Posts for Ticker ‘CBB’

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (CRL, SCHW, CBB, HTZ, FRPT, MTG, SAP, ULTA, JPM, WB, BAC)

These are not the only analyst calls impacting individual share prices, but these are the ones that 247WallSt.com is focusing on:

  • Charles River (NYSE: CRL) downgraded from Buy to Neutral at UBS.
  • Charles Schwab (NASDAQ: SCHW) started as Neutral at UBS.
  • Cincinnati Bell (NYSE: CBB) downgraded from Outperform to Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.
  • Hertz Global (NYSE: HTZ) downgraded from Buy to Neutral at Banc of America.
  • Force Protection (NASDAQ: FRPT) started as Sell at Stanford Global Research.
  • MGIC Investment Corp. (NYSE: MTG) downgraded from Neutral to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • SAP AG  (NYSE: SAP) downgraded from Outperform to Underperform at Credit Suisse.
  • Ulta Salons (NASDAQ: ULTA) started in new coverage: started as Outperform at Wachovia; started as Overweight at J.P.Morgan; started as Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • Merrill Lynch downgrades brokers: cuts J.P.Morgan (NYSE: JPM) to Neutral from Buy, cuts Wachovia (NYSE: WB) to Sell from Neutral; cuts Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) to Neutral from Buy.

Jon C. Ogg
December 12, 2007

Posted on: December 12, 2007 – 8:15 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , ,

Pre-Market Earnings Gappers (November 2, 2007)

(ALY) Allis-Chalmers $0.37 EPS vs $0.36 est.
(ASVI) A.S.V. Inc. $0.13 EPS vs $0.19 est.
(BEBE) bebe stores traded up 3% despite slight revenue miss.
(CBB) Cincinnati Bell $0.09 EPS vs $0.08 est.
(CI) CIGNA $1.14 EPS vs $0.93 est.
(DUK) Duke Energy $0.48 EPS vs $0.39 est.
(ENCY) Encysive -$0.32 EPS vs -$0.31 est.
(ERTS) Electronic Arts trading up 3% after beating earnings.
(GYI) Getty Images traded up 5% after earnings.
(HAIN) Hain Celestial rose almost 5% after beating earnings expectations.
(HIMX) HIMAX trading up 7% after earnings.
(IP) International Paper $0.57 EP vs $0.57 est.
(ITRI) Itron trading down 11% after earnings.
(LVS) Las Vegas Sands trading down $16+ to $109 pre-market on net loss.
(MSO) Martha Stewart Enterprises -$0.08 EPS vs -$0.13 est.
(NI) NIsource $0.08 EPS vs $0.10 est.
(NTLS) NETELOS $0.18 EPS vs $0.14 est.
(NYX) NYSE $0.76 EPS vs. $0.73 est.
(OMG) OM Group $1.30 EPS vs $1.17 est.
(RDEN) Elizabeth Arden $0.04 EPS vs -$0.05 est.; sees Q2 $1.11-1.16 vs $1.21 est.
(SGMS) Scientific Games down 4% after earnings.
(SYNA) Synaptics traded up 10% after beating earnings expectations.
(VCLK) ValueClick trading down 0.5% after lackluster earnings.
(VIA) Viacom $0.65 vs 0.60

Posted on: November 2, 2007 – 7:31 am in Earnings, Pre-Market Activity, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Earlybird Analyst Calls (June 14, 2007)

ACL started as Buy at Jefferies.
AMGN started as Mkt Perform at Rodman & Renshaw.
B started as Outperform at CIBC.
CBB started as Buy at UBS.
CHE started as Buy at Jefferies.
CTL raised to Neutral at UBS.
CYTX started as Mkt Perform at Piper Jaffray.
DJ cut to Reduce at UBS.
EQ raised to Buy at UBS.
ESI cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.
EYE started as Underperform at Jefferies.
GNLB started as Buy at Oppenheimer.
ILMN raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.
ISIL raised to Buy at B of A.
MFA started as Outperform at JMP Securities.
MNKD started as Buy at B of A.
OPTT started as Outperform at Bear Stearns.
PT raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
RACK started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.
RBC started as Sector Perform at CIBC.
SLM cut to Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.
SNY cut to Neutral at HSBC; cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
THI raised to Outperform at CIBC.
VDSI cut to Hold at Jefferies.
VTIV raised to Strong Buy at First Albany.
WIN started as Neutral at UBS.
ZGEN started as Neutral at Oppenheimer.

Jon C. Ogg
June 14, 2007

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

Posted on: June 14, 2007 – 6:29 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,