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Early Bird Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CHA, CHH, CMCSA, GOOG, ID, PAS, ACF, ERIC, NCC, NWS, NOK, PCTI, RAH, SHW)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and downgrades we are seeing from Wall Street firms this Tuesday morning with more than two hours to the open:

  • China Telecom (CHA) Raised to Buy at UBS.
  • Choice Hotels (CHH) Raised To Neutral From Underweight at JPMorgan.
  • Comcast (CMCSA) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
  • Google (GOOG) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
  • L-1 Identity Solutions (ID) Raised to Neutral from Underweight at JPMorgan.
  • PepsiAmericas (PAS) Raised to Buy at UBS.

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Posted on: October 28, 2008 – 6:37 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

52-Week Low Club (December 28, 2007)

Some of these stocks hit 52-week lows and recovered off of lows so they won’t have a low close.  But these did all touch or breach the 52-week lows.  At the end we also broke out retail stocks, financial stocks, airlines & transports, and hotels.  A separate report could have been compiled for REIT’s as well, but many of those were left off because of room or volume. There were enough 52-week lows today that you might even wonder if there had been a mini-crash in the markets.  Here are the 52-week lows for December 28, 2007:

  • Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD)… imagine if the company got Hector Ruiz to leave.
  • American Greetings (NYSE: AM)…again.
  • AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN)… new entrant.
  • Carmike Cinemas (NASDAQ:CKEC)
  • ChipMOS (NASDAQ:IMOS)
  • Corp. Office Property (NYSE: OFC)
  • Cryptologic (NASDAQ: CRYP)
  • Diebold (NYSE:DBD)
  • Fortune Brands (NYSE:FO)
  • Group 1 Auto (NYSE: GPI)
  • Infinera Corp. (NASDAQ: INFN)
  • Introgen (NASDAQ:INGN)
  • Japan Smaller Cap Fund (NYSE: JOF)
  • Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ: LAMR)
  • Legget & Platt (NYSE: LEG)
  • Martha Stewart (NYSE: MSO)
  • Marvell Tech (NASDAQ:MRVL)
  • Mattel (NYSE:MAT)
  • McClatchy (NYSE:MNI)
  • Micron Tech (NYSE:MU)
  • NGAS Resources (NASDAQ:NGAS)
  • Nortel Networks (NYSE:NT)
  • Owens Corning (NYSE:OC)
  • Omnicare (NYSE:OCR)
  • Prestige Brand (NYSE: PBH)
  • PC-Tel (NASDAQ:PCTI)
  • Ruth’s Chris (NASDAQ:RUTH)
  • SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK)
  • Theravance (NASDAQ:THRX)
  • Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO)
  • Wendy’s (NYSE: WEN)
  • World Fuel Services (NYSE:INT)
  • U-Store-It (NYSE:YSI)

Retail Stocks on 52-week lows: Ann Taylor (NYSE:ANN), Big Lots (NYSE:BIG), Borders Group (NYSE:BGP), Bon Ton Stores (NASDAQ:BONT), Chico’s FAS (NYSE:CHS), Finish Line (NASDAQ:FINL), Liz Claiborne (NYSE: LIZ), Macy’s (NYSE: M), Office Max (NYSE:OMX), Petsmart (NASDAQ:PETM), Stage Stores (NYSE:SSI)

Financial stocks on 52-week lows: Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC), Citigroup (NYSE:C), Canseco (NYSE: CNO), Discover Financial (NYSE: DFS), Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB), Fortress Investment (NYSE: FIG), MBIA Inc. (NYSE: MBI), Washington Mutual (NYSE:WM)… urgh!  When does it stop?

Airlines/Transports on 52-week lows:  Airtran Holdings (NYSE: AAI)…again.  Did they launch a Friends Die Free rewards plan?  Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL), Fedex (NYSE:FDX), Mesa Air (NASDAQ:MESA), Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA)… near $100 oil is a real pain.

Hotels Hitting 52-week lows: Host Hotels (NYSE: HST), Lasalle Hotel (NYSE: LHO), Starwood Hotels (NYSE:HOT), Sunstone Hotel (NYSE: SHO), Wydham Worldwide (NYSE:WYN).  Maybe these all wish they could get the private equity buyers back in the sector.  If only they could still borrow.

These CEO’s new year’s resolutions are all the same: "In 2008 I want to keep my stock off the 52-week low lists."

Jon C. Ogg
December 28, 2007

Posted on: December 28, 2007 – 3:01 pm in HI/LOW, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Pre-Market Stock News (December 11, 2007)

Below is a snapshot of the individual company news affecting share prices being watched by 247WallSt.com:

  • Amtech Systems (NASDAQ: ASYS) shares up 3% after it announced receipt of a $3.9 million solar order for diffusion processing systems from an existing solar cell customer based in Taiwan.
  • Boeing (NYSE: BA) has an update for the progress on its 787 Dreamliner today.
  • Celanese (NYSE: CE) guided up slightly for 2007 and in-line for 2008, guidance upped to 2010 as well.
  • ChinaEdu Corporation (NASDAQ: CEDU) priced its 6.82 million ADR IPO at $10.00 per share.
  • Citigroup (NYSE: C) cuts size of SIV by $15 Billion.
  • Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) introduced new tablet PC with touchscreen.
  • General Electric (NYSE: GE) set to give outlook meeting this afternoon with guidance.
  • Genesis Micro (NASDAQ: GNSS) shares up over 50% after being acquired by STMicroelectronics for $8.65 per share.
  • H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) shares trading down about 8% after posting loss for quarter.
  • IAC/Interactive (NASDAQ: IACI) is allowing users to dump their searches stored by the search engine in a bout to win over customers via privacy.
  • Macrovision (NASDAQ: MVSN) won a tier 1 pact from a European automotive integrator.
  • Medarex (NASDAQ: MEDX) shares trading down almost 20% after saying its BMY partnered Ipilimumab failed to meet endpoints for its metastatic melanoma treatment.
  • MultiMedia Games (NASDAQ: MGAM) $0.02 EPS vs $0.01 est.
  • PCTEL (NASDAQ: PCTI) selling its mobility solutions unit to Smith Micro for $59.7 million.
  • Smith Micro (NASDAQ: SMSI) traded up 12% after announcing it was acquiring PCTEL’s mobility solutions group for $59.7 million.
  • Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) traded up almost 5% after raising its mid-point of guidance to above consensus.
  • UBS (NYSE: UBS) shares trading down 3% after it wrote-down another $10 Billion in value of mortgage backed assets and sold a 10% stake to investors from Singapore and the Middle East.
  • Valero (NYSE: VLO) may sell some more refinery assets.
  • Washington Mutual (NYSE: WM) shares trading down 9% after it cut its dividend, announced lay-offs, and will exit sub-prime operations.

Jon C. Ogg
December 11, 2007

Jon Ogg can be reached at jonogg@247wallst.com; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

Posted on: December 11, 2007 – 8:17 am in Pre-Market Activity, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,