Posts for Ticker ‘CTV’

Top Analyst Downgrades (ALU, CTAS, CCL, CMC, CTV, JNPR, PRU, STI, TLAB)

These are the early analyst downgrades and cautious research calls seen from Wall Street firms this Wednesday morning:

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) downgraded to Neutral at RW Baird.
Cintas (CTAS) downgraded to Underperform at RW Baird.
Carnival (CCL) downgraded to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Commercial Metals (CMC) downgraded to Neutral at UBS.
CommScope (CTV) downgraded to Neutral at RW Baird.
Juniper (JNPR) downgraded to Neutral at RW Baird.
Prudential (PRU) downgraded to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
SunTrust (STI) Started as Underperform at Wells Fargo
Tellabs (TLAB) downgraded to Neutral at RW Baird.

JON C. OGG

Top Analyst Downgrades (CLX, CTV, HD, IPI, MU, WSM)

These are some of the top analyst downgrades or negative research calls we have seen early this Monday morning:

Clorox (CLX) Cut to Underperform at Bernstein.
Commscope (CTV) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Home Depot (HD) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
Intrepid Potash (IPI) Cut to Sell at Soleil.
Micron (MU) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Williams-Sonoma (WSM) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.

JON C. OGG

Top Analyst Upgrades (ARUN, CTV, DPS, ESRX, GENZ, ISRG, LRCX, MXIM, NUAN)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen this Tuesday morning from Wall Street:

Aruba Networks (ARUN) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
CommScope (CTV) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Express Scripts (ESRX) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Genzyme (GENZ) Started as Buy at Collins Stewart.
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) Raised to Buy at Lazard.
Lam Research (LRCX) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Maxim (MXIM) Raised to Buy at Canaccord.
Nuance Communications (NUAN) Started as Buy at Canaccord.

JON C. OGG

Top Analyst Upgrades (CTV, DPS, COOL, PBG, TRW, WLL)

These are the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street this Thursday morning:

CommScope (CTV) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Dr. Pepper Snapple (DPS) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Majesco Entertainment (COOL) Raised to Buy at Needham.
Pepsi Bottling (PBG) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
TRW Automotive (TRW) Raised to Neutral from Underweight at JPMorgan.
Whiting Petroleum (WLL) Started as Overweight at Thomas Weisel.

JON C. OGG

The 52-Week Low Club (CTV)(EK)(PWAV)(BARE)

Sad_clown_2Commscope (CTV) Downgraded by Baird. Drops to $14.55 from 52-week high of $56.50.

Eastman Kodak (EK) Weak forecast. Sells down to $8.94 from 52-week high of $29.08.

Powerwave (PWAV) Poor earnings and downgrade. The daily double. Plunges to $.78 from 52-week high of $5.52.

Bare Escentuals (BARE) Downgraded after missing earnings estimates.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (NLY, CTV, ENDP, FSLR, HOV, JNY, OIIM, PDGI, V, YUM)

These are not all of the analyst calls affecting shares but these are ten that we are focused on this Thursday morning:

  • Annaly Mortgage (NYSE: NLY) cut to Hold at Citigroup.
  • CommScope (NYSE: CTV) Raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
  • Endo Pharmaceuticals Cut to Neutral at R.W. Baird.
  • First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) cut to Perform at Oppenheimer
  • Hovnanian (NYSE: HOV) cut to Sell at UBS.
  • Jones Apparel (NYSE: JNY) Raised to Buy from Hold at Lazard.
  • O2Micro (NASDAQ: OIIM) raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray.
  • PharmaNet Development (NASDAQ: PDGI) downgraded to Hold at Jefferies; downgraded to Neutral at R.W. Baird.
  • Visa (NYSE: V) Started as Equal-weight at Lehman Brothers.
  • YUM! Brands (NYSE: YUM) cut to Neutral at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
May 1, 2008

Pre-Market Stock News (June 27, 2007)

(ANDW) Andrew Corp being acquired for $15.00 per share.
(APOG) Apogee Enterprises $0.34 EPS vs $0.23e; unsure if comparable.
(AUTH) AuthenTec priced its 7.5M share IPO at the top of the $9.00 to $11.00 range for 7.5 million shares.
(BAY) Bayer AG and Onyx submit supplemental new drug application for Nexavar to treat liver cancer.
(CTV) Commscope raised guidance.
(GTRC) Guitar Center being acquired by Bain Capital for $63.00 per share.
(ISTA) ISTA Pharmaceuticals will raise $36.75 million in private placement.
(JSDA) Jones Soda announced exclusive formula use pact in Japan.
(KVHI) KVH Industries announced that Monaco Coach will add the KVH TracVision R-series of mobile satellite TV systems to their new 2008 vehicles.
(NKE) Nike $0.86 EPS vs $0.86e.
(NUVO) Nuvelo lost Bayer as R&D partner in stroke trials.
(ORCL) Oracle $0.37 EPS vs $0.35e.
(PAYX) Paychex reports earnings after close: $0.36 EPS and $496.3M revenue expected.
(RYAAY) Ryanair blocked by EU in bid to buy Aer Lingus.
(SCOR) comScore priced its 5.3 million share IPO at $16.50 per share.
(SMSC) $0.29 EPS vs $0.25e.
(SQNM) Sequenom announced it will develop HPVtest and other diagnostics with SensiGEn LLC.
(TASR) Taser announced a suit in St. Louis against the company was voluntarily dismissed.
(TOPP) Topps Co. said Upper Deck has initiated a $10.75 per share tender.
(YMI) YM BioSciences received FDA Clearance for an IND for its fentanyl-based pain product.
(YUM) Yum! Brands trades ex-split to reflect a 2-1 stock split.

Jon C. Ogg
June 27, 2007

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