Posts for Ticker ‘ASH’

Top Analyst Downgrades (ASH, CSIQ, CMM, VALE, ENER, SPWRA)

These are the early analyst upgrades and downgrades seen from Wall Street analysts early this Tuesday morning:

Ashland (ASH) Cut to Neutral at Susquehanna.
Canadian Solar (CSIQ) Cut to Neutral at Macquarie.
China MAss Media (CMM) Cut to Neutral at B of A Merrill Lynch.
Companhia Vale do Rio (VALE) Cut to Underperform at HSBC.
Energy Conversion (ENER) Cut to Underperform at Macquarie.
SunPower (SPWRA) Cut to Underperform at Macquarie.

JON C. OGG

Top Analyst Upgrades (AMD, AXP, ACI, ASH, STD, BRCD, COF, DFS, HIBB, MSCC, RCL, ZMH)

There were quite a few analyst upgrades and positive research calls this Monday morning.  These are the calls we have seen from Wall Street firms early this morning with about two hours until the market opens:

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
American Express (AXP) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Arch Coal (ACI) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Ashland (ASH) Raised to Buy at KeyBanc.
Banco Santander (STD) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Brocade (BRCD) Raised to Buy at Argus.
Capital One (COF) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Discover Financial (DFS) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Hibbett Sports (HIBB) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Microsemi (MSCC) Raised to Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
Royal Caribbean (RCL) Raised to Buy at Argus.
Zimmer Holdings (ZMH) Raised to Overweight at Thomas Weisel.

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JON C. OGG

Top Analyst Upgrades (ARRS, ASH, FCS, GME, ONNN, RTN, RVBD, VOD)

These are the top pre-market analyst upgrades or positive calls from Wall Street which we have seen early this Wednesday morning:

Arris (ARRS) Started as Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
Ashland (ASH) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Fairchild Semi (FCS) Raised to Buy at UBS.
GameStop (GME) Started as Buy at Needham.
ON Semiconductor (ONNN) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Raytheon (RTN) Started as Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Riverbed Technology (RVBD) Started as Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
Vodafone (VOD) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.

JON C. OGG

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ASH, BWA, DSX, EGLE, MGM, PAAS, SONO)

Down_arrow_redThese are some of the top analyst downgrades we are seeing from Wall Street this Thursday morning with about two hours to the open:

  • Ashland (ASH) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Borg Warner (BWA) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
  • Diana Shipping (DSX) Cut to Market Perform at Wachovia.
  • Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE) Cut to Market Perform at Wachovia.
  • MGM Mirage (MGM) Cut to Hold at KeyBanc.
  • Pan American Silver (PAAS) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • SonoSite (SONO) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.

Jon C. Ogg
October 30, 2008

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ADCT, ANN, ASH, ASMI, CLHB, COST, IDTI, JCG, MRVL, NDAQ)

These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this Friday morning:

  • ADC Telecom (NASDAQ: ADCT) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • AnnTaylor (NYSE: ANN) raised to Outperform at FBR.
  • Ashland (NYSE: ASH) cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
  • ASM International (NASDAQ: ASMI) started as Underpeform at Jefferies.
  • Clean Harbors (NASDAQ: CLHB) raised to Outperform at Robert W. Baird.
  • Costco (NASDAQ: COST) cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • Integrated Device Tech (NASDAQ: IDTI) cut to Neutral at Cowen & Co.
  • J. Crew (NYSE: JCG) cut to Market Perform at Wachovia; cut to Sell at Citigroup.
  • Marvell Tech (NASDAQ: MRVL) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan and raised to Outperform at oppenheimer.
  • NASDAQ (NASDAQ: NDAQ) raised to Overweight at Lehman Brothers.

Jon C. Ogg
May 30, 2008

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ANN, ASH, SCHW, AMTD, COH, DHT, NAT, PHTN, WYNN, BK, LEH, GS, IVZ, STT)

These are not the only research calls this morning affecting stock, particularly as the world is focused on the fleecing that has occurred at Bear Stearns this morning.   But these are other brokerage firm calls for Monday morning:
Ann Taylor (NYSE: ANN) raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Ashland (NYSE: ASH) raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Charles Schwab (NASDAQ: SCHW) downgraded to Underperform at FBR.
Coach (NYSE: COH) downgraded to Hold at Citigroup.
Double Hull Tankers (NYSE: DHT) downgraded to Underweight at JP Morgan.
Nordic American Tanker (NYSE: NAT) raised to Neutral at JP Morgan.
Photon Dynamics (NASDAQ: PHTN) raised to Overweight at Lehman Brothers.
TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ: AMTD) downgraded to Neutral at UBS; downgraded to Market Perform at FBR.
Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.
UBS downgrades brokers and fiduciaries to Neutral: cuts Bank of New York (NYSE: BK), Lehman (NYSE: LEH), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), InVesco (NYSE: IVZ), State Street (NYSE: STT).

Jon C. Ogg
March 17, 2008