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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AER, AYR, BBY, BBT, CMG, CREE, HPQ, JDSU, LDK, LOGI, LULU, RIMM, SHLD, SINA, SU, TSO, VRSK)

Administrator — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:24:27 +0000

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning.

AerCap Holdings N.V. (NYSE: AER) Started as Outperform with $16 target at Credit Suisse.
AirCastle LTD (NYSE: AYR) Started as Neutral with $14 target at Credit Suisse.
Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) Raised to BUy at S&P Equity Research (late Thursday).
BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT) Started as Hold at Citigroup.
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Cree Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) Cut to Market Perform at JMP.
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) Cut to Neutral at UBS; Cut to Neutral at Baird.
JDS Uniphase Corporation (NASDAQ: JDSU) Maintained Buy but cut target to $17 at Argus.
LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Logitech International (NASDAQ: LOGI) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) Raised to Equal-Weight at Barclays.
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Raised to Hold from Underperform at Jefferies.
Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) Maintained Hold at Argus.
Sina Corporation (NASDAQ: SINA) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Suncor Energy INc. (NYSE: SU) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO) Maintained Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSK) Raised to Outperform at KBW.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AER, AYR, BBT, BBY, CMG, CREE, HPQ, JDSU, LDK, LOGI, LULU, RIMM, SHLD, SINA, SU, TSO, VRSK

Best Performing Sectors This Week: Cancer Stocks, Home Furnishing, Aircraft Leasing

247wallst — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:07:19 +0000

Based on data fromTickerspy, the best performing market sectors so far this week are cancer stocks, home funishing, and aircraft leasing.

Much of the strength in the cancer stock sector is due to moves by Dendreon (DNDN), Cell Genesys (CEGE), and Geron (GERN).Home furnishing stocks are being pushed higher by shares in Pier 1 (PIR) and Williams Sonomo (WSM), both of which are down over 50% year-to-date.

Among the aircraft leasing stocks the price advance leaders are Aercap (AER) and Aircastle (AYR).

The weakest sector over the last week in the Tickerspy survey is exchange stocks, down mostly due to weakness in CME group (CME).

Data from Tickerspy.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Posted in Business Services, Exchange, Industry Tagged: AER, AYR, CEGE, CME, DNDN, GERN, PIR, WSM

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (AER, AGU, CF, GVA, MFLX, OMRI, PM, PFG, TRA)

247wallst — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:40:11 +0000

These are some the top pre-market upgrades from analysts we have seen with more than two hours until the market opens this Tuesday morning:

AerCap (AER) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Agrium (AGU) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
CF Industries (CF) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Granite Construction (GVA) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Multi-Fineline Electronix (MFLX) Raised to Buy at Needham.
Omrix Biopharma (OMRI) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Philip Morris International (PM) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Principal Financial (PFG) Raised to Market Perform at FBR.
Terra Industries (TRA) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.

Jon C. Ogg
November 3, 2008

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: AER, AGU, CF, GVA, MFLX, OMRI, PFG, PM, TRA

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AER, AGP, LEH, NVO, CRM, SNPS)

247wallst — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:29:29 +0000

These are some of the downgrades or cautious analyst calls we are seeing this Thursday morning:

AerCap (AER) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Amerigroup (AGP) Started as Neutral at B of A.
Lehman (LEH) estimates cut at Citigroup.
Novo Nordisk (NVO) Started as Neutral at UBS.
Salesforce.com (CRM) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Synopsys (SNPS) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.

Jon C. Ogg
August 21, 2008