Posts for Ticker ‘CLMS’

Financial Downgrades (BAC, BBT, CLMS, CMA, FITB, BEN, STI, VLY)

There were more downgrades in financial stocks, but these were the larger names that saw estimates or ratings cut by analysts this morning:

  • Bank of America (BAC) Cut to Underperform at KBW.
  • BB&T (BBT) Cut to Underperform at KBW.
  • Calamos Asset Management (CLMS) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Comerica (CMA) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.
  • Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.
  • Franklin Resources (BEN) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Suntrust Banks (STI) Cut to Underperform at KBW.
  • Valley National Bancorp (VLY) Cut to Underperform at KBW.

Jon C. Ogg
September 10, 2008

Posted on: September 10, 2008 – 6:33 am in Analyst Calls, Banking, Financial Stocks, , , , , , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (BBY, CLMS, FDRY, GHL, HUGH, JEF, LM, MCK, MXB, PNRA)

These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this Friday morning:

  • Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) Cut to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank.
  • Calamos Asset Management (NASDAQ: CLMS) Cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.
  • Foundry Networks (NASDAQ: FDRY) Cut to Neutral from Buy at Bank Of America.
  • Greenhill (NYSE: GHL) Cut To Market Perform from Outperform at Wachovia.
  • Hughes Communications (NASDAQ: HUGH) Started as Overweight at Lehman Brothers.
  • Jefferies Group (NYSE: JEF) cut to Market Perform at KBW.
  • Legg Mason (NYSE: LM) Raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • McKesson (NYSE: MCK) started as Market Outperform at JMP Securities.
  • MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MXB) started as Buy at UBS.
  • Panera Bread (NASDAQ: PNRA) Raised to Buy from Neutral at Piper Jaffray.

Jon C. Ogg
June 6, 2008

Posted on: June 6, 2008 – 6:29 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Goldman Sachs Lowers Financial Estimates (AB, ABLk, BLK, CLMS, CME, BEN, GBL, IVZ, JNS, NITE, LAB, LM, MKTX, NYX, TROW, PZN, NDAQ, TRAD)

Goldman Sachs has lowered estimates on many financial services players this morning:

  • AllianceBernstein (AB) (buy);
  • AMBAC Financial (ABK) (neutral);
  • Blackrock (BLK) (buy);
  • Calamos Asset Mgmt. (CLMS) (neutral);
  • CME Group (CME) (buy);
  • Franklin Resources (BEN) (neutral);
  • Gamco Investors (GBL) (sell);
  • INVESCO plc (IVZ) (neutral);
  • Janus Capital (JNS) (neutral);
  • Knight Trading (NITE) (buy);
  • Labranche (LAB) (sell);
  • Legg Mason (LM) (neutral);
  • Marketaccess Holdings (MKTX) (neutral);
  • NYSE Euronext (NYX) (neutral);
  • T. Rowe Price (TROW) (neutral);
  • Pzena Investment Mgmt. (PZN) (neutral);
  • The NASDAQ Stock Market (NDAQ) (neutral);
  • TradeStation (TRAD) (neutral)

Jon C. Ogg
January 10, 2008

Posted on: January 10, 2008 – 9:22 am in Analyst Calls, Financial Stocks, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,