Kellogg (K) (GBG) (IMPUY) (PPC) (PTR) (LL) (VVUS) Ratings, Price Targets

Kellogg (K), Great Basin Gold Ltd. (GBG), Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (IMPUY), Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC), Petrochina (PTR), VIVUS, Inc. (VVUS) and Lumber Liquidators (LL) had ratings and price targets on them adjusted by analysts.

Raymond James upgraded Great Basin Gold Ltd. (GBG) to an "Outperform" rating.

HSBC upgraded Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (IMPUY) from a "Neutral" rating to an "Overweight" rating.

Imperial Capital upgraded Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC) to an "Outperform" rating. They placed a price target of $9.00 on the company.

Credit Suisse upgraded Petrochina (PTR) from a "Neutral" rating to an "Outperform" rating.

Rodman & Renshaw upgraded VIVUS, Inc. (VVUS) from a "Market Perform" rating to an "Outperform" rating. They have a price target of $39.00 on the company.

Piper Jaffray upgraded Lumber Liquidators (LL) from a "Neutral" rating to an "Overweight" rating.

Deutsche Bank upgraded Kellogg (K) from a "Hold" rating to a "Buy" rating.

Great Basin Gold (Amex:GBG) Upgraded by RBC Capital

Great Basin Gold (Amex:GBG) has been generating a lot of interest as their two key mining projects are about to be both online, and historically when production begins at a mine for the first time it can be very profitable to invest.

Evidently with that in mind, RBC Capital upgraded Great Basin Gold from "Outperform" to "Top Pick."

The two major projects of Great Basin are the Hollister mine in Nevada and the Burnstone mine in South Africa.

At full capacity Hollister will produce close to 120,000 ounces of gold annually, while Burnstone will produce around 250,000 ounces of gold on a yearly basis.

Burnstone has more risk being in South Africa, but that would be something to look at more in the long term than the short term.