Posts for Ticker ‘CHRT’

Top Analyst Upgrades (AA, WTR, BEC, CWT, CHRT, CHA, GAS, NOK, PNY, WW)

money-stack-image44These are the top upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street analysts so far early this Thursday morning:

Alcoa (AA) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Aqua America (WTR) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Beckman Coulter (BEC) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
California Water (CWT) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Chartered Semiconductor (CHRT) Raised to Neutral at HSBC.
China Telecom (CHA) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Nicor (GAS) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Nokia (NOK) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Piedmont Natural Gas (PNY) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Watson Wyatt Worldwide (WW) Started as Buy at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.

-JON C. OGG

Early Bird Analyst Upgrades (ACOR, BIIB, BKC, CHRT, OSG, SLB, TSO, WMT)

These are some of the top pre-market upgrades from analysts which we have seen in the early hours this Monday morning:

  • Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
  • Biogen Idec (BIIB) Raised to Outperform at Baird and Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
  • Burger King (BKC) Raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
  • Chartered Semiconductor (CHRT) Raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Overseas Shipholding (OSG) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
  • Schlumberger (SLB) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
  • Tesoro (TSO) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
November 3, 2008

52-Week Low Club (AEG, AMD, BKD, CHRT, CMG, CVI, GEHL, JOBS, LRCX, LSCC, MNI, MU, MSA, NOOF, RYL, THQI, VMED, WSM)

Today was another ugly day on Wall Street as sellers are winning over the conviction that the rumors that the bear was dead might be grossly exaggerated.  You’ll probably recognize many chip stocks on here today.  While financials led the selling today, most financial stocks were not on 52-week lows.  Here are today’s stocks that hit new 52-week lows:

  • Aegon (NYSE: AEG)
  • Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD)
  • Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD)
  • Chartered Semiconductor (NASDAQ: CHRT)
  • Chipotle Mexicann Grill (NYSE: CMG)
  • CVR Energy (NYSE: CVI)
  • Gehl Company (NASDAQ: GEHL)
  • 51Job inc.. (NASDAQ: JOBS)
  • Lam Research (NASDAQ: LRCX)
  • Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC)
  • McClatchy (NYSE: MNI)
  • Micron Tech (NYSE: MU)
  • Mine Safety Appliances (NYSE: MSA)
  • New Frontier (NASDAQ: NOOF)
  • Ryland Group (NYSE: RYL)
  • THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI)
  • Virgin Media Inc. (NASDAQ: VMED)
  • William Sonoma (NYSE: WSM)

Jon C. Ogg
July 28, 2008

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AHO, BKUNA, CHRT, FTI, HANS, MU, SIGM, UBS, X, WYE)

These are not the only analyst calls today, but these are the top ten analyst calls that 247WallSt.com is looking at in early pre-market trading:

  • Ahold (NYSE: AHO) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • BankUnited Financial (NASDAQ: BKUNA) downgraded to Market Perform at Wachovia.
  • Chartered Semiconductor (NASDAQ: CHRT) raised to Neutral from Underweight at JPMorgan.
  • FMC Tech (NYSE: FTI) downgraded to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Hansen Natural (NASDAQ: HANS) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Micron Tech (NYSE: MU) raised to Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
  • Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Robert W. Baird.
  • UBS (NYSE: UBS) downgraded to Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.
  • US Steel (NYSE: X) raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
  • Wyeth (NYSE: WYE) raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley. 

Jon C. Ogg
February 19, 2008

52-Week Low Club: Transport, Semiconductors & Financials (January 2, 2008)

Truckers led the drop after a fake $100 oil print and after a YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ: YRCW) acquisition write-down, pulling down Arkansas Best (NASDAQ: ABFS) and others.  With no surprise, airlines followed suit with Airtrain (AAI), AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR), Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL), Delta (NYSE: DAL), FedEx (FDX), Jetblue (NASDAQ:JBLU), Mesa Air (NASDAQ: MESA), Northwest Air (NYSE: NWA), Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV), US Air (NYSE: LCC).

Chip and tech stocks on 52-week lows: AMAT, AMD, ADTN, ARRS, ATML, BBND, CHRT, FCS, FEIC, IDTI, IM, KLAC, KLIC, LRCX, LSCC, LSI, MCRL, MRVL, MU, NSM, STM, TER, XLNX

Financial Giants on 52-Week lows: BAC, BBT, BSC, CYN, DFG, EFX, FIC, FITB, FHN, MCO, NCC, PNSN, SNV, SBP, WFC, ZION.

We kept the REIT’s and the usual suspects in retail off the list that have been here day in and day out (although many hit new 52-week lows).  Here is the huge list of others 52-week lows:

  • Automatic Data (ADP), Cardinal Health (CAH), Career Education (CECO), Diebold (NYSE: DBD), EchoStar (DISH), Superior Offshore (DEEP), Dow Chemical (DOW), Eastman Kodak (EK), Emmis (EMMS), Ford (F), Fortune Brands (FO), General Motors (GM), Hasbro (HAS), Helen of Troy (HELE), Interpublic (IPG), Mattel (MAT), McClatchy (MNI), Media General (MEG), Nortel Networks (NT), Owens Corning (OC), Paychex (OPAYX), PHH Corp. (PHH), Playboy (PLA), Radio Shack (RSH), Rite Aid (RAD), Sherwin Williams (SHW), Sprint Nextel (S), Starbucks (SBUX), Starwood Hotels (HOT), Sun Microsystems (JAVA), Symantec (SYMC), Travelzoo (TZOO), VF Corp (VFC), Warner Music Group (WMG), Waste Management (WMI), Weight Watchers (WTW), Wendy’s (WEN)

Imagine how large this list would have been if retailers and REIT’s were included.
Jon C. Ogg
January 2, 2008