Posts for Ticker ‘BYD’

Top Analyst Downgrades (ASCA, BAC, BYD, LLTC, SAFM)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades we have seen early this Tuesday morning from Wall Street:

Ameristar Casinos (ASCA) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Bank of America (BAC) Started as Underperform at Wachovia.
Boyd Gaming (BYD) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
Linear Tech (LLTC) Cut to Hold at Canaccord.
Sanderson Farms (SAFM) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.

JON C. OGG

Boyd Gaming Files To Raise Cash (BYD)

Money_stack_pic_2Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) has filed with the SEC to raise up to $750 million in cash via securities sales.  The company can sell any combination of common stock, preferred Stock, Debt Securities, Warrants, and Units once this is approved.

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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AA, ACAS, NLY, ARRS, BYD, CCJ, INTU, ISRG, MCHP, PETM)

These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this Wednesday morning in the early pre-market hours:

  • Alcoa (NYSE: AA) cut to Neutral at JP Morgan.
  • American Capital (NASDAQ: ACAS) started as Neutral at Robert W. Baird.
  • Annaly Mortgage (NYSE: NLY) cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Arris (NASDAQ: ARRS) cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
  • Boyd Gaming (NYSE: BYD) raised to Neutral at Banc of America.
  • Cameco (NYSE: CCJ) raised to Buy at UBS.
  • Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU) started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) started as Outperform at William Blair.
  • Microchip (NASDAQ: MCHP) cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • PETsMART (NASDAQ: PETM) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
June 11, 2008

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (WTR, BYD, CNET, CTRP, GOOG, SOLD, NITE, NYX, SOHU, VDSI)

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

  • Aqua America (NYSE: WTR) cut to Market Perform at Wachovia.
  • Boyd Gaming (NYSE: BYD) started as Sell at Banc of America.
  • CNET (NASDAQ: CNET) started as Buy at Kaufman Bros.
  • Ctrip.com (NASDAQ: CTRP) cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • Google (NASDAQ:    GOOG) started as Buy at Kaufman Bros
  • Housevalues (NASDAQ: SOLD) raised to Buy at Cantor Fitzgerald.
  • Knight Capital Group (NASDAQ: NITE) cut to Equal Weight at Lehman Brothers.
  • NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
  • Sohu.com (NASDAQ: SOHU) cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • VASCO Data Security (NASDAQ: VDSI) raised to Buy at Jefferies.

Jon C. Ogg
May 7, 2008

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (A, BBBY, BBY, DTV, ECL, EP, IBM, NTAP, LRCX, MOT, CRM)

These are not all of the calls affecting stocks, but these are the top analyst calls that 247WallSt.com is looking at this Thursday morning:

  • Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Borg Warner (NYSE: BWA) cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Boyd Gaming (NYSE: BYD) cut to Underweight at KeyBanc.
  • CDC Corp. (NASDAAQ: CHINA) started as Buy at Cantor Fitzgerald.
  • Chimera (NYSE: CIM) started as Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Lear (NYSE: LEA) cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • RF Micro Devices (NASDAQ: RFMD) downgraded to Hold at Jefferies.
  • Sotheby’s (NYSE: BID) raised to Outperform at JMP Securities.
  • Western Digital (NYSE: WDC) and Seagate (NYSE: STX) were both cut to Hold from Buy at Citigroup.
  • Varian (NASDAQ: VARI) raised to Buy at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
February 28, 2008

The 52-Week Low Club (PSYS)(NVTL)(VDSI)(BYD)(ESI)(LAD)

Lithia Motors (NYSE: LAD) Bad quarter, analyst downgrades. Falls to $9.78 from 52-week high of $30.54.

ITT Educational Services (NYSE: ESI) Student loan market getting very tight. Falls to $57.66 from 52-week high of $131.82.

Boyd Gaming (NYSE: BYD) No news. Falls to $23.32 from 52-week high of $54.22.

Vasco Data (NASDAQ: VDSI) Big earnings miss. Sells off to $11.22 from 52-week high of $44.25.

Novatel Wireless (NASDAQ: NVTL) Tough earnings and some downgrades. Flops to $10.20 from 52-week high of $28.14.

Psychiatric Solutions (NASDAQ: PSYS) Market does not like most recent numbers. Sells off to $27.17 from 52-week high of $42.75.

Douglas A. McIntyre