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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CAR, COO, GE, MPEL, TAP, NOK, RJET, RIMM, SRE, SINA, SPLS, SRCL, RIG)

Administrator — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:29:53 +0000

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

Avis Budget Group, Inc. (NYSE: CAR) Reiterated Strong Buy at Zacks.
The Cooper Companies (NYSE: COO) named as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) Reiterated Neutral and $21 target at BofA/ML.
Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (NASDAQ: MPEL) Reiterated Overweight but raised target to $14.50 at Morgan Stanley.
Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) Cut to Hold at Wunderlich.
Republic Airways Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: RJET) Raised to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Maintained Hold but cut target to $40 at Canaccord Genuity.
Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Sina Corporation (NASDAQ: SINA) Maintained Outperform but cut target to $128 at Credit Suisse.
Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) called Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Stericycle, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRCL) Raised to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Transocean Ltd. Co. (NYSE: RIG) Raised to Buy at Argus.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: CAR, COO, GE, MPEL, NOK, RIG, RIMM, RJET, SINA, SPLS, SRCL, SRE, TAP

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AFL, CPLA, COO, HIG, IBM, IFF, LVS, MET, NUE, PAYX, UHS, SHI, KBH, LEN, RYL)

Administrator — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:11:20 +0000

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

AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) Reiterated Buy and $83 target at BofA/ML.
Capella Education Co. (NASDAQ: CPLA) maintained Underperform and as Bear of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
The Cooper Companies (NYSE: COO) Reiterated Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE: HIG) Reiterated Buy at Argus.
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) Reiterated Buy at Argus.
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE: IFF) Reiterated Outperform and $70 target at Credit Suisse.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) Cut to Hold at Argus.
MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) Reiterated Buy and $54 target at Argus.
Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) Cut to Sell at S&P Equity Research (late-Tuesday call).
Paychex Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX) Raised to Hold at S&P Equity Research (late-Tuesday call).
Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) Reiterated Buy with $55 target at BofA/ML.

In a sector call, BofA/ML is raising estimates on earnings and orders for the first half of 2011 in DR Horton Inc. (NYSE: DHI), KB Home (NYSE: KBH), Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN), and Ryland Group Inc. (NYSE: RYL). The firm maintained Buy ratings on each based on strong entry level buyers being active in the Spring.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AFL, COO, CPLA, HIG, IBM, IFF, KBH, LEN, LVS, MET, NUE, PAYX, RYL, SHI, UHS

52-Week High Club (MMM, COO)

247wallst — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:04:23 +0000

3M Company (NYSE: MMM) rose nearly 4% to a yearly high of $79.93 after the Post-It Notes maker was upgraded to “buy” by Jeffrey Sprague of Citigroup.

The Cooper Companies Inc (NYSE: COO) surged over 13% to a yearly high of $38.33 after the maker of optical lenses, surgical instruments and diagnostic products forecast 2010 earnings of $2.45 per share, beating analysts estimates.

Garrett W. McIntyre

Posted in Healthcare Tagged: COO, Manufacturing, MMM

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ATVI, ALTH, BHI, BSC, GS, LEH, COO, CEPH, MRVL, TIF, PAY, XMSR)

247wallst — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:09:21 +0000

These are not the only impact-calls affecting stocks from analysts in pre-market trading, but these are the ones that 24/7 Wall St. is focusing on:

Activision (ATVI) raised to Overweight at Lehman.
Allos Therapeutics (ALTH) started as Buy at Banc of America.
Baker Hughes (BHI) started as Buy at Oppenheimer.
Bear Stearns (BSC), Goldman Sachs (GS) & Lehman Bros. all downgraded to Sell from Market Perform at Punk Ziegel.
CNOOC Ltd. (COO) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Cephalon (CEPH) raised to Outperform at FBR.
Marvell Tech (MRVL) reinitiated with coverage at Buy at Merrill Lynch.
Tiffany & Co. (TIF) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Banc of America.
VeriFone (PAY) downgraded to Neutral at Merrill Lynch.
XM Satellite Radio downgraded to SELL at Goldman Sachs.

Jon C. Ogg
December 4, 2007

Jim Cramer Ponders Which US Companies China Will Acquire

247wallst — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:57:26 +0000

On today’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer was discussing China’s desire to grow and acquire. He noted that with so many companies being some of the largest in the world that some large acquisitions "could" be desired. We want to emphasize that "can" is different than "will" before trusting this without any thought.

Pertochina (NYSE:PTR) is one of the largest companies with a $260+ Billion market cap and it might want a Gulf of Mexico oil play or another oil play. Cramer noted that it could go after Halliburton (NYSE:HAL), Anadarko (NYSE:APC), or Apache (NYSE:APA). Cramer also noted that China Mobile (NYSE:CHL) might want to own a Motorola (NYSE:MOT).

Cramer noted a couple of plays that will benefit from growth in China: Focus Media (NASDAQ:FMCN) is a way to play advertising for China’s Olympics, but Wynn (NASDAQ:WYNN) may be the best way to play the emerging China wealth emerging that will gamble in Macau.

Keep in mind, that China’s CNOOC (NYSE:COO) was blocked from acquiring Unocal by regulators in recent years. So a deal of the sizes proposed here may be more for conversation’s sake rather than for speculating on a buyout.

Jon C. Ogg
September 4, 2007

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