Posts for Ticker ‘BRY’

Energy Companies Raising More Cash (BRY, BWEN, KYN, MWE, REXX)

We have already seen a flood of secondary offerings from many companies in many sectors either sold or filed this week.  The strong market is giving many companies a window to raise cash, and we are seeing a specific push from the energy sector in efforts to raise capital.  We have seen formal pricing, pending pricing and/or filings this week from companies like Berry Petroleum Co. (NYSE: BRY), Broadwind Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: BWEN), Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company (NYSE: KYN), MarkWest Energy Partners LP (NYSE: MWE), and Rex Energy Corp. (NASDAQ: REXX).

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Top Analyst Upgrades (BRY, BRCD, GS, LULU, MWW, CRM)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades or positive research calls that we have seen early this Monday morning from Wall Street:

Berry Petroleum (BRY) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Brocade (BRCD) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray.
Goldman Sachs (GS) Started as Buy at Citigroup.
Lululemon Athletica (LULU) Raised to Outperform at William Blair.
Monster Worldwide (MWW) Raised to Outperform at William Blair.
Salesforce.com (CRM) Raised to Buy at UBS.

JON C. OGG

The 52-Week Low Club (KVA)(AM)(MNI)(BRY)(SSCC)

Sad_clown K-V Pharmaceutical (KVA) Suspends shipments of tablet-form drugs and expects earnings hit. Stock falls to $2.50 from 52-week high of $29.02.

American Greetings (AM) Says it lost money. Drops to $6.20 from 52-week high of $22.17.

McClatchy (MNI) Newspaper shares keep plunging. Someone may know something the general public has missed. Off to $.65 from 52-week high of $13.31.

Berry Petroleum (BRY) No news. Bad oil prices. Sells down to $6.15 from 52-week high of $62.15.

Smurfit-Stone Container (SSCC) Deutsche Bank downgrades shares. Drops to $.23 from 52-week high of $10.90.

Douglas A. McIntyre

The 52-Week Low Club (OREX)(RFMD)(BRY)(CLR)(AES)

Sad_clown_2Orexigen Therapeutics (OREX) Trouble with mid-stage drug trials. Drops to $1.55 from 52- week high of $15.63.

Rf Microdevices (RFMD) Cuts guidance sharply. Falls to $.74 from 52-week high of $6.

Berry Petroleum (BRY) Hit by brokerage downgrade. Sells down to $6.50 from 52-week high of $62.15.

Continental Resources (CLR) Crude oil industry supplier in falling market. Dips to $13.01 from 52-week high of $83.81.

AES (AES) Company being accused of fraud. Down to $5.80 from 52-week high of $22.54.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (BRY, BBG, BG, CBST, GSX, KNL, WFR, SIRO, TXCO)

These are the top pre-market downgrades from Wall Street analysts this Friday morning:

  • Berry Petroleum (BRY) Cut to Market Perform at Morgan Keegan.
  • Bill Barrett (BBG) Cut to Market Perform at Morgan Keegan.
  • Bunge (BG) Cut to Underperform at Merrill Lynch.
  • Cubist Pharma (CBST) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
  • Gasco Energy (GSX) Cut to Market Perform at Morgan Keegan.
  • Knoll (KNL) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • MEMC (WFR) Started as Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
  • Sirona Dental (SIRO) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
  • TXCO Resources (TXCO) Cut to Market Perform at Morgan Keegan.

Jon C. Ogg
December 5, 2008

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AMZN, DOX, BRY, CNQ, CEO, CFX, DVN, EOG, GGP, MDR, NWS, PCP, SPWRA, SVR)

These are some of the many analyst downgrades we have seen on Wall Street this Thursday morning:

  • Amazon.com (AMZN) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
  • Amdocs (DOX) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
  • Berry Petroleum (BRY) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • CNOOC (CEO) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • Colfax (CFX) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
  • Devon Energy (DVN) Cut to Market Perform at FBR; Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • EOG Resources (EOG) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • General Growth Properties (GGP) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • McDermott (MDR) Cut to Hold at Jefferies; Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • News Corp. (NWS) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Precision Castparts (PCP) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • SunPower (SPWRA) Cut to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford.
  • Syniverse (SVR) Cut to Neutral at Baird.

Jon C. Ogg
November 6, 2008

Oil & Gas Upgrades & Downgrades on Wall Street (HES, SUN, TSO, MRO, VLO, BRY, SWN)

We’ve seen several analyst calls on Wall Street this morning out of the oil patch, and here are some of the key calls:

  • Hess (NYSE: HES), Sunoco (NYSE: SUN), and Tesoro (NYSE: TSO) were all started as "HOLD" ratings at Citigroup.
  • Marathon Oil (NYSE: MRO) and Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO) were started with "BUY" ratings at Citigroup.
  • Berry Petroleum (NYSE: BRY) was started as Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
  • SW Energy (NYSE: SWN) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at FBR.

Jon C. Ogg
May 30, 2008