Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BUD, BIDU, EBAY, EMC, FRX, MSFT, ORCL, PMT, SINA, SOHU)
April 8, 2010 by Jon C. OggThese are this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls:
Anheuser Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) Started as Hold/$640 target at Auriga.
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) Cut to Hold at Kaufman Bros.
EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) Cut to Hold at Canaccord.
Forest Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: FRX) Cut to Hold at Lazard; Cut to Underperform at Piper Jaffray.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Started as Buy at Soleil.
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) Started as Buy at Janney, although that was a late yesterday call; Started as Buy at Soleil.
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE: PMT) Started as Outperform at KBW.
Sina Corp. (NASDAQ: SINA) Started as Buy/$50 target at Auriga.
Sohu.com (NASDAQ: SOHU) Started as Hold/$55 target at Auriga.
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