Top Analyst Downgrades (APOG, BJS, BJ, HAL, KEG, NBR, OMC, PTEN, PCG, SLB, WMT)

247wallst — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:41:11 +0000

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and negative calls we have seen early this Tuesday morning:

Apogee (APOG) Cut to Sell at Piper Jaffray.
BJ Services (BJS) Cut to Sector Perform at RBC.
BJ’s Wholesale (BJ) Cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.
Halliburton (HAL) Cut to Sector Perform at RBC.
Key Energy (KEG) Cut to Sector Perform at RBC.
Nabors (NBR) Cut to Sector Perform at RBC.
Omnicom (OMC) Cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.
Patterson-UTI (PTEN) Cut to Underperform at RBC.
PG&E (PCG) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Schlumberger (SLB) Cut to Sector Perform at RBC.
Wal-Mart (WMT) Cut to Hold from Buy at Citigroup.

JON C. OGG

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: APOG, BJ, BJS, HAL, KEG, NBR, OMC, PCG, PTEN, SLB, WMT

Pre-Market Stock News (June 27, 2007)

247wallst — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:06:29 +0000

(ANDW) Andrew Corp being acquired for $15.00 per share.
(APOG) Apogee Enterprises $0.34 EPS vs $0.23e; unsure if comparable.
(AUTH) AuthenTec priced its 7.5M share IPO at the top of the $9.00 to $11.00 range for 7.5 million shares.
(BAY) Bayer AG and Onyx submit supplemental new drug application for Nexavar to treat liver cancer.
(CTV) Commscope raised guidance.
(GTRC) Guitar Center being acquired by Bain Capital for $63.00 per share.
(ISTA) ISTA Pharmaceuticals will raise $36.75 million in private placement.
(JSDA) Jones Soda announced exclusive formula use pact in Japan.
(KVHI) KVH Industries announced that Monaco Coach will add the KVH TracVision R-series of mobile satellite TV systems to their new 2008 vehicles.
(NKE) Nike $0.86 EPS vs $0.86e.
(NUVO) Nuvelo lost Bayer as R&D partner in stroke trials.
(ORCL) Oracle $0.37 EPS vs $0.35e.
(PAYX) Paychex reports earnings after close: $0.36 EPS and $496.3M revenue expected.
(RYAAY) Ryanair blocked by EU in bid to buy Aer Lingus.
(SCOR) comScore priced its 5.3 million share IPO at $16.50 per share.
(SMSC) $0.29 EPS vs $0.25e.
(SQNM) Sequenom announced it will develop HPVtest and other diagnostics with SensiGEn LLC.
(TASR) Taser announced a suit in St. Louis against the company was voluntarily dismissed.
(TOPP) Topps Co. said Upper Deck has initiated a $10.75 per share tender.
(YMI) YM BioSciences received FDA Clearance for an IND for its fentanyl-based pain product.
(YUM) Yum! Brands trades ex-split to reflect a 2-1 stock split.

Jon C. Ogg
June 27, 2007

Jon Ogg can be reached at jonogg@247wallst.com; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

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Top Analyst Downgrades (APOG, BJS, BJ, HAL, KEG, NBR, OMC, PTEN, PCG, SLB, WMT)

Pre-Market Stock News (June 27, 2007)