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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 8:28 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. AAR Corporation (NYSE: AIR) named Bear of the Day at Zacks. ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (BBY, SD, ALL, JCP, KIM, AEP, CVX, D, F, HON, PG, SOA, CPHD, INFI, NRGY, RVBD)

Posted: January 27, 2012 at 4:07 pm

All three major US indexes opened lower this morning following the report that US GDP grew by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. A rise of 3% was expected. Combined with ...
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Company Winners & Losers Expected From Hurricane Irene (ALL, TRV, CB, BRK-A, DUK, D, ETR, AWK, VZ, HD, LOW, URI, PPG, BECN, IBI, BGG, GNRC, CRD-B, CLH, NYX, NDAQ)

Posted: August 26, 2011 at 12:24 pm

Will Hurricane Irene cost the United States $10 billion? $15 billion? Or even more?  It really depends upon whom you speak with on this front.  The expected damage count is ...
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CEOs Buying Their Own Companies At A Discount (NLY, CHTR, D, EQY, GBX, HUN, LEAP, LGND, MBRG, MS, TIE, WIN)

Posted: August 12, 2011 at 3:49 pm

Investors couldn't have missed seeing the recent waves of new corporate share buyback plans. What they may have not noticed as clearly is the increasing trend in "legal insider trading" ...
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9 Utilities Set To Raise Dividends (DUK, AWK, AWR, XEL, DTE, AEP, CEG, D, ETR, FE, NEE, PNW, PPL, PGN)

Posted: July 6, 2011 at 6:31 am

If you have seen one trend that has lasted in 2011 it is that companies are hiking their dividend payouts for their shareholders.  Many classic investment models are based almost ...
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Why Fund & Income Investors Are Drawn to Utilities (XLU, SO, EXC, D, IDU, RYU, CEG, NRG, NI, PCS, VZ, UPW, NEE, UTF, UTG, DNP, FSTUX, CMS, POR, RYAUX, FE, FKUTX, SRE)

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 10:15 am

When the going gets tough, the tough often play defense -- out of risky assets and into those assets that offer more security and some dividend upside. One choice is ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: US Energy Policy Debate Kicks-off; Saudi Arabia Looks to Solar & Nuclear Growth; Hydropower Gets a Boost

Posted: April 1, 2011 at 1:09 pm

Policy stories have piled up today in alternative energy and energy, led off by a response from the Republican Party to President Obama's energy speech. The GOP has introduced a ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADTN, AET, CLWR, GLW, D, NFLX, NVDA, SPLS, STP, UNH, UTX, VLO, WY)

Posted: February 7, 2011 at 8:13 am

These are some of this Monday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML. Aetna ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAI, D, ERTS, GBX, INTU, KBH, LVS, LDK, NEM, PHM, SPRD, STP, TSL, YGE)

Posted: September 28, 2010 at 7:58 am

These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: AirTran Holdings (NYSE: AAI) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan; Cut to Neutral ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, AMAT, AVGO, CMED, D, FDO, ISRG, MDT, ORCC, PEG, QLIK, RLD, RIMM)

Posted: August 25, 2010 at 8:22 am

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Overweight and $340 target at ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AFL, ACF, BCS, DELL, D, FDX, HES, LULU, NICE, PGI, THC, UPS)

Posted: July 1, 2010 at 8:09 am

These are some of the top analyst research calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms this Thursday morning: AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) Raised to Outperform at ...
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AT&T Customer Satisfaction Dives As Dropped Calls Surge

Posted: May 4, 2010 at 7:02 pm

By Jeff Reeves, Investor Place Wireless telecom provider Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has been trouncing AT&T (NYSE: T) for months in surveys of customer satisfaction and loyalty. But a recent survey ...
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Mine Disaster Is Not Only Problem Facing Coal Industry (ACI, ANR, BKH, CNX, JRCC, MEE, BTU, KOL, MSA, D, CGX)

Posted: April 7, 2010 at 2:30 pm

The coal sector has been rocked in the past two weeks by deadly accidents at mines in China and the US. In China, 32 miners are still missing and 6 ...
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Dividends or Not, Utilities Need To Perform (XLU, SO, D, DUK, FPL, AEP, ETR, FE, EIX, PGN, PPL, XEL, DTE, AES, CEG, NRG, CPN, AYE, NU, PNW, POM, NST, OGE, TE)

Posted: April 1, 2010 at 9:54 am

Investors love dividends, and big stable utility stocks often have some of the highest dividends of any class of stocks.  There has just been one problem... Dividends or not, utilities ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AKAM, BX, D, FCX, GS, NFLX, PAYX, SPLS, SLB, VALE)

Posted: March 3, 2010 at 8:10 am

These are ten of the top research calls we have seen in the form of upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street analysts this Wednesday morning: Akamai Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ...
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