Posts for Ticker ‘BEC’

Top Analyst Upgrades (AA, WTR, BEC, CWT, CHRT, CHA, GAS, NOK, PNY, WW)

money-stack-image44These are the top upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street analysts so far early this Thursday morning:

Alcoa (AA) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Aqua America (WTR) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Beckman Coulter (BEC) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
California Water (CWT) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Chartered Semiconductor (CHRT) Raised to Neutral at HSBC.
China Telecom (CHA) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Nicor (GAS) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Nokia (NOK) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Piedmont Natural Gas (PNY) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Watson Wyatt Worldwide (WW) Started as Buy at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.

-JON C. OGG

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ALU, AUO, BEC, BA, GR, KSU, LULU, SEPR)

Burning_money_picThese are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades or negative calls on Wall Street we have seen this Monday morning:

  • Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies.
  • AU Optronics (NYSE: AUO) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • Beckman Coulter (NYSE: BEC) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
  • Boeing (NYSE: BA) Started as Sell at Societe Generale.
  • Goodrich (NYSE: GR) Started as Sell at Society Generale.
  • Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
  • Sepracor (NASDAQ: SEPR) Started as Sell at Goldman Sachs.

Jon C. Ogg
December 15, 2008