Pantry (PTRY) (TWX) (WHR) (ANCX) (BLK) (CTBI) (INVN) Downgraded

Pantry (NASDAQ: PTRY), Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX), Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR), Access National Corp. (NASDAQ: ANCX), BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK), Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTBI) and Invensense Inc. (NASDAQ: INVN) were downgraded by analysts.

Pantry (PTRY) was downgraded by Zacks Investment Research from a “Neutral” rating to an “Underperform” rating.

Time Warner Inc. (TWX) was downgraded by Caris & Company from a “Buy” rating to an “Above Average” rating.

Whirlpool Corporation (WHR) was downgraded by Sidoti from a “Buy” rating to a “Neutral” rating.

Access National Corp. (ANCX) was downgraded by Zacks Investment Research from an “Outperform” rating to a “Neutral” rating.

BlackRock, Inc. (BLK) was downgraded by Standpoint Research from a “Buy” rating to a “Hold” rating.

Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. (CTBI) was downgraded by Zacks Investment Research from an “Outperform” rating to a “Neutral” rating.

Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC) initiated coverage on Invensense Inc. (INVN). They placed an “Overweight” rating and a price target of $15.00 on the company.

Whirlpool (WHR) (PFG) (AFL) (AGP) (ARG) Ratings Reiterated

Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR), Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: PFG), AFLAC (NYSE: AFL), AMERIGROUP Co. (NYSE: AGP) and Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) had ratings on them reiterated by analysts.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) reiterated its “Underweight” rating on Principal Financial Group, Inc. (PFG).

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) reiterated its “Sell” rating on Whirlpool Corporation (WHR).

Scotia Capital reiterated its “Outperform” rating on AFLAC (AFL).

Oppenheimer reiterated its “Outperform” rating on AMERIGROUP Co. (AGP). They have a price target of $58.00 on the company.

Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC) reiterated its “Overweight” rating on Airgas, Inc. (ARG).

Whirlpool (WHR) (MS) (TCB) (PENN) (SVN) (PEP) Price Targets Changed

Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), TCF Financial Co. (NYSE: TCB), Penn National Gaming (NASDAQ: PENN), 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd (NYSE: SVN) and PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) price targets adjusted by analysts.

Whirlpool Corporation (WHR) had its price target lowered by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) to $82.00.

TCF Financial Co. (TCB) had its price target lowered by RBC Capital from $18.00 to $16.00. They have an “Outperform” rating on the company.

7 Days Group Holdings Ltd (SVN) had its price target raised by Wedbush to $119.00.

PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) had its price target lowered by UBS AG (NYSE: UBS) from $82.00 to $79.00. They have a “Buy” rating on the company.

Penn National Gaming (PENN) had its price target raised by Jefferies (NYSE: JEF) to $51.00. They have a “buy” rating on the company.

Morgan Stanley (MS) had its price target raised by UBS AG from $25.00 to $33.00. They have a “Buy” rating on the company.

SunPower (SPWRA) (NFX) (NUE) (WHR) (STX) Price Targets Changed

SunPower Co. (NASDAQ: SPWRA), Newfield Exploration Co. (NYSE: NFX), Nucor Co. (NYSE: NUE), Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) and Seagate (NYSE: STX) price targets adjusted by analysts.

RBC Capital raised its price target on Newfield Exploration (NFX) from $96.00 to $100.00. They have an “Outperform” rating on the company.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered its price target on Nucor Co. (NUE) to $58.00.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) raised its price target on SunPower Co. (SPWRA) to $122.00.

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) lowered its price target on Whirlpool Corporation (WHR) to $82.00. They have a “Buy” rating on the company.

Citigroup (NYSE: C) lowered its price target on Seagate (STX) to $23.00. They have a “Buy” rating on the company.

Ex-Dividend for (V) (VE) (WAG) (WEA) (WHR) (WHX) is May 18

The ex-dividend date for Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), Veolia Environnement (NYSE:VE), Walgreen Company (NYSE:WAG), Western Asset Premier Bond Fund (NYSE:WEA), Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:WHR) and Whiting USA Trust (NYSE:WHX) is May 18.

Visa Inc. (V) pays a dividend of $0.15 with a yield of 0.76 percent.

Veolia Environnement (VE) pays a dividend of $1.46 with a yield of 4.52percent.

Walgreen Company (WAG) pays a dividend of $0.18 with a yield of 1.65 percent.

Western Asset Premier Bond Fund (WEA) pays a dividend of $0.11 with a yield of 8.57 percent.

Whirlpool Corporation (WHR) pays a dividend of $0.50 with a yield of 2.37 percent.

Whiting USA Trust (WHX) pays a dividend of $0.73 with a yield of 16.71 percent.

Dividend Yields for (MAT) (HAS) (VFC) (WHR) (SWK)

Indicated dividend yields for Standard & Poor's 500 Index companies Mattel Inc (MAT), Hasbro Inc (HAS), VF Corp (VFC), Whirlpool Corp (WHR) and Stanley Black & Decker Inc (SWK).

These dividend data indicate dividend yields of companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index as of Saturday, April 30. The yield is determined by taking the latest declared dividend, annualized and divided by the price of the stock. Payout ratios are calculated based on latest quarterly dividend paid divided by earnings.

Mattel Inc (MAT) has a dividend yield of 3.44 percent on a declared dividend of $0.23. The payout ratio is 483.5 percent.

Hasbro Inc (HAS) has a dividend yield of 2.56 percent on a declared dividend of $0.30. The payout ratio is 240.1 percent.

VF Corp (VFC) has a dividend yield of 2.51 percent on a declared dividend of $0.63. The payout ratio is 34.0 percent.

Whirlpool Corp has a dividend yield of 2.32 percent on a declared dividend of $0.50. The payout ratio is 19.5 percent.

Stanley Black & Decker Inc has a dividend yield of 2.26 percent on a declared dividend of $0.41. The payout ratio is 43.2 percent.

GM (NYSE:GM), Ford (NYSE:F), Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR) and Commodity Inflation

After the quarterly results of Ford (NYSE:F) and Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR) revealed the increasing prices of commodities are weighing on the results of the companies, the question is generated as to how that may affect General Motors (NYSE:GM) after their recent emergence from bankruptcy.

The one positive for GM was its need to focus strongly on cost controls as they worked on their bankruptcy emergence, which may have them in a stronger operational cost position than their rivals, although that's not a certainty, but a strong probability.

Nicholas Colas, a strategist for ConvergEx Group, said about commodity inflation, "It isn't just Ford. In past recoveries, with big boosts in demand, commodity price inflation did not follow for a couple of years, so you had [a period of] gangbuster demand and low costs.

"But now we have a slow-growth recovery with a lot of inflation in raw materials, food, steel and energy. The philosophical question everybody is struggling with [is] 'in a slow economic recovery with accelerating commodity prices, do cyclical companies experience margin expansion or compression?'"

Another concern for GM is its boost in incentive spending, which across a number of industries has pushed margins and earnings results down.

The miss by Ford has pushed the overall auto sector down, with more concerns being generated from their surprisingly weak performance.

General Motors was trading at $36.10, dropping $0.35, or 0.96 percent, as of 1:08 PM EST. Ford was at $15.51, down $0.39, or 2.42 percent. Whirlpool was trading at $82.72, losing $2.70, or 3.16 percent.