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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BBVA, STD, EP, EE, FNSR, FSLR, GFI, GS, HLIT, HCA, MENT, NFLX, PETM, RYAAY, S, TJX, VCLK)

Administrator — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:18:52 +0000

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

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (NYSE: BBVA) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Banco Santander S.A. (NYSE: STD) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP) Reiterated Buy as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
El Paso Electric Co. (NYSE: EE) Cut to Hold at Argus.
Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) Maintained Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Gold Fields Limited (NYSE: GFI) Reiterated Buy as Value at Zacks.
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) Reiterated Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
HCA Inc. (NYSE: HCA) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Reiterated Outperform and raised target to $310 at Credit Suisse; Reiterated Sell at Janney Capital; Maintained as Buy with $300 target at Canaccord Genuity.
PetSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PETM) Started as Outperform at RBC.
Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ: RYAAY) Cut to Market Perform at Raymond James.
Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TJX) Started as Buy at BofA/ML.
ValueClick, Inc. (NASDAQ: VCLK) Raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray.

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Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: BBVA, EE, EP, FNSR, FSLR, GFI, GS, HCA, HLIT, MENT, NFLX, PETM, RYAAY, S, STD, TJX, VCLK

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AKAM, BCS, ED, EE, FII, ISRG, LGF, POR, PII, TROW, HD)

Administrator — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:27:00 +0000

These are some of this Monday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes:

Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Barclays plc (NYSE: BCS) Maintained Buy but cut target and estimates at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Consolidated Edison Inc. (NYSE: ED) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
El Paso Electric Co. (NYSE: EE) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Federated Investors, Inc. (NYSE: FII) Raised to Market Perform at FBR.
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG) Cut to Hold at Brean Murray.
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: LGF) Cut to Market Perform at BMO Capital.
Portland General Electric (NYSE: POR) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Polaris Industries, Inc. (NYSE: PII) Raised to Buy at KeyBanc.
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NYSE: TROW) Raised to Outperform at FBR.

The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) Raised target to $45 and raised estimates at Citigroup.

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Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AKAM, BCS, ED, EE, FII, HD, ISRG, LGF, PII, POR, TROW

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (EE, LRY, NEM, RSYS, RVBD, RYAAY, STAR, UPS)

247wallst — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:00:54 +0000

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

El Paso Electric (EE) Raised to Hold at Jefferies.
Liberty Property (LRY) Raised to Hold at Citigroup.
Newmont Mining (NEM) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Radisys (RSYS) Raised to Buy at Cantor Fotzgerald.
Riverbed Tech (RVBD) Raised to Buy at Merriman Curhan.
Ryanair (RYAAY) Raised to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Starent (STAR) Started as Buy at Cantor Fitzgerald.
UPS (UPS) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.

Jon C. Ogg
February 4, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: EE, LRY, NEM, RSYS, RVBD, RYAAY, STAR, UPS

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (APD, AA, CENX, CERN, BOOM, ECLP, EE, FCX, K, LOGI, WYE)

247wallst — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:34:31 +0000

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades we have seen this Thursday morning with more than two hours until the market opens:

Air Products (APD) Cut to Hold at KeyBanc.
Alcoa (AA) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
Century Aluminum (CENX) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
Cerner (CERN) Cut to Hold at Jefferies; Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Dynamic Materials (BOOM) Cut to Hold at KeyBanc.
Eclipsys (ECLP) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies.
El Paso Electric (EE) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley; Cut to Underperform at FBR.
Kellogg (K) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Logitech (LOGI) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
Wyeth (WYE) Cut to Neutral at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
January 22, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: AA, APD, BOOM, CENX, CERN, ECLP, EE, FCX, K, LOGI, WYE