Posts for Ticker ‘LSTR’

Transports Seeing Mixed Show on FedEx Guidance Hike (FDX, UPS, UNP, CSX, YRCW, NSC, KSU, BNI, JBHT, CNW, LSTR)

FedEx Logo PicWe just noticed over at our volume spike alert service that FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) was already challenging 150% of its average volume and was triple volume what it normally has traded by this time of the morning. This was really ramping up rival United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) with a 4% gain, and was taking up lesser players in the space as well.  But interestingly enough, this is not doing anything to boost the trading volume in railroad stocks. Railroad giants like Union Union Pacific Corp. (NYSE: UNP) and CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) are even lower on the day.  YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) is up significantly, and most truckers are up in sympathy.
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Posted on: September 11, 2009 – 11:33 am in Consumer Goods, Trading Alert, Transports, , , , , , , , , , ,

Earlybird Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AEP, CME, FNFG, KFT, LSTR, RGLD, SD, SBUX, TRI)

We still have well over two-hours until the opening bell this Thursday morning.  So far we have seen many select upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street analysts.  Here is what we have seen so far:

American Electric (NYSE: AEP) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME) Cut to Market Perform at William Blair.
First Niagara Financial Group Inc. (NASDAQ: FNFG) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Landstar System Inc. (NASDAQ: LSTR) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
Royal Gold (NASDAQ: RGLD) Raised to Sector Perform at CIBC.
SandRidge Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SD) started as Buy at SunTrust Robinson.
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.

Jon C. Ogg

Posted on: April 16, 2009 – 6:14 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (ANF, ARG, EMR, LSTR, SPNC, WFC)

These are some of the key upgrades from analysts we are focusing on this Tuesday morning:

  • Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
  • Airgas (ARG) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
  • Emerson Electric (EMR) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
  • Landstar System (LSTR) Raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
  • Spectranetics Corp. (SPNC) Raised To Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Wells Fargo (WFC) Raised To Neutral From Underperform By Baird.

Jon C. Ogg
September 30, 2008

Posted on: September 30, 2008 – 7:06 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , ,