Posts for Ticker ‘AVY’

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMGN, AVY, COLM, DSGX, EJ, JASO, KG, SCSS, SPWRA, THC)

These are the ten top analyst upgrades,downgrades, and initiations we have seen early this Friday morning with roughly two hours until the market opens:

Amgen (AMGN) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Avery Dennison (AVY) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Columbia Sportswear (COLM) Raised toOverweight at Barclays.
Descartes Systems (DSGX) Started as Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
eHouse China (EJ) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
JA Solar (JASO) Cut to Equal Weight t Barclay.
King Pharma (KG) Cut to Hold at Needham.
Select Comfort (SCSS) Reinitiated as Buy at KeyBanc.
SunPower (SPWRA) Started as Buy at Needham.
Tenet Healthcare (THC) Raisd to Outperform at Baird.

JON C. OGG
August 14, 2009

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADSK, AVY, CAT, DFS, FEIC, BEN, JWN, PMTC, SLB, VECO)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst calls with upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street firms this Thursday morning with more than two hours until the market opens:

AutoDesk  (ADSK) Started as Neutral at Janney Montgomery Scott.
Avery Dennison (AVY) Started as Underperform at Baird.
Caterpillar (CAT) Cut to Sell at UBS.
Discover Financial (DFS) Started as Outperform at FBR.
FEI Co. (FEIC) Started as Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Franklin Resources (BEN) Started as Outperform at Wachovia.
Nordstrom (JWN) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Parametric Technology (PMTC) Started as Buy at Janney Montgomery Scott.
Schlumberger (SLB) Started as Neutral at HSBC.
Veeco Instruments (VECO) Started as Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.

JON C. OGG

The 52-Week Low Club

Six Flags (SIX) Still moving down after announcing drop in net income. Falls to $1.98 from 52-week high of $6.80.

Avery Dennison (AVY) Company announces new financing. Market takes it badly. Down to $51.12 from 52-week high of $71.35.

Blockbuster (BBI) Renting movies at stores is dead, just no buried. Down to $3.74 from 52-week high of $7.30.

Gatehouse (GHS) Newspaper company. Bad earnings. Falls to $8.95 from 52-week high of $22.18.

Daktronics (DAKT) Bad guidance. Bad investment. Drops to $19.76 from 52-week high of $40.05.

MedCath (MDTH) Ugly results for last quarter. Falls to $21.40 from 52-week high of $34.61.

Douglas A. McIntyre