Posts for Ticker ‘VRGY’

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ATI, BIDU, DISCA, FHN, JNS, NOV, PTEC, RSH, SIGM, VRGY)

Down_arrow_red_2These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades we are seeing this Friday-crash morning:

  • Allegheny Tech (ATI) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • Baidu.com (BIDU) Target Cut to $260 from $350 at Goldman Sachs.
  • Discovery Communications (DISCA) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
  • First Horizon National (FHN) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Janus Capital (JNS) Cut to Underperform at FBR.
  • National Oilwell Varco (NOV) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Phoenix Tech (PTEC) Cut to Buy from Strong Buy at Needham.
  • Radio Shack (RSH) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Sigma Designs (SIGM) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • Verigy (VRGY) Cut to Underperform at Oppenheimer.

Jon C. Ogg
October 24, 2008

Early-Bird Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ANN, CSUN, VRGY, CVC, KNX, OSK, WERN)

As this is last week of August, the daily upgrades and downgrades are rather thin as firms are starting to run on skeleton crews for one of the lightest news weeks of the year.  Here are today’s early-bird analyst upgrades and downgrades:

  • Ann Taylor (ANN) Raised to Hold from Sell at Citigroup.
  • China Sunergy (CSUN) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
  • Verigy (VRGY) Raised to Hold at S&P.
  • Cablevision (CVC) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
  • Knight Transportation (KNX) Cut to Market Perform at Wachovia.
  • Oshkosh (OSK) Cut to Sell at S&P.
  • Werner Enterprises (WERN) Cut to Market Perform at Wachovia.

Jon C. Ogg
August 25, 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