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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, AWK, WTR, CHU, CYN, CBSH, FII, HFC, MTB, MCHP, PEGA, BOX, SEE, SU, TSO)

Administrator — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:34:40 +0000

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

Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
American Water Works Co. (NYSE: AWK) Reiterated Buy at Gabelli.
Aqua America Inc (NYSE: WTR) Reiterated Buy at Gabelli.
China Unicom (NYSE: CHU) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
City National Corporation (NYSE: CYN) Raised to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Commerce Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: CBSH) Cut to Underperform at BofA/ML.
Federated Investors, Inc. (NYSE: FII) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE: HFC) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML; Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
M&T Bank Corp. (NYSE: MTB) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP) Maintained Buy but cut target to $40 at Gleacher & Co.
Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA) Cut to Hold at Canaccord Genuity.
SeaCube Container Leasing Limited (NYSE: BOX) reiterated Buy as Value at Zacks.
Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE: SU) named as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO) Cut to Underperform at BofA/ML.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ALU, AWK, BOX, CBSH, CHU, CYN, FII, HFC, MCHP, MTB, PEGA, SEE, SU, TSO, WTR

Top Analyst Downgrades (ADM, CTRP, CYN, CVLT, NRGY, KIM, OSK, SPG, UBS)

247wallst — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:31:36 +0000

These are some of the top analyst downgrades and negative research calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Wednesday morning:

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Ctrip.com International (CTRP) Cut to Neutral at Susquehanna.
City National (CYN) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.
Commvault Systems (CVLT) Cut to Market Weight at Thomas Weisel.
Inergy L.P. (NRGY) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
KIMCO Realty (KIM) Cut to Perform at oppenheimer.
Oshkosh (OSK) Cut to Hold at KeyBanc Capital Markets.
Simon Property Group (SPG) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
UBS (UBS) Cut to Sell at UBS.

JON C. OGG

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: ADM, CTRP, CVLT, CYN, KIM, NRGY, OSK, SPG, UBS

Top Analyst Upgrade/Positive Calls (AACC, CYN, LLL, LTC, NTRS, PAR, TRMK, UHS)

247wallst — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:24:13 +0000

These are some of the top analyst upgrades and positive calls we are seeing from Wall Street early this Thursday morning with more than two hours to the open:

Asset Acceptance Capital (NASDAQ: AACC) Raised to Market Perform at KBW.
City National (NYSE: CYN) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) Started as Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
LTC Properties (NYSE: LTC) Started as Buy at KeyBanc.
Northern Trust (NASDAQ: NTRS) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
3PAR (NYSE: PAR) Started as Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Terremark Worldwide (NASDAQ: TRMK) Started as Buy at Stanford.
Universal Health (NYSE: UHS) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
December 18, 2008

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: AACC, CYN, LLL, LTC, NTRS, PAR, TRMK, UHS

Key Analyst Calls: Financial Stocks (BCS, C, CYN, GS)

247wallst — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:49:37 +0000

These are some of the calls in the financial sector that are impacting shares at major financial companies this Thursday morning:

Barclays (NYSE: BCS) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Citigroup (NYSE: C) downgraded to the CONVICTION SELL LIST at Goldman Sachs.
City National (NYSE: CYN) Raised to Outperform at Keefe Bruyette & Woods.
Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) Cut to Market Perform from Outperform at Wachovia.

Jon C. Ogg
June 26, 2008

52-Week Low Club: Transport, Semiconductors & Financials (January 2, 2008)

247wallst — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:23:11 +0000

Truckers led the drop after a fake $100 oil print and after a YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ: YRCW) acquisition write-down, pulling down Arkansas Best (NASDAQ: ABFS) and others. With no surprise, airlines followed suit with Airtrain (AAI), AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR), Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL), Delta (NYSE: DAL), FedEx (FDX), Jetblue (NASDAQ:JBLU), Mesa Air (NASDAQ: MESA), Northwest Air (NYSE: NWA), Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV), US Air (NYSE: LCC).

Chip and tech stocks on 52-week lows: AMAT, AMD, ADTN, ARRS, ATML, BBND, CHRT, FCS, FEIC, IDTI, IM, KLAC, KLIC, LRCX, LSCC, LSI, MCRL, MRVL, MU, NSM, STM, TER, XLNX

Financial Giants on 52-Week lows: BAC, BBT, BSC, CYN, DFG, EFX, FIC, FITB, FHN, MCO, NCC, PNSN, SNV, SBP, WFC, ZION.

We kept the REIT’s and the usual suspects in retail off the list that have been here day in and day out (although many hit new 52-week lows). Here is the huge list of others 52-week lows:

Automatic Data (ADP), Cardinal Health (CAH), Career Education (CECO), Diebold (NYSE: DBD), EchoStar (DISH), Superior Offshore (DEEP), Dow Chemical (DOW), Eastman Kodak (EK), Emmis (EMMS), Ford (F), Fortune Brands (FO), General Motors (GM), Hasbro (HAS), Helen of Troy (HELE), Interpublic (IPG), Mattel (MAT), McClatchy (MNI), Media General (MEG), Nortel Networks (NT), Owens Corning (OC), Paychex (OPAYX), PHH Corp. (PHH), Playboy (PLA), Radio Shack (RSH), Rite Aid (RAD), Sherwin Williams (SHW), Sprint Nextel (S), Starbucks (SBUX), Starwood Hotels (HOT), Sun Microsystems (JAVA), Symantec (SYMC), Travelzoo (TZOO), VF Corp (VFC), Warner Music Group (WMG), Waste Management (WMI), Weight Watchers (WTW), Wendy’s (WEN)

Imagine how large this list would have been if retailers and REIT’s were included.
Jon C. Ogg
January 2, 2008