Southern (SO) (UA) (FTNT) (HOTT) (GBX) (GDOT) Upgraded

Southern Co (NYSE: SO), Under Armour, Inc. (NYSE: UA), Fortinet, Inc. (NASDAQ: FTNT), Hot Topic Inc (NASDAQ: HOTT), Greenbrier Companies (NYSE: GBX) and Green Dot Co. (NASDAQ: GDOT) upgraded by analysts.

Under Armour, Inc. (UA) was upgraded by FBR Capital from a “Market Perform” rating to an “Outperform” rating. They have a price target of $80.00 on the company.

Fortinet, Inc. (FTNT) was upgraded by Pacific Crest to an “Outperform” rating. They have a price target of $26.00 on the company.

Hot Topic Inc. (HOTT) was upgraded by Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC) from an “Underweight” rating to a “Neutral” rating.

Greenbrier Companies (GBX) was upgraded by Longbow Research from a “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” rating. They have a price target of $24.00 on the company.

Southern Co. (SO) was upgraded by ISI Group from a “Sell” rating to a “Hold” rating.

Green Dot Co. (GDOT) was upgraded by Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) from a “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” rating.

AGCO (AGCO) (DRIV) (FLS) (GDOT) (IPG) (GPRO) Price Targets Changed

AGCO Corp. (NASDAQ: AGCO), Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV), Flowserve Corp (NYSE: FLS), Green Dot Co. (NASDAQ: GDOT), Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (NYSE: IPG) and Gen-Probe Incorporated (NASDAQ: GPRO) price targets adjusted by analysts.

AGCO Corp. (AGCO) had its price target raised by UBS AG (NYSE:UBS) from $60.00 to $62.00. They have a “Buy” rating on the company.

Digital River, Inc. (DRIV) had its price target cut by RBC Capital from $40.00 to $36.00. They have an “Outperform” rating on the company.

Flowserve Corp. (FLS) had its price target slashed by RBC Capital from $145.00 to $130.00. They have an “Outperform” rating on the company.

Green Dot Co. (GDOT) had its price target lowered by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) to $49.00.

Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (IPG) had its price target lowered by Goldman Sachs to $12.00. They have a “Neutral” rating on the company.

Gen-Probe Incorporated (GPRO) had its price target lowered by JPMorgan Chase & Co. to $64.00.

Biggest Winners (WAT) (GDOT) (WLK) (OXGN) (PRX) on May 6

Among the winners on Friday, May 6, as measured by share price increases, were Waters Corp. (WAT), Green Dot Corp. (GDOT), Westlake Chemical (WLK), Oxigene Inc (OXGN) and Pharmaceutical Companies (PRX).

Waters Corp. (WAT) was up $1.22, to close at $96.87, a gain of 1.28 percent.

Green Dot Corp. (GDOT) jumped $1.22 on the day to close at $39.19, an increase of 3.21 percent.

Westlake Chemical (WLK) rose $1.21 to close at $59.65, a boost of 2.07 percent.

Oxigene Inc (OXGN) soared $1.21 to close the session at $3.56, a gain of 51.49 percent.

Pharmaceutical Companies (PRX) surged $1.20 to end the day at $34.41, climbing 1.20 percent.

Ratings on (GDOT) (GTLS) (HFBC) (HNT) (KIM) Downgraded by Analysts

Analysts downgraded ratings on Green Dot Co. (NASDAQ: GDOT), Chart Industries (NASDAQ: GTLS), HopFed Bancorp, Inc (NASDAQ: HFBC), Health Net Inc (NYSE: HNT) and Kimco Realty Co. (NYSE: KIM) today.

Macquarie downgraded shares of Green Dot Co. (GDOT) from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) downgraded Chart Industries (GTLS) from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating.

Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) downgraded HopFed Bancorp, Inc (HFBC) from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating.

Citadel Securities downgraded Health Net Inc (HNT) to a “neutral” rating.

ISI Group downgraded Kimco Realty Co. (KIM) to a “hold” rating.

Ratings on (CVH) (EK) (INFN) (GDOT) (HLIT) Reiterated

Analysts reiterate ratings on Coventry Health Care, Inc. (NYSE: CVH), Eastman Kodak Compan (NYSE: EK), Infinera Corp. (NASDAQ: INFN), Green Dot Co. (NASDAQ: GDOT) and Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT).

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) reiterated a “neutral” rating on Coventry Health Care, Inc. (CVH). They have a price target of $32.00 on the company.

BMC Equities Research reiterated a “hold” rating on Eastman Kodak Company (EK).

Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) reiterated a “hold” rating on Infinera Corp. (INFN).

JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Green Dot Co. (GDOT). They have a price target of $60.00 on the company.

Jefferies reiterated a “hold” rating on Harmonic (HLIT). They have a price target of $9.00 on the company.

Green Dot's (NYSE:GDOT) Rapid Growth to Continue into 2011

Green Dot (NYSE:GDOT) is expected to expand upon their strong growth trend into 2011 and beyond, according to Wedbush.

Wedbush said, "We believe Green Dot will continue its rapid growth into 2011 and beyond, with balanced growth going forward as longer card life and more active users help build on card activations ... Direct deposit represents opportunity, not sign of shortcoming...We believe reloadable prepaid interchange last in line to be reduced, since category has no real enemies...Enhanced share liquidity ready to facilitate position building."

Wedbush reaffirms an "Outperform" rating on Green Dot, which closed Friday at $56.74, gaining $1.64, or 2.98 percent. Wedbush raised their price target on Green Dot from $60 to $65.