Top Analyst Upgrades (BCS, BBBY, DLTR, EMC, GHL, HCN, NTAP, SNH, WSM, INTC)

Posted: August 27, 2009 at 8:19 am

These are this morning’s top pre-market analyst upgrades, initiations, and positive broker research calls we have seen early this Thursday morning from Wall Street firms:

  • Barclays (BCS) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
  • Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) Started as Buy at Citigroup.
  • Dollar Tree (DLTR) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
  • EMC Corp (EMC) Started as Buy at Citigroup.
  • Greenhill & CO. (GHL) Raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Health Care REIT (HCN) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
  • NetApp (NTAP) Started as Buy at Citigroup.
  • Senior Housing (SNH) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
  • Williams-Sonoma (WSM) Started as Buy at Citigroup.

Elsewhere, JPMorgan is maintaining a cautious stance on Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) on poor demand expectations, but it raisedx its target to $17.00 from $12.00.

JON C. OGG

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