Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ACS, DOX, BBBY, ESRX, HD, LOW, NWA, RFMD, SHLD, UA, ADP, BE, CSC, PAYX, SAPE, HEW)

These are not the only key analyst calls that may impact stocks this Monday, but these are the ones that 24/7 Wall St. is focusing on:

Affiliated Computer (ACS) raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
Amdocs (DOX) raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Express Scripts (ESRX) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JP Morgan.
Home Depot (HD) & Lowe’s (LOW) both raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Northwest Airlines (NWA) raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
RF Micro Device (RFMD)raised to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Sears Holdings (SHLD) downgraded to Underperform from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Under Armour (UA) raised to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.

UBS Downgrades IT and Outsourcing/Business Process sector:

Automatic Data (ADP), BearingPoint (BE), Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC), Paychex (PAYX), and Sapient (SAPE) were all downgraded from BUY to NEUTRAL;
Hewitt Associates (HEW) downgraded from Neutral to Sell.

Jon C. Ogg
January 14, 2008