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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CELL, CSCO, DECK, DO, FTE, HTS, HWAY, HERO, LVS, LULU, MPEL, NRG, PM, SLB, SAH, STFC, VE, VRSN, WFT, YUM)

Administrator — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:21:30 +0000

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

Brightpoint Inc. (NASDAQ: CELL) Reiterate as Buy with a $14 price target objective at Canaccord Genuity.
Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) Reiterated as Buy with $24 price target objective at Argus.
Deckers Outdoor Corporation (NASDAQ: DECK) Reiterated as Buy with a $122 price target objective at Canaccord Genuity.
Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. (NYSE: DO) Started as Sell with a $70 target price objective at Goldman Sachs.
France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) Cut to Underperform and named as Bear of the Day by Zacks Investment Research.
Hatteras Financial Corporation (NYSE: HTS) Cut to Neutral at Stern Agee.
Healthways Inc. (NASDAQ: HWAY) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Hercules Offshore, Inc. (NASDAQ: HERO) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) Cut to Neutral at Janney Capital Markets.
Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) Reinitiated as Buy at Stern Agee.
Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (NASDAQ: MPEL) Raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) Cut to Neutral from Buy at UBS.
Philip Morris International, Inc. (NYSE: PM) Cut to Neutral from Buy at Nomura.
Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Sonic Automotive, Inc. (NYSE: SAH) named as value stock of the day by Zacks Investment Research.
State Auto Financial (NASDAQ: STFC) Raised to Buy from Neutral at Janney Capital Markets.
Veolia Environnement S.A. (NYSE: VE) Cut to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank.
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) Raised to Outperform and featured as the Bull of the Day by Zacks Investment Research.
Weatherford International Ltd. (NYSE: WFT) Started as Buy with a $22 price target objective at Goldman Sachs.
Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) Reiterated Buy with $65 fair value target at Janney Capital Markets.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: CELL, CSCO, DECK, DO, FTE, HERO, HTS, HWAY, LULU, LVS, MPEL, NRG, PM, SAH, SLB, STFC, VE, VRSN, WFT, YUM

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (T, BK, CELL, FDO, FRX, HWAY, JASO, LVLT, LOW, NFLX, RGLD, VECO)

Administrator — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:26:08 +0000

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

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
The Bank of New York-Mellon (NYSE: BK) maintained Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Brightpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: CELL) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) named Growth & Income stock of the day at Zacks.
Forest Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: FRX) Cut to Hold at Argus.
Healthways Inc. (NASDAQ: HWAY) downgraded at William Blair, Barclays, and Piper Jaffray.
JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) Raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray.
Level 3 Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) Raised to Neutral at Citigroup.
Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) Raised to Buy at Janney.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) downgraded by Reed Hastings and everyone left who was still positive.
Royal Gold, Inc. (NASDAQ: RGLD) Raised to Overweight at HSBC.
Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) Cut to Neutral at Sterne Agee; Reiterated Sell ar Canaccord Genuity.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: BK, CELL, FDO, FRX, HWAY, JASO, LOW, LVLT, NFLX, RGLD, T, VECO

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACPW, AMAT, ACI, BCS, CELL, COG, DUK, HCA, MDT, OMG, PT)

Administrator — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:11:46 +0000

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

Active Power Inc. (NASDAQ: ACPW) Started as Buy at Merriman.
Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) Raised to Outperform at BMO.
Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Brightpoint Inc. (NASDAQ: CELL) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Cabot Oil & Gas (NYSE: COG) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE: DUK) Raised to Sector Perform at RBC.
HCA Inc. (NYSE: HCA) Started as Buy at Auriga.
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) Raised to Hold at Argus.
OM Group, Inc. (NYSE: OMG) named Value stock of the day at Zacks.
Portugal Telecom SGPS SA (NYSE: PT) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ACI, ACPW, AMAT, BCS, CELL, COG, DUK, HCA, MDT, OMG, PT

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (NLY, BHP, CELL, FTE, FIO, IVR, MDT, OKE, TLB, THOR, WOOF, WBMD)

Administrator — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:35:35 +0000

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

Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
BHP Billiton Limited (NYSE: BHP) Reiterated Strong Buy as Value at Zacks.
Brightpoint Inc. (NASDAQ: CELL) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) Raised to Neutral at UBS.
Fusion-io Inc. (NYSE: FIO) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs; Started as Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley; Started as Neutral at JPMorgan; Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. (NYSE: IVR) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
ONEOK Inc. (NYSE: OKE) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
The Talbots Inc. (NYSE: TLB) Raised to Neutral at Janney Capital.
Thoratec Corporation (NASDAQ: THOR) Started as Outperform with $43 target at Credit Suisse.
VCA Antech Inc. (NASDAQ: WOOF) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
WebMD Health Corp. (NASDAQ: WBMD) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup; maintained Buy but cut target to $44 at Canaccord Genuity.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: BHP, CELL, FIO, FTE, IVR, MDT, NLY, OKE, THOR, TLB, WBMD, WOOF

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, ALXN, AWK, NILE, CELL, CMG, CSCO, EPOC, EXPE, GDOT, IFF, ONXX, SPR, S, TUP)

Administrator — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:32:03 +0000

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

Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Raised to Neutral at Nomura.
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALXN) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) Started as Neutral with $29 target at Credit Suisse.
Blue Nile Inc. (NASDAQ: NILE) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Brightpoint Inc. (NASDAQ: CELL) Raised to Outperform as the Bull of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Epocrates, Inc. (NASDAQ: EPOC) Started as Market Perform at Morgan Keegan.
Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML; Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT) Cut to Sell at Janney.
International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE: IFF) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ONXX) maintained as Underperform as the Bear of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc (NYSE: SPR) Cut to Neutral with $26 target at Credit Suisse.
Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) Cut to Neutral with $5 target at Goldman Sachs.
Tupperware Brands Corporation (NYSE: TUP) Raised to Buy with $64 target at Argus.

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Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ALU, ALXN, AWK, CELL, CMG, CSCO, EPOC, EXPE, GDOT, IFF, NILE, ONXX, S, SPR, TUP

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (CELL, CHK, CEO, DLR, DOW, DRYS, GFI, HMY, ISSI, KMP, KGC, NTSP, NRG, RIMM, SNDA, TIF, YZC)

Administrator — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:26:01 +0000

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

Brightpoint Inc. (NASDAQ: CELL) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) Cut to Sell at Argus.
CNOOC Limited (NYSE: CEO) Raised to Overweight at HSBC.
Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) Started as Outperform at Macquarie.
DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Gold Fields Limited (NYSE: GFI) Cut to Equal-weight at Morgan Stanley.
Harmony Gold (NYSE: HMY) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
Integrated Silicon Solution (NASDAQ: ISSI) Raised to Buy at Auriga.
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (NYSE: KMP) Cut to Market Perform at Morgan Keegan.
Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE: KGC) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
NetSpend Holdings (NASDAQ: NTSP) Started as Outperform at William Blair.
NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Shanda Interactive (NASDAQ: SNDA) Cut to Hold at Auriga.
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. (NYSE: YZC) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.

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Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: CELL, CEO, CHK, DLR, DOW, DRYS, GFI, HMY, ISSI, KGC, KMP, NRG, NTSP, RIMM, SNDA, TIF, YZC

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BUD, AAPL, CELL, ENER, HD, HCBK, MSFT, MOT, NVTL, PRI, RIMM, SWIR, WAG)

Administrator — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:05:19 +0000

These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes:

Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
Brightpoint Inc. (NASDAQ: CELL) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENER) Started as Sell at Hapoalim.
The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Hudson City Bancorp (NASDAQ: HCBK) Cut to Neutral at Susquehanna.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Cut to Neutral at Janney.
Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) Started as Hold at Jefferies.
Novatel Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: NVTL) Started as Hold at Jefferies.
Primerica, Inc. (NYSE: PRI) Raised to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Started as Hold at Jefferies.
Sierra Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: SWIR) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AAPL, BUD, CELL, ENER, HCBK, HD, MOT, MSFT, NVTL, PRI, RIMM, SWIR, WAG

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades/Downgrades (AMGN, CELL, ELON, SATS, KR, QLGC, MBI, PETM, S, YUM)

247wallst — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:58:50 +0000

These are the top 10 pre-market analyst upgrades and downgrades in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning:

Amgen (AMGN) Started as Buy at RBC.
Brightpoint (CELL) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Echelon (ELON) Raised to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Echostar Holdings (SATS) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Kroger (KR) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
QLogic (QLGC) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
MBIA Inc. (MBI) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
PETsMART (PETM) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Sprint Nextel (S) Cut to Underweight at Piper Jaffray.
YUM! Brands (YUM) Cut to Neutral at UBS.

JON C. OGG
AUGUST 11, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: AMGN, CELL, ELON, KR, MBI, PETM, QLGC, S, SATS, YUM

52-Week Low Club (WTR, BMY, CELL, DDS, EK, EXPE, GCI, GE, HST, NOK, PFE, Q, VLO, WY, WGO)

247wallst — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:21:00 +0000

If you thought this was a bad day for the market with the DJIA trading well under that 12,000 psychological level, there were some 400 stocks that hit 52-week lows today when you include the closed end funds, preferred stocks, and ETF’s. Today was ugly enough that we won’t even add our little personal prodding on these. Here is just a partial list of fifteen active stocks on this list today that aren’t airlines, autos, or financials:

AQUA AMERICA INC (NYSE: WTR)
BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB (NYSE: BMY)
BRIGHTPOINT INC (NASDAQ: CELL)
DILLARD’S INC (NYSE: DDS)
EASTMAN KODAK CO (NYSE: EK)
EXPEDIA INC. (NASDAQ: EXPE)
GANNETT CO INC (NYSE: GCI)
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (NYSE: GE)
HOST HOTELS & RESORT (NYSE: HST)
NOKIA (NYSE: NOK)
PFIZER INC. (NYSE: PFE)
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS (NYSE: Q)
VALERO ENERGY (NYSE: VLO)
WEYERHAEUSER CO (NYSE: WY)
WINNEBAGO IND INC (NYSE: WGO)

Jon C. Ogg
June 21, 2008

52-Week Lows, Massive List (ALU, BGP, CELL, BBW, CVO, DENN, GCI, INFY, INTU, KLAC, NT, NWA, NXTM, PDLI, PFE, Q, SVVS, SNE, BID, TWX)

247wallst — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:04:56 +0000

This was a massive list of lows today. Not all closed on lows, but the list was chopped down greatly just to accommodate the size of it. If you look at the list, there are no brokerage firms listed nor anymajor banks. The major banks weren’t hitting the list but mostbrokerage firms were. You can thank a firm called Bare Spurns for that. Here goes the eulogy:

Advance America (NYSE: AEA).. down over 10%, no real news released; financial exposure, although they are probably getting more and more pay day loans now. $6.08 at 3:30, old low $6.08.
Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU)… down almost 5% at $5.29, although late day got back above that $5.27 year low.
Borders Group (NYSE: BGP)… down another 6% ahead of earnings next week. The people that still buy books may be headed to the used book stores in tough times. Maybe even the library.
Brightpoint (NASDSAQ: CELL)… day in and day out this one has been getting hit.
Build-a-Bear Workshop (NYSE: BBW)… now it can be even more opportunistic after ending strategic review and adding a larger buyback plan.
Cenveo (NYSE: CVO)… down 14% after earnings.
Denny’s (NASDAQ: DENN)… under $3.00 now… stock cheaper than the Grand Slam breakfast? Maybe people can’t afford $3.00 breakfasts.
Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI)… after earnings people still wary of newspaper operations.
General Motors (NYSE: GM)… flirting with 5-year lows.
Infosys Tech (NASDAQ: INFY)… This didn’t close under the old $33.80 low of the year, but was there intraday. Maybe outsourcing is peaking.
Intuit (NYSE: INTU)… had no news, that pre-tax season trade getting cheaper and cheaper.
KLA-Tencor (NASDAQ: KLAC) hit hard again after downgrade already shaved off almost 10% earlier in wee. Down 4.4% at $36.40 with 15 minutes to close.
Nortel Networks (NYSE: NT) at $6.34 at 3:45… High is $27.71. What more can you say? It’s always on the list.
Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) down over 3.5% at $9.50 with 15 minutes to close. What ever happened to that merger they were supposed to be in?
Nxstage Medical (NASDAQ: NXTM)… are kidney dialysis treatments economically sensitive?
PDL Biopharma (NASDAQ: PDLI).. so much for that buyout hope, that’s already been called off. Almost under a $1 Billion market cap.
Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)… a true surprise to see this one here again. Will it bust $20? Shares down 3% at $20.55 with 10 minutes to close.
Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q)…. now under $5.00.
Savvis Inc. (NASDAQ: SVVS)… down more than 5% to under the old $15.14 low. Doing IT, bandwidth, storage, network infrastructure, not as great when you have huge exposure to financial institutions.
Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE)… just when it was getting its act back together… $41.81 right before close; old 52-week low was $42.10.
Sothebys (NYSE: BID)… down more than half from highs. Wall Street’s "Even the rich are bitching!" must apply to high-end auctioneers too.
Time Warner (NYSE: TWX)….. now under $14.00.

Jon C. Ogg
March 14, 2008