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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMSF, BMY, BRCM, CBST, HOV, INTC, JNJ, KBH, LEN, LULU, MAKO, NFLX, ASGN, OKS, TSLA, TWX, YHOO, YOKU)

Administrator — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:14:37 +0000

These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls.

Amerisafe, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSF) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) Raised to Market Perform at JMP Securities.
Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: CBST) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: HOV) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
KB Home (NYSE: KBH) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) Started as Buy with $75 target at Argus.
MAKO Surgical Corp. (NASDAQ: MAKO) removed from Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs; this is one of the best performing stocks of 2011.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Raised to Neutral from Sell at UBS; Raised to Outperform at Wedbush.
On Assignment, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASGN) named the value stock of the day at Zacks.
ONEOK Partners, L.P. (NYSE: OKS) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) Started as Outperform at Robert W. Baird.
Time Warner. Inc (NYSE: TWX) Reiterated Outperform and $40 target at Credit Suisse.
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Youku.com Inc (NYSE: YOKU) Removed from Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AMSF, ASGN, BMY, BRCM, CBST, HOV, INTC, JNJ, KBH, LEN, LULU, MAKO, NFLX, OKS, TSLA, TWX, YHOO, YOKU

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARX, AMSF, AMAT, MT, BP, BTI, CRZO, LFC, DOLE, ITMN, LNKD, MCD, MHP, NCR, ONXX, PTEN, PAA)

Administrator — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:21:01 +0000

These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls.

Aeroflex Holding Corp. (NYSE: ARX) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Amerisafe, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSF) Maintained Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Arcelor Mittal (NYSE: MT) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
BP PLC (NYSE: BP) Started as Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
British American Tobacco plc (NYSE: BTI) Raised to Overweight at CRedit Suisse.
Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. (NASDAQ: CRZO) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (NYSE: LFC) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Dole Food Company Inc. (NYSE: DOLE) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Intermune, Inc (NASDAQ: ITMN) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) Started as Hold at Argus.
McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) Reiterated Buy with $102 target at Argus.
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (NYSE: MHP) Raised to Buy at Argus.
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) Started as Buy at Oppenheimer.
Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ONXX) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEN) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE: PAA) is the Value stock of the day at Zacks.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AMAT, AMSF, ARX, BP, BTI, CRZO, DOLE, ITMN, LFC, LNKD, MCD, MHP, MT, NCR, ONXX, PAA, PTEN

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMSF, AAPL, ARUN, BDX, BIIB, GLW, FST, JBL, MU, MMI, OXY, RIMM, SHLD, SPWRA, SRDX, SNCR)

Administrator — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:28:01 +0000

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

Amerisafe, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSF) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Maintained Outperform but cut target to $420 at Oppenheimer; Maintained Outperform; Zacks cautious on iPad3 launch.
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) Started as Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE: BDX) Reiterated Buy and Raised target to $96 at Argus.
Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) Raised to Buy with $129 target at Deutsche Bank.
Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) Reiterated Buy and $26 target at Argus; Cut estimates at BofA/ML.
Forest Oil Corporation (NYSE: FST) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Jabil Circuit Inc. (NYSE: JBL) Cut to Strong Sell at S&P Equity Research (late-Monday).
Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) Maintained Buy but cut estimates at BofA/ML.
Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) Cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) rating cut to ‘B’ and outlook negative at Fitch.
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWRA) Raised to Hold at Wunderlich.
SurModics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRDX) Maintained Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCR) Added to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Inc. (NYSE: WEN) Raised to Hold at Argus.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AAPL, AMSF, ARUN, BDX, BIIB, FST, GLW, JBL, MMI, MU, OXY, RIMM, SHLD, SNCR, SPWRA, SRDX

Top 10 Analyst Calls (AMSF, AMCC, DMND, DLB, GDP, FLO, QLGC, RHT, SONS, URBN)

247wallst — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:51:58 +0000

These are ten of the top research calls with upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street analysts this Friday morning:

Amerisafe (AMSF) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Applied Micro Circuits (AMCC) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Diamond Foods (DMND) Started as Buy at KeyBanc.
Dolby Labs (DLB) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Goodrich Petroleum (GDP) Started as Underweight at Thomas Weisel.
Flowers Foods (FLO) Started as Buy at KeyBanc.
QLogic (QLGC) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Red Hat (RHT) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
Sonus Networks (SONS) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Urban Outfitters (URBN) Cut to Neutral at Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey.

JON C. OGG

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: AMCC, AMSF, DLB, DMND, FLO, GDP, QLGC, RHT, SONS, URBN

Top Pre-Market Downgrades (AMSF, SQM, TRI, TSCO, WOOF, VOLVY)

247wallst — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:44:55 +0000

There were not as many analysts calls today, and you will see that the upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street analysts are just not as robust as some might have expected. Here are this Wednesday’s early bird downgrades:

Amerisafe (NASDAQ: AMSF) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Sociedad Quimica (NYSE: SQM) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI) Cut To Sector Perform By Scotia
Tractor Supply (NASDAQ: TSCO) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
VCA Antech (NASDAQ: WOOF) Cut to Market Perform at Morgan Keegan.
Volvo (NASDAQ: VOLVY) Cut to Sell at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
January 7, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: AMSF, SQM, TRI, TSCO, VOLVY, WOOF