Posts for Ticker ‘TI’

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CROX, FTE, MMC, PCS, WTR, LEAP, NVO, RRGB, TI, TRI)

Everyone is on hold for jobs data, but there are still pre-market research calls.  These are the top ten analyst calls we saw for upgrades and downgrades this Friday morning:

Crocs (CROX) Raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray.
France Telecom (FTE) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Marsh & McLennan (MMC) Raised to Buy at UBS.
MetroPCS (PCS) Raised to Hold at Auriga.
Aqua America (WTR) Cut to Neutral at HSBC.
Leap Wireless (LEAP) Cut to Market Weight at Thomas Weisel; Cut to Hold at Soleil.
Novo Nordisk (NVO) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs; Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan; Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Red Robin Gourmet (RRGB) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Telecom Italia (TI) Cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Thomson Reuters (TRI) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies.

JON C. OGG

Top Analyst Downgrades (CTAS, LEAP, SLE, TI)

There were only a few top analyst downgrades and cautious research calls from Wall Street firms this Monday morning.

Cintas (CTAS) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
Leap Wireles (LEAP) Cut to Sell at Auriga.
Sara Lee (SLE) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Telecom Italia (TI) Cut to Neutral at UBS.

JON C. OGG

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ELN, ESLT, LLNW, RDC, SLW, AIG, EAT, ENTR, HNT, INAP, NVS, OEH, PACR, TI )

Upgrades and Positive Calls:

  • Elan (ELN) Raised to Equal-weight at Lehman.
  • Elbit Systems (ESLT) Raised to Buy at UBS.
  • Limelight Networks (LLNW) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
  • Rowan Cos. (RDC) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
  • Silver Wheaton (SLW) Raised to Outperform at Raymond James.

Downgrades or Cautious Calls:

  • American International Group (AIG) Started as Sell at Societe Generale.
  • Brinker (EAT) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • Entropic Communications (ENTR) Cut to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford.
  • Health Net (HNT) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
  • Internap (INAP) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
  • Novartis (NVS) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Orient Express (OEH) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • Pacer International (PACR) Cut To Underweight at JPMorgan.
  • Telecom Italia (TI) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Jon C. Ogg
August 6, 2008

Earlybird TMT Analyst Calls (ADBE, AEIS, ASML, CLWR, DT, LRCX, MVL, TI, VRGY, YHOO)

These are the early bird calls we are seeing in telecom, media, and tech:

  • Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) raised to Overweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
  • Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ: AEIS) raised to Buy from neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • ASML Holding NV (ASML) Raised to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs, but slight lowering of estimates.
  • Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) raised to Hold from Sell at at Citigroup.
  • Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT) raised to Overweight from Equalweight, but target cut to EUR13 from EUR 14.50.
  • Lam Research (NASDAQ: LRCX) raised to Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List from Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Marvel Enterprises (NYSE: MVL) raised to Outperform at RBC.
  • Telecom Italia (NYSE: TI) raised to Outperform at Bernstein.
  • Verigy (NASDAQ: VRGY) removed from Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List on valuation.
  • Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) Downgraded to Underweight from Market Weight at Thomas Weisel.

Jon C. Ogg
June 24, 2008