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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARCO, CPB, CRZO, CIM, CYH, EWBC, ENER, FGP, HPQ, HUM, KBR, MOS, MYL, PAAS, CRM, THC, ZIP)

Administrator — Tue, 24 May 2011 12:35:49 +0000

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

Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ARCO) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley; started as Buy at Citi; Started as Neutral at JPMorgan.
Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB) Raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. (NASDAQ: CRZO) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Community Health Systems. Inc. (NYSE: CYH) Reinstated as Outperform with $35 target at Credit Suisse.
East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: EWBC) Cut to Neutral with $21 target at Credit Suisse.
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENER) Cut estimates and target to $1.50 at Credit Suisse.
Ferrellgas Partners (NYSE: FGP) Maintained Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) Cut to Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley.
Humana, Inc. (NYSE: HUM) Maintained Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
KBR INc. (NYSE: KBR) Added to Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List.
Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) Reinstated as Outperform with $85 target at Credit Suisse.
Mylan Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: MYL) Raised to Buy with $29 target at Argus.
Pan American Silver Corporation (NASDAQ: PAAS) Maintained Strong Buy as Value at Zacks.
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) Reinstated as Outperform with $7.50 target at Credit Suisse; Started as Neutral at BofA/ML.
Zipcar, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZIP) Started as Outperform with $30 target at Oppenheimer; Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ARCO, CIM, CPB, CRM, CRZO, CYH, ENER, EWBC, FGP, HPQ, HUM, KBR, MOS, MYL, PAAS, THC, ZIP

Top Day Trader Alerts (ARIA, EWBC, GE, MCD, ANF)

247wallst — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:55:58 +0000

These are this Monday’s top day trader and active traders stock alerts. We have a link for more detailed analysis and price/volume data at VSInvestor.com:

Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARIA) is up 10% as traders hope the analyst upgrade may hint at it being the next hot low price biotech stock.

East West Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: EWBC) is soaring by 27% on it winning in an FDIC-led bank takeover.

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is up again by almost 3% this morning on a likely NBC Universal valuation of close to $30 billion.

McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) is up almost 1% on same store sales, but U.S. same store sales remain more of a concern than some of its other growth.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) is up 5% on an analyst upgrade.

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Jon C. Ogg
November 9, 2009

Posted in Pre-Market Activity, Trading Alert Tagged: ANF, ARIA, EWBC, GE, MCD

Secondary Offerings Come Back Fast (CEDC, HGG, EWBC, BMS, INTC, STSA, CVBF, RT)

247wallst — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:30:49 +0000

Now that markets are back up, we are starting to see many syndicate offerings come in. That is not a huge surprise, but the volume of companies is rather strong. We have seen priced offerings from Central European Distribution Corp. (NASDAQ: CEDC), hhgregg, Inc. (NYSE: HGG), and from East West Bancorp (NASDAQ: EWBC). We have also seen filings from Bemis Co., Inc. (NYSE: BMS), Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Sterling Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: STSA), and CVB Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CVBF). Ruby Tuesday Inc. (NYSE: RT) is also on deck with a 10 million share offering taht may come this week.

Central European Distribution Corp. (NASDAQ: CEDC) had an 8.35 million share secondary priced at $24.00 after closing at $25.43.

hhgregg, Inc. (NYSE: HGG) had a 3.5 million share secondary priced at $16.50, after closing at $17.06 yesterday.

East West Bancorp (NASDAQ: EWBC) had a 11 million share Secondary price at $6.35 after closing at $6.72 yesterday.

Bemis Co., Inc. (NYSE: BMS) filed to sell 7.5 million shares.

Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) filed to sell $1.5 billion of 30-Year junior subordinated convertible debt.

Sterling Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: STSA) filed for a $500 million shelf registration, yet its market cap is only $167 million.

CVB Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CVBF) filed to sell $135 million worth of common stock, and its market cap is $511 million.

Ruby Tuesday Inc. (NYSE: RT) is likely to sell 10 million shares that may come this week.

JON C. OGG
JULY 21, 2009

Posted in Secondary Offering Tagged: BMS, CEDC, CVBF, EWBC, HGG, INTC, RT, STSA

The 52-Week Low Club (MTG)(LCC)(RBS)(BAC)(MER)(CAL)(GHS)(EWBC)

247wallst — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:58:09 +0000

MGIC Investment (MTG) Money still moving out of bond insurers. Down to $8.75 from 52-week high of $62.94.

US Airways Group (LCC) Oil prices up driving airlines down. Company say fuel bill could move up $2 billion of year. Down to $3.11 from 52-week high of $36.81.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Still dropping for losses and concerns about balance sheet. Down to $4.18 from 52-week high of $11.50.

Bank of America (BAC) Worries over losses and buy-out of Countrywide (CFC) Sells down to $28.93 from 52-week high of $52.96.

Merrill Lynch (MER) Brokerage stocks still being hurt by Lehman (LEH) results. Sell off to $35.66 from 52-week high of $91.95.

Continental Airlines (CAL) Like the rest, pressured by high fuel prices. Drops to $12.08 from 52-week high of $39.79.

Gatehouse (GHS) Newspaper stocks continue to fall. Dips to $3.18 from 52-week high of $19.60.

East West Bancorp (EWBC) Regional banks keep falling on mortgage concerns. Drops to $9.86 from 52-week high of $40.88.

Douglas A. McIntyre