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Top Analyst Upgrades (BCS, IDTI, JNY, NTES, POR, SQNM, TRMB, UEC)

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

Barclays (BCS) Raised to Overweight at HSBC.
Integrated Device Tech (IDTI) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Jones Apparel (JNY) Raised to Buy at Lazard.
Netease.com (NTES) Started as Outperform at Bernstein.
Portland General Electric (POR) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Sequenom (SQNM) Started as Buy at Auriga.
Trimble Navigation (TRMB) Raised to Buy at Needham.
Uranium Energy Corp. (UEC) Raised to Sector Perform at RBC.

JON C. OGG

Posted on: April 29, 2009 – 6:51 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (BXP, DWA, DUK, MET, MTB, PRXL, POR, PFG, PSA, UDR)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst calls we are seeing this Friday morning:

  • Boston Properties (BXP) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
  • DreamWorks Animation (DWA) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
  • Duke Energy (DUK) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • MetLife (MET) Resumed at Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
  • M&T Bank Corp (MTB) Raised to Neutral at Baird.
  • Parexel (PRXL) Raised to Outperform at William Blair.
  • Portland General (POR) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
  • Principal Financial (PFG) Raised to Equal-weight at Morgan Stanley.
  • Public Storage (PSA) Raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
  • UDR Inc. (UDR) Raised to Outperform at FBR.

Jon C. Ogg
October 10, 2008

Posted on: October 10, 2008 – 7:02 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AZO, CX, FNM, ISIL, MHK, NVDA, PETM, POR, TSCO, UST)

These are some of the larger impact calls from analysts with downgrades or negative calls we are seeing this Monday morning with more than two hours to the open:

  • AutoZone (AZO) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Cemex (CX) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) Cut to Sell from Buy at Citigroup.
  • Intersil (ISIL) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • Mohawk Industries (MHK) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
  • NVIDIA (NVDA) Cut to Sell at UBS.
  • PetSmart (PETM) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Portland General Electric (POR) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Tractor Supply (TSCO) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • UST (UST) Cut to Neutral at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
September 8, 2008

Posted on: September 8, 2008 – 6:34 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Pre-Market Stock News (June 13, 2007)

(AOB) American Oriental enters into a letter-of-intent to acquire an established plant based pharmaceutical company named Changchun Xinan Pharmaceutical Group for up to $30 million.
(CEN) Ceridian largest shareholder says the private equity buyout is underpriced.
(EBAY) eBay is still in court over this MercExchange LLC patent over its “Buy It Now” patent.
(F) Ford confirmed that it is reviewing sales of Jaguar and Rover; Goldman Sachs and others hired.
(GWR) Genesee & Wyoming reported a total carload decrease of 0.3%.
(GYI) Getty Images announced it has filed its 10-K for 2006.
(HS) Healthspring lowered guidance.
(LWSN) Lawson Software raised guidance to $0.05 to $0.07 EPS vs $0.04e.
(MAGS) Magal Security announced a new strategic partnership in Brazil for services providers.
(PAY) VeriFone Holdings announced it has been selected as the sole provider of electronic payment systems by the China Postal Savings Bank.
(POR) Portland General Electric announced the pricing of a 21 million share secondary at $26.00; seller is Enron Disputed Claims Reserve.
(SAPE) Sapient $0.07 EPS vs $0.01+e.
(SHLM) A. Schulman lowered guidance.
(SNY) Sanofi-Aventis diet drug all in one pill is being reviewed; already marketed as Acomplia in other countries.
(SSYS) Stratasys will replace LSS on S&P Small Cap 600 Index on June 14.
(TYC) Tyco will take a $500 Million pre-tax and $370 million after tax impairment charge for the sale of its Power Systems business.
(VLCM) Volcom will replace PXR on the S&P Small Cap 600 Index on June 15.

Jon C. Ogg
June 13, 2007

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

Posted on: June 13, 2007 – 6:51 am in Pre-Market Activity, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,