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Friday’s Top Ten Stocks on the Move (ADBE, ATHN, CVC, CAM, CRYP, ISTA, MRVL, RIMM, RRR, SINA)

Administrator — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:17:39 +0000

Friday is turning out to be a big day with many stocks on the move for an options expiration date. Some of the big shares with news and on the move are as follows: Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE); athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN); Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC); Cameron International Corporation (NYSE: CAM); CryptoLogic Limited (NASDAQ: CRYP); Ista Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISTA); Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL); Research in Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM); RSC Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: RRR); and Sina Corporation (NASDAQ: SINA). We have compiled news summaries on each and added color if applicable.

Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) rose after reporting earnings of $0.67 EPS on revenues of $1.15 billion, while Thomson Reuters for earnings of 60 cents a share in the quarter on revenue of $1.09 billion. Adobe sees non-GAAP profits of ranging from 54 to 59 cents a share for its fiscal first quarter ending in February and $2.37 to $2.47 a share for the full year. Those views compare to the current average analyst estimates for earnings per share of 58 cents and $2.44 in the respective periods. Shares are up 4.7% at $27.70.

athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) is trading up about 3% at $50.50 after both Leerink Swann and Oppenheimer raised their analyst ratings.

Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) is indicated down 7% after COO Rutledge resigned from the company. Interestingly enough, Reuters said that this means Cablevision could end up being in play after the resignation.

Cameron International Corporation (NYSE: CAM) is trading up about 2.2% at $45.85 after BP agreed to indemnify Cameron against current and future claims in the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

CryptoLogic Limited (NASDAQ: CRYP), which would win from any loosening online gambling regulations in America, surged in the after-hours on news that it has agreed to a buyout offer by the Amaya Gaming Group at $2.50 per share. Shares were up 35% last night at $2.14 and the 52-week trading range was $0.84 to $2.19.

Ista Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISTA) is seeing a major pop with shares up more than 60% after the proposed $6.50 per share acquisition and buyout proposal from Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE: VRX). Valeant is about 75-times the size of Ista, and the $6.22 share price of Ista compares to a $3.89 close on Thursday and compares to a 52-week range of $2.88 to $11.39.

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) has not yet traded but is indicated higher by almost 1% after increasing its share buyback plan by $500 million last night.

Research in Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) just cannot get its act together. Despite what appeared to be an earnings beat, RIM guided lower, delayed a new launch due to chipset concerns, it keeps remaining on the same path, and it keeps losing market share despite having nearly 75 million Blackberry subscribers. This company just needs new management and it really needs to figure out a way to show that its security is far superior than that of smartphones from Apple or Google. Shares are down 10% at $13.58 in the pre-market session.

RSC Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: RRR) is going to be up about 50% on the United Rentals buyout at $18.00 per share.

Sina Corporation (NASDAQ: SINA) is trading lower by more than 4.3% at $50.50 after China is going to start requiring microblog users (which Sina hosts) to get users’ real names before allowing them to access posting privileges.

All of these are pre-market trading indications and some are likely to change substantially throughout the trading day.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Pre-Market Activity, Trading Alert Tagged: ADBE, ATHN, CAM, CRYP, CVC, ISTA, MRVL, RIMM, RRR, SINA

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AA, AMZN, ATHN, CHS, CF, FSLR, GPS, GG, LNKD, NTAP, PCLN, QIHU, SHLD, STT, UAL)

Administrator — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:16:53 +0000

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

Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) Started as Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Chico’s FAS Inc. (NYSE: CHS) Cut to Hold at KeyBanc.
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF) named value stock of the day at Zacks.
First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) Cut target to $80 from $135 at Credit Suisse.
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) Cut to Hold at KeyBanc.
Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE: GG) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) Started as Hold at Citigroup.
NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Priceline.com Incorporated (NASDAQ: PCLN) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. (NYSE: QIHU) Started as Buy with $24 target at BofA/ML.
Sears Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) maintained Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
United Continental Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: UAL) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.

Here is a detailed summary list of the top analyst calls from Wall Street last week. Many were cautious.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AA, AMZN, ATHN, CF, CHS, FSLR, GG, GPS, LNKD, NTAP, PCLN, QIHU, SHLD, STT, UAL

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (APD, MO, ARMH, ATHN, BRCD, CPO, GE, HON, IR, MGM, MS, NFLX, OXY, PAAS, CODE, VICL, WYNN, YUM)

Administrator — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:09:57 +0000

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

Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (NYSE: APD) Reiterated Buy and $108 target at Argus.
Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) Cut to Hold at Argus.
ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH) Raised target and estimates at Citigroup.
Athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) Started as Underperform at Oppenheimer.
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Corn Products International Inc. (NYSE: CPO) Cut to Hold at S&P Equity Research (late-Monday call).
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) Reiterated Buy with $26 target at Argus.
Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) Reiterated Buy and Raised target to $70 at Argus.
Ingersoll-Rand Plc (NYSE: IR) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) Cut to Underperform with $11 target at Credit Suisse.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) maintained Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Cut to Sell with $170 target at Janney; reiterated Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ: PAAS) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Spansion Inc. (NASDAQ: CODE) Reiterated Buy and $28 target at Gleacher & Co.
Vical Inc. (NASDAQ: VICL) Started as Buy at Canaccord.
Wynn Resorts, Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) maintained Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
YUM! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) Reiterated Outperform and raised target to $61 at Credit Suisse.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: APD, ARMH, ATHN, BRCD, CODE, CPO, GE, HON, IR, MGM, MO, MS, NFLX, OXY, PAAS, VICL, WYNN, YUM

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (APWR, ATHN, STD, BLK, BMRN, BUCY, FCS, LEAP, LM, MOT, NETL, RIMM, SWX, SBUX)

Administrator — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:19:40 +0000

These are some of this Thursday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.

A-Power Energy Generation Systems (NASDAQ: APWR) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
Banco Santander, S.A. (NYSE: STD) Cut to Hold at RBS.
Blackrock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: BMRN) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Bucyrus International (NASDAQ: BUCY) Cut To Neutral From Buy By Goldman Sachs
Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. (NYSE: FCS) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
Leap Wireless International (NASDAQ: LEAP) Cut to Underweight at Piper Jaffray
Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE: LM) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) Cut to Reduce at Nomura.
NetLogic Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ: NETL) Started as Buy at Gleacher.
Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Started as Neutral at Nomura.
Southwest Gas Corporation (NYSE: SWX) Cut to Hold at Argus.
Stabucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) Maintained Neutral but raised target to $35 at BofA/ML.
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP) Raised to Buy at Auriga.
Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL) Cut to Sell at Axiom.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: APWR, ATHN, BLK, BMRN, BUCY, FCS, LEAP, LM, MOT, NETL, RIMM, SBUX, STD, SWX

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALTR, ANSS, APSG, ATHN, BIDU, C, HIG, HD, JBLU, MSFT, PFG, LUV, WIT, XLNX)

Administrator — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:11:09 +0000

These are some of this Monday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.

Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR) Started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Ansys Inc. (NASDAQ: ANSS) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Applied Signal Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: APSG) Cut to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford.
athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) Target raised to $116 at HSBC.
Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) Added to Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List.
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: HIG) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
Jetblue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: PFG) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Wipro Ltd. (NYSE: WIT) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Xilinx Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ALTR, ANSS, APSG, ATHN, BIDU, C, HD, HIG, JBLU, LUV, MSFT, PFG, WIT, XLNX

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (MO, AGU, AZN, ATHN, BRCD, DD, GSK, INAP, LO, MMYT, MOS, NBG, NVDA, POT)

Administrator — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:19:54 +0000

There are many research calls this Thursday morning and these are just some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes:

Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) Cut to Hold from Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) Started as Positive at Susquehanna (late Wednesday).
AstraZeneca plc (NYSE: AZN) Cut to Underperform at BNP Paribas.
athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) Started as Outperform at FBR.
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD) maintained Neutral with $5.50 target at UBS as firm believes takeover chances are lower than rumors.
DuPont (NYSE: DD) Started as Positive at Susquehanna (late Wednesday).
GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE: GSK) Raised to Neutral at BNP Paribas.
InterNap Network Services (NASDAQ: INAP) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Lorillard (NYSE: LO) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
MakeMyTrip Limited (NASDAQ: MMYT) Started as Perform at Oppenheimer.
The Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) Started as Positive at Susquehanna (late Wednesday).
National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) Raised to Hold from Strong Sell at S&P Equity Research (late Wednesday).
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) Raised to Outperform at BMO.
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) Started as Neutral at Susquehanna (late Wednesday).

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AGU, ATHN, AZN, BRCD, DD, GSK, INAP, LO, MMYT, MO, MOS, NBG, NVDA, POT

Top Analyst Upgrades/Downgrades (MMM, AEG, AGU, ATHN, BHI, DLTR, FLIR, HON, MOS, OTEX, TGT)

Administrator — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:14:04 +0000

These are some of this Tuesday’s top research calls with upgrades. downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street analysts:

3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
Aegon NV (NYSE: AEG) Raised to Buy at S&P Equity Research.
Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) Raised to Positive at Susquehanna.
Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) Reiterated Buy at Needham.
Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX) Cut to Sector Perform at RBC.
Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) Raised to Buy at BofA/Merrill Lynch.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AEG, AGU, ATHN, BHI, DLTR, FLIR, HON, MMM, MOS, OTEX, TGT

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ATHN, BSFT, COST, ONE, LEA, MOS, OVTI, PCG, SVVS, WMT, ZRAN)

Administrator — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:37:07 +0000

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

athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) Cut to Hold at Auriga.
BroadSoft (NASDAQ: BSFT) Started as Buy at Needham & Co.
Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) Raised to Buy at Needham.
Higher One Holdings (NYSE: ONE) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Lear Corp. (NYSE: LEA) Started as Buy at KeyBanc.
Mosaic Co. (NYSE:MOS) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
OmniVision (NASDAQ: OVTI) Cut to Market Perform at Morgan Keegan.
PG&E Corp. (NYSE: PCG) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
SAVVIS, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVVS) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
ZoranCorp. (NASDAQ: ZRAN) Cut to Hold at Needham & Co.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ATHN, BSFT, COST, LEA, MOS, ONE, OVTI, PCG, SVVS, WMT, ZRAN

Top Day Trader Alerts (AMZN, ARMH, ATHN, C, ETFC, F, ERIC, QLGC, KWK, SNDK)

Administrator — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:04:40 +0000

We have many stocks on the move this morning for day traders and active traders to choose from. Most are earnings, but some are not. We have key and standout moves being seen in shares of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH), Athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN), E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC), Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F), LM Ericsson Telephone Co. (NASDAQ: ERIC), QLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QLGC), Quicksilver Resources Inc. (NYSE: KWK), and SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK). W e have offered news and color, with some more detailed data at VSInvestor.com.

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is down over 11% on active trading.

ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH) is a huge winner this morning after Microsoft licensed its architecture. Shares/ADRs up over 10% in fairly active trading.

Athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) is still on the road to recovery. Earnings were down but above estimates. We have seen Baird raise its rating as well. Shares are up 9% at $24.05 on only about 22,000 shares.

Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) is down this morning by 1.5% at $4.03, but the volume is off the charts at close to 20 million right at 9:00 on word that the US Treasury will immediately sell $1.5 billion in shares.

E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) may finally be on the path to redemption after its reverse split. Last night the company reported its first profit in about 3-years, back to the day when it had all those silly mortgages for clients. Shares are up 9.3% at $14.59 versus a new adjusted 52-week trading range of $11.15 to $20.80. Before the split this would have been millions of shares, but so far we have only seen about 40,000 shares trade hands.

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is up again as America’s only non-bailout auto-maker reported earnings were at a six-year high. This is the most active or one o fthe most active in pre-market trading. Shares are up 5% at $12.70 on over 4.3 million shares.

LM Ericsson Telephone Co. (NASDAQ: ERIC) is trading down 6% at $11.40 on over 300,000 shares pre-market after earnings missed estimates.

QLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QLGC) is getting slapped after its profit report beat estimates but there were issues on the revenue side. Shares are down 11% at $16.77, but the trading volume so far is very thin.

Quicksilver Resources Inc. (NYSE: KWK) is one of the top gainers this morning after it announced a $1 billion sale of 100% of its interests in Quicksilver Gas Services. The market cap here was only $2.17 billion. Shares are up almost 17% at $14.90 on about 230,000 shares.

SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) is down but off lows after the earnings significant beat patterns may be peaking. The big news is the CEO departure. Shares are down 5.2% at $40.89 on almost 200,000 shares.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Pre-Market Activity, Trading Alert Tagged: AMZN, ARMH, ATHN, C, ERIC, ETFC, F, KWK, QLGC, SNDK

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AGN, ARMH, ATHN, BIDU, CPNO, CRY, ERIC, NOK, PAA, RST, STI, TRV)

Administrator — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:40:45 +0000

These are some of the more prominent analyst upgrades and downgrades seen this Friday morning from Wall Street research calls:

Allergan Inc. (NYSE: AGN) Started as Outperform at Macquarie.
ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH) Raised to Buy at RBS.
Athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) Maintained Buy but Target Raised to $90 at Goldman Sachs.
Copano Energy LLC (NASDAQ: CPNO) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
CryoLife Inc. (NYSE: CRY) Started as Buy at Benchmark.
Ericsson Telephone Co. (NASDAQ: ERIC) Cut to Strong Sell from Sell at S&P Equity Research (late yesterday call).
Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) Raised to Buy at Wunderlich.
Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE: PAA) Cut to Market Perform at Morgan Keegan.
Rosetta Stone (NYSE: RST) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
SunTrust Banks (NYSE: STI) Raised to Market Perform at Wells Fargo; Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
Travelers Companies (NYSE: TRV) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Annual Report Tagged: AGN, ARMH, ATHN, BIDU, CPNO, CRY, ERIC, NOK, PAA, RST, STI, TRV