Posts for Ticker ‘PLT’

Top Analyst Upgrades (BBT, CMA, FEIC, GOOG, HBI, HD, LOW, NEM, PLT, ROP, TGT, TSCO, WMT)

These are top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research notes we have seen from Wall Street early this Wednesday morning:

BB&T (BBT) Raised to Market Perform at KBW.
Comerica (CMA) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
FEI Co. (FEIC) Raised to Buy at Janney Montgomery Scott.
Google (GOOG) Target Raised to $486 from $414 at Goldman Sachs.
Hanesbrands (HBI) Started as Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
Home Depot (HD) Started as Outperform at Baird.
Lowe’s (LOW) Started as Outperform at Baird.
Newmont Mining (NEM) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Plantronics (PLT) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Roper Industries (ROP) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Target (TGT) Started as Outperform at Baird.
Tractor Supply (TSCO) Started as Outperform at Baird.
Wal-Mart (WMT) Started as Outperform at Baird.

Jon C. Ogg

Posted on: June 3, 2009 – 6:43 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (CAT, EMN, GIS, K, GNTX, MEDX, MRK, N, NE, PLT, WAG)

These are not the only analyst calls impacting stocks pre-market, but these are the top calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on:
Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.
Eastman Chemical (NYSE: EMN) raised to Buy at UBS.
General Mills (NYSE: GIS) & Kellogg (NYSE: K) raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Gentex (NASDAQ: GNTX)raised to Neutral at UBS.
Medarex (NASDAQ: MEDX) raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Merck (NYSE: MRK) raised to Buy at UBS.
Netsuite (NYSE: N) initiated as Outperform at JMP Securities.
Noble Corp. (NYSE: NE) downgraded to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Plantronics (NYSE: PLT) raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) downgraded to Sell at Citigroup.

Jon C. Ogg
Januar 28, 2008

Posted on: January 28, 2008 – 7:22 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , ,

Many Major Tech, Media, Telecom Hitting New 52-Week Lows

With about 20 minutes to go into the close and on one ugly day, we have the DJIA down nearly 300 points, the NASDAQ down almost 40 points, and even the S&P 500 down over 35 points.  We have been commenting about the recession for some time now and this is going from the good to the bad to the fugly.  Of course financials, REIT’s, retail, and other classic sectors had more than their fair share of 52-week lows.  But Telecom, Media, and Tech reached these critical 52-week lows and these are looking horrible. 

The markets are hostage to the ratings agencies now.  Here is what happens when you look at "VALUE INVESTING" in technology:

Alliance Data (ADS), Answers (ANSW), ATMI Inc. (ATMI), BigBand Networks (BBND), British Sky ADR’s (BSY), CA inc. (CA), CBS Corp. (CBS), Century Tel (CTL), Cincinatti Bell (CBB)…

Cisco Systems (CSCO) is a new entrant, this was surprising but those teen prices were in 2006.

Cogent (COGT), Cohu Inc. (COHU), Computer Science (CSC), Compuware (CPWR), DireTV (DTV),
Echostar (DISH).. unsure because of reorg…, Emulex (ELX), Epicor Software (EPIC), General Electric (GE), Getty Images (GYI), Gluu Mobile (GLUU), Hungarian Telecom (HTC), Internet Capital Group (ICGE), Interactive Intelligence (ININ), J2 Global (JCOM), ML Internet HOLDRs (HHH), ML Telecom HOLDRs (TTH), PlanetOut (LGBT), Liberty Media (LINTA), Loral Space (LORL), Live Nation (LYV), Sourcefire (FIRE), Flextronics (FLEX), Monster Worldwide (MNST)….

Motorola (MOT), Martha Stewart (MSO), Mattson Tech (MTSN), Network Appliance (NTAP), Orbitz Worldwide (OWW), Plantronics (PLT), Powershares Dynamic Media (PBS), Qwest Communications (Q), RCN Corp. (RCNI), RF Micro Devices (RFMD), Riverbed Tech (RVBD), Savvis (SVVS), Sprint Nextel (S), SiRF Tech (SIRF), Stamps.com (STMP), Time Warner (TWX), Trimble Navigation (TRMB), Veeco Inst. (VECO), Vishay (VSH), Voltera Semiconductor (VLTR), Xinhua Finance Media (XFML) ,

Yahoo! (YHOO) ouch.

This is almost enough to make many people cry.  The VIX is trading at 27.34 and is up 2.96 points but we aren’t even at 30 yet meaning that massive critical oversold and true panic levels haven’t yet been reached.

Jon C. Ogg
January 17, 2008

Posted on: January 17, 2008 – 3:51 pm in HI/LOW, Media, Technology Companies, Telecom, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (BIIB, BMC, COF, CLNE, FSLR, PLT, PMCS, RHT, SLM, WM)

There are many other analyst calls today, but these are the main calls we are looking at this morning:

  • Biogen Idec (BIIB) raised from Underperform to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • BMC Software (BMC) raised from Neutral to Outperform at    Credit Suisse.
  • Capitol One (COF) downgraded from Buy to Hold at Jefferies.
  • Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) started as Strong Buy at Broadpoint Capital.
  • First Solar (FSLR) started as BUY at UBS.
  • Plantronics (PLT) downgraded from Neutral to Underweight at J.P.Morgan.
  • PMC-Sierra (PMCS) started as Sell at Banc of America.
  • Red Hat (RHT) downgraded from Buy to Neutral at Banc of America.
  • SLM Corp. (SLM) raised to Outperform at at Keefe Bruyette Woods.
  • Washington Mutual (WM) downgraded from Neutral to Sell at Banc of America.

Jon C. Ogg
December 13, 2007

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

Posted on: December 13, 2007 – 8:05 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,