYSE:RBC), Ingersoll-Rand (NYSE:IR), Scripps Networks (NYSE:SNI), Motorola (NYSE:MOT) and SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI)

Although they didn't include an individual company in their choices, MKM said their favorite sector is financial/banking, which they believe will double their current levels based on a steepening yield curve and recovering loan growth.

Horizon Lines was trading at $4.47, gaining $0.10, or 2.29 percent, as of 11:17 AM EST. Target was at $60.70, up $0.57, or 0.95 percent. AnnTaylor plunged to $25.77, losing $1.62, or 5.91 percent. Goodrich Petroleum $18.30, up $0.66, or 3.74 percent. Regal Beloit was at $68.32, gaining $1.56, or 2.34 percent. Ingersoll-Rand was trading at $47.54, up $0.45, or 0.96 percent. Scripps Networks was at $51.96, up $0.21, or 0.41 percent. SolarWinds was trading at $19.64, up $0.39, or 2.03 percent.