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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BP, CKR, CSX, FWLT, FLR, GME, HES, PNRA, MCD, MSFT, UNP)

Administrator — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:31:05 +0000

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

BP plc (NYSE: BP) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
CKE Restaurants Inc. (NYSE: CKR) Cut to Sell at Roth.
CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) Cut to Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets.
Foster Wheeler Ltd. (NASDAQ: FWLT) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Fluor Corp. (NYSE: FLR) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) Raised to Buy at Janney.
Hess Corp. (NYSE: HES) Raised to Hold at Benchmark.
Panera Bread Co. (NASDAQ: PNRA) Started as Buy at Stern Agee.
McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) Started as Buy at SStern Agee.
Microsoft Corp. (NASSDAQ: MSFT) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) Cut to Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets.

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Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: BP, CKR, CSX, FLR, FWLT, GME, HES, MCD, MSFT, PNRA, UNP

Day Trader & Active Trader Alerts (AIG, ATHN, CKR, CROX, DECK, PALM, SIRI, INET)

247wallst — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:04:46 +0000

This morning’s top movers for day traders and active traders are seen in the following:

American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) down over 5%
athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) down 11%
CKE Restaurants Inc. (NYSE: CKR) up 25%
Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) down 9%
Deckers Outdoor Corp. (NASDAQ: DECK) up 8%
Palm Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) up 0.5%
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) up almost 1%

We have given some brief pre-market data, a news summary and color on each of these that can be found here over at VSInvestor.com.

Elsewhere, Internet Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: INET) is showing up on the NASDAQ pre-market gainers as more than up 100% on 5,000 shares. The difference here is that the pre-market trading indications do not match up with this.

Have a great trading day!

-The 24/7 Wall Street Team

Filed under: Pre-Market Activity, Trading Alert Tagged: AIG, ATHN, CKR, CROX, DECK, INET, PALM, SIRI

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ANF, BLK, BP, CKR, DO, G, RRGB, SPR, WMGI, ZRAN)

247wallst — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:32:21 +0000

Below are the top 10 pre-market analyst calls that 247wallst.com is focusing on:

Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) cut to Neutral at JP Morgan.
BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) Cut to Market Perform from Outperform at Wachovia.
BP plc (NYSE: BP) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
CKE Restaurants (NYSE: CKR) started as Outperform at FBR.
Diamond Offshore (NYSE: DO) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Genpact (NYSE: G) started as Outperform at Robert W. Baird.
Red Robin Gourmet (NASDAQ: RRGB) cut to market Perform at Wachovia.
Spirit Aerosystems (NYSE: SPR) started as Outperform at FBR.
Wright Medical (NASDAQ: WMGI) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Zoran (NASDAQ: ZRAN) cut to Underperform at Jefferies & Co.

Jon C. Ogg
April 11, 2008

Jon Ogg produces the Special Situation Investing Newsletter. He can be reached at jonogg@247wallst.com and he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (July 23, 2007)

247wallst — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:49:19 +0000

AFL raised to Overweight at Lehman.
AMGN raised to Hold at Citigroup.
ASBC cut to Underweight at Lehman.
BUD raised to Hold at Citigroup.
CKR started as Neutral at JPMorgan.
EMN raised to Buy at Citigroup.
EOG cut to Sell at Citigroup.
FPL raised to Outperform at Baird.
FTO started as Neutral at UBS.
GAP cut to Sector Perform at CIBC.
HBC raised to Overweight at Lehman.
IMAX raised to Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.
KWK cut to Sell at Citigroup.
NVT raised to Buy at UBS.
PGN raised to Outperform at Baird.
PNY raised to Outperform at Baird.
SUN started as Neutral at UBS.
TAC cut to Sector Perform at CIBC.
TSO started as Neutral at UBS.
VLO started as Buy at UBS.
VMSI cut to Sector Perform at CIBC.
WNR started as Reduce at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
July 23, 2007

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