Posts for Ticker ‘TU’

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AIB, IRE, BSX, KMX, CL, COV, DWA, EXPD, SBUX, TU, UA, VALE)

These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen early this Thursday morning:

Allied Irish Banks (NYSE: AIB) Cut to Sell at RBS.
Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) Cut to Sell at RBS.
Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
CarMax Inc. (NYSE: KMX) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Covidien plc (NYSE: COV) Raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray.
Dreamworks Animation (NYSE: DWA) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Expeditors International (NASDAQ: EXPD) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Telus Corp. (NYSE: TU) Cut to Sector Perform at RBC Capital.
Under Armour, Inc. (NYSE: UA) Raised to Neutral at UBS.
Vale S.A. (NYSE: VALE) Started as Neutral at UBS.

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JON C. OGG

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (FCX, INCY, JEF, LPX, TU, WBS)

Below are some of the top early bird analyst upgrades we have seen early this morning with more than two hours to the open:

  • Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
  • Incyte (INCY) Started as Buy at Stanford Group.
  • Jefferies (JEF) Raised to Market Perform at Wachovia.
  • Louisiana-Pacific (LPX) Raised to Sector Perform at RBC.
  • TELUS Corp. (TU) Raised to Buy at UBS.
  • Webster Financial (WBS) Raised to Buy at Sander O’Neill.

Jon C. Ogg
October 7, 2008

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AFFX, CLNE, MER, NTRS, SPLS, TU)

These are some of the top downgrades or cautious calls we are seeing from analysts this Friday morning:

  • Affymetrix (AFFX) Started as Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
  • Clean Energy (CLNE) Cut to Underperform at National Bank.
  • Merrill Lynch (MER) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Northern Trust (NTRS) Cut to Sell at Sandler O’Neill.
  • Staples (SPLS) Started as Underperform at FBR.
  • Telus Corp. (TU) Cut to Neutral at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
September 5, 2008

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (AMED, CNQR, GTIV, ORLY, TU)

It is fairly thin in analyst coverage today, but these are some of the Friday morning analyst calls we are seeing before the open:

  • Amedisys (AMED) Started as Outperform at Baird.
  • Concur Tech (CNQR) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
  • Gentiva Health Services Inc. (GTIV) Started as Outperform at Baird.
  • O’Reilly Auto (ORLY) Started as Buy at UBS.
  • Telus (TU) Raised to Buy at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
August 22, 2008