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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARUN, CECO, CENT, DRYS, ETN, FDO, FRX, FRO, MPEL, PANL, UTI, V)

Administrator — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:34:06 +0000

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

Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Career Education Corp. (NASDAQ: CECO) Raised to Market Perform at FBR.
Central Garden & Pet Co. (NASDAQ: CENT) Reiterated Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Eaton Corporation (NYSE: ETN) Reiterated Buy as Value at Zacks.
Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Forest Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: FRX) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Frontline Ltd. (NYSE: FRO) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (NASDAQ: MPEL) Reiterated Outperform and Raised target at Credit Suisse.
Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ: PANL) Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Universal Technical Institute (NYSE: UTI) Maintained Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $95 at Argus.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ARUN, CECO, CENT, DRYS, ETN, FDO, FRO, FRX, MPEL, PANL, UTI, V

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMSC, CENT, CVX, DVN, DRI, DFS, XOM, GM, INTC, JASO, NFLX, OXY, STP, TLAB)

Administrator — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:04:29 +0000

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

American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) Cut to Hold at Needham.
Central Garden & Pet Co. (NASDAQ: CENT) maintained Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Darden Restaurants Inc. (NYSE: DRI) Reiterated Buy and $58 target at Argus.
Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
ExxonMobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) Reiterated Outperform and $49 target at Credit Suisse.
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) Cut to Neutral at Nomura.
JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) Cut target to $9.00 at Morgan Stanley.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) Removed from Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Suntech Power Holdings Inc. (NYSE: STP) Reiterated Hold at Argus.
Tellabs Inc. (NASDAQ: TLAB) Cut to Sell at S&P Equity Research (late-Monday call).

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AMSC, CENT, CVX, DFS, DRI, DVN, GM, INTC, JASO, NFLX, OXY, STP, TLAB, XOM

Top Analyst Upgrades (APA, BIDU, BHP, STD, BK, CENT, IVZ, QCOM, SVNT, STT, TXN)

247wallst — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:39:39 +0000

These are the top analyst upgrades and positive research calls from Wall Street we have seen early this Wednesday morning with more than two hours until the market opens:

Apache (APA) Raised to Strong Buy at S&P.
Baidu (BIDU) Target Raised to $350 at Goldman Sachs.
BHP Billiton (BHP) Raised to Outperform at Macquarie.
Banco Santander (STD) Raised to Buy at BofA/Merrill.
Bank of New York Mellon (BK) Started as Buy at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
Central Garden (CENT) Raised to Buy at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
Invesco (IVZ) Raised to Strong Buy at S&P.
QUALCOMM (QCOM) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Savient Pharmaceuticals (SVNT) Raised to Perform at Oppenheimer.
State Street (STT) Started as Buy at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
Texas Instruments (TXN) Raised to Buy at BofA/Merrill.

JON C. OGG

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: APA, BHP, BIDU, BK, CENT, IVZ, QCOM, STD, STT, SVNT, TXN

Top Anlayst Upgrades (CAH, CENT, CHS, GPS, HELE, PFG, STEC, TJX)

247wallst — Tue, 12 May 2009 11:33:53 +0000

These are some of the top pre-market analyst comments and analyst upgrades from Wall Street early this Tuesday morning:

Cardinal Health (CAH) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
Central Garden (CENT) Raised to Hold at Jefferies.
Chico’s FAS (CHS) Raised to Equal Weight at Barclays.
Gap Inc. (GPS) Raised to Equal Weight at Barclays.
Helen of Troy (HELE) Raised to Hold at Jefferies.
Principal Financial (PFG) Raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
STEC (STEC) Raised to Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
TJX Cos. (TJX) Raised to Overweight at Barclays; Raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

JON C. OGG

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: CAH, CENT, CHS, GPS, HELE, PFG, STEC, TJX

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (CENT, HELE, INTC, LBY, MET, MNST, POZN, PRU)

247wallst — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:48:22 +0000

These are some of the top analyst downgrades we are seeing early this Monday morning:

Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies.
Helen of Troy (HELE) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Intel (INTC) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Libbey (LBY) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies.
MetLife (MET) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Monster Worldwide (MNST) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Pozen (POZN) Cut to Hold at Citigroup, Cut to Underperform at Jefferies.
Prudential Financial (PRU) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.

Jon C. Ogg
October 20, 2008

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: CENT, HELE, INTC, LBY, MET, MNST, POZN, PRU

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (CENT, CSUN, EP, FSLR, INTU, MDT, MU, NOV, NUE, PALM)

247wallst — Wed, 21 May 2008 07:03:56 +0000

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

Central Garden (NASDAQ: CENT) raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray.
China Sunergy (NASDAQ: CSUN) raised to Hold at Jefferies.
El Paso (NYSE: EP) Cut to Neutral from Buy By Goldman Sachs.
First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) Cut To Underperform From Mkt Perform By FBR.
Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU) Cut To Hold From Buy By Citigroup.
Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) Raised to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Micron Technology (NYSE: MU) Raised to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank.
National Oilwell Varco (NYSE: NOV) Cut to Add from Buy at Calyon.
Nucor Corp (NYSE: NUE) Cut to Neutral from Buy at UBS.
Palm (NASDAQ: PALM) Cut to Sell from Neutral at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
May 21, 2008

The 52-Week Low Club

247wallst — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:00:44 +0000

The Pep Boys (PBY) Cutting stores, cutting jobs. Falls to $12.01 from 52-week high of $22.49.

Idearc (IAR) CFO steps down. Drops to $17.83 from 52-week high of $38.

The New York Times Company (NYT) Analyst downgrade. Falls to $16.02 from 52-week high of $26.90.

Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Quarterly loss. Drops to $4.62 from 52-week high of $53.98.

Atherogenics (AGIX) Still falling after drug trial failure. Sells off to $.46 from 52-week high of $13.34.

Marvell Technology Group (MRVL) Foggy sales forecast. Drops to $14.50 from 52-week high of $21.85.

Douglas A. McIntyre

The 52-Week Low Club

247wallst — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:30:27 +0000

Enterra Energy (ENT) Canadian oil and gas investment company suspends monthly distribution payments to unitholders for at least six months to repay debt. Falls to $1.85 from 52-week high of $10.30.

PHH (PHH) Mortgage and vehicle fleet company was going to be bought by Blackstone (BX) and GE (GE). But, market environment seems to have killed that. Drops to $22.51 from 52-week high of $31.52.

Marsh & McLennan (MMC) Big insurance brokerage company fires head of largest unit. Down to $24.60 from 52-week high of $33.90.

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) Telecom equipment company get downgrade after revising forecast down. Falls to $8.53 from 52-week high of $15.43.

Moody’s (MCO) Ratings agency under more pressure for bad ratings. Drops to $42.42 from 52-week high of $76.09.

Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Bad weather conditions and volatile grain prices. Down to $9.26 from 52-week high of $55.11.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (June 7, 2007)

247wallst — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:41:05 +0000

ASML raised to Outperform at Bernstein.
CENT cut to Neutral at B of A.
COBZ raised to Outperform at KBW.
DCP raised to Outperform at CIBC.
DGX raised to Buy at UBS.
ECL raised to Buy at Jefferies.
FNM raised to Outperform at FBR.
GD raised to Overweight at Lehman.
HC raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
IFX raised to Mkt Perform at Bernstein.
IO started as Buy at Jefferies.
KBR started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
MHS raised to Buy at UBS.
MKC raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.
OPTM started as Sector Perform at CIBC.
OREX started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
PDLI cut to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.
PG cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.
RDWR raised to Outperform at CIBC.
VOLV cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
VRUS started as Outperform at JMP Securities.

Jon C. Ogg
June 7, 2007