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Pre-Market Active Trader Alerts: Cellular Tissue (CLU) Up 57%

247wallst — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:14:48 +0000

These are issues active before the bell.

Fedex (NYSE: FDX) is off 3% to $83.14 on new that earnings were weaker than expected. The freight firm will cut 1,700 jobs.

The Williams Companies (NYSE: WMB) stock is off 2% after the firm disappointed Wall St. and said its adjusted 2010 earnings would be only $1 to $1.25 a share.

Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) is up a fraction to $58 after it announced that its fiscal year guidance was better than expected.

Cellular Tissue Holdings (NYSE: CLU) is up 57% to $12.45 on news that it will be bought by Clearwater Paper (NYSE: CLW)

Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) is off 1.1% on more news that it is losing market share to Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android.

Micron Technology (NYSE: MU) is up 1% after a 3% drop in yesterday’s trading.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: CLUB, CLWR, Coca-Cola, FDX, GOOG, MU, RIMM, WM, WMB

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALTR, AMZN, BCE, BIIB, LEAP, PDLI, CLUB, VAR, AUY)

247wallst — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:36:22 +0000

It is still fairly thin in analyst upgrades and downgrades as this week marks the return of investment banking and research departments from what is nearly a two-week hiatus. Here are the few stand-out calls we have seen early this morning with more than two hours to the open:

Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR) Raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
BCE (NYSE: BCE) Cut to Sector Perform at Scotia.
Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Leap Wireless (NASDAQ: LEAP) Raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
PDL BioPharma (NASDAQ: PDLI) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan
Town Sports International (NASDAQ: CLUB) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Yamana (NYSE: AUY) Cut to Buy at TD.

Jon C. Ogg
January 5, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: ALTR, AMZN, AUY, BCE, BIIB, CLUB, LEAP, PDLI, VAR

Earlybird Analyst Calls (June 25, 2007)

247wallst — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:24:36 +0000

Stock Tickers: ABI, BBSI, BMY, CAP, CLUB, CVX, FCBP, GM, IPG, OMC, MIG, PER, PIR, SKH, SMSI, TRLG

ABI raised to Outperform at Baird.
BBSI raised to Strong Buy at JMP Securities.
BMY raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.
CAP started as Buy at Jefferies.
CLUB cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
CVX raised to Buy at B of A.
FCBP raised to Outperform at FBR.
GM raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
IPG raised to Buy at B of A.
MIG raised to Outperform at FBR.
OMC raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
PER raised to Buy at KeyBanc/McDonald.
PIR raised to Buy at UBS.
SKH started as Outperform at Credit Suisse; started as Buy at B of A.
SMSI raised to Buy at Jefferies.
TRLG raised to Outperform at CIBC.

Jon C. Ogg
June 25, 2007

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