Posts for Ticker ‘CNP’

Early Bird Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CBY, CNP, DLTR, PHG, SFD, AGU, AIB, AAUK, IRE, CETV)

money-stack-image1These are the early bird analyst calls with upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street this morning with about two and a half hours until the market opens:

Cadbury (CBY) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
CenterPoint Energy (CNP) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Dollar Tree (DLTR) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Philips (PHG) Raised to Neutral from underweight at HSBC.
Smithfield Foods (SFD) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Agrium (AGU) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Allied Irish Banks (AIB) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
Anglo American (AAUK) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
Bank of Ireland (IRE) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
Central European Media (CETV) Cut to Underweight at Thomas Weisel.

Jon C. Ogg
February 26, 2009

Posted on: February 26, 2009 – 7:10 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (LNT, CNP, ESLR, FORR, IFF, LTM, LQDT, NTRS, OPXT, REG)

Burning_money_picThese are the top analyst downgrades and negative research calls we have seen on Wall Street this Friday with more than two hours until the market opens:

  • Alliant Energy (LNT) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
  • CenterPoint (CNP) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
  • Evergreen Solar (ESLR) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • Forrester Research (FORR) Cut to Market Perform at William Blair.
  • International Flavors (IFF) Cut to Underweight at KeyBanc.
  • Life Time Fitness (LTM) Cut to Market Perform at Morgan Keegan.
  • Liquidity Services (LQDT) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
  • Northern Trust (NTRS) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.
  • Opnext (OPXT) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
  • Regency Centers (REG) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
February 6, 2009

Posted on: February 6, 2009 – 7:24 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

CenterPoint Outlines Its Own Hurricane Ike Costs (CNP)

Centerpoint_logoCenterPoint Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNP) has come out this morning with a filing to show its expected costs for restoring power and from outages in the Houston-Galveston area as a result of Hurricane Ike.  The Houston-based electricity and gas supplier for roughly 5 million metered customers in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, and Oklahoma has said that it sees charges now of $350 million to $500 million for restoring power to the greater Houston area after much of its infrastructure was damaged by the storm.

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Posted on: September 23, 2008 – 7:27 am in Earnings Warning, Infrastructure, Utilities,

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (November 5, 2007)

ACA cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.
ACW raised to Neutral at UBS.
AMSC started as Buy at Jefferies.
ATPG cut to Underperform at RBC.
BSC cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.
BSY cut to Neutral at Merrill Lynch.
CNP raised to Buy at Jefferies.
CPT cut to Neutral at B of A.
DRE cut to Neutral at UBS.
FSLR started as Sector Perform at CIBC.
GLF raised to Buy at Jefferies.
GNA raised to Outperform at CIBC.
HD cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
LLY cut to Underweight at HSBC.
LOW cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
MER cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.
NLC raised to Neutral at UBS.
PDGI raised to BUy at Jefferies.
PVTB raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
TUES raised to Outperform at Piper Jaffray.
WCG raised to Buy at Jefferies.
WST raised to Buy at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
November 5, 2007

Posted on: November 5, 2007 – 7:46 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,