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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ANDE, AINV, AMAT, BAC, BYD, CSTR, EXH, FSLR, HMA, KLAC, LNKD, MU, POT, HK, RCL, SNDK, CRM, SYMC, VMW)

Administrator — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:01:10 +0000

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

The Andersons, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANDE) Maintained Buy as Value at Zacks.
Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) Started as Perform at Oppenheimer.
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Boyd Gaming Corp. (NYSE: BYD) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Exterran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EXH) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) Cut to Hold at ThinkEquity.
Health Management Associates Inc. (NYSE: HMA) Cut to Hold at Argus.
KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) Started as Perform at Oppenheimer.
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) Raised to Outperform at Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Petrohawk Energy Corporation (NYSE: HK) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE: RCL) Maintained Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AINV, AMAT, ANDE, BAC, BYD, CRM, CSTR, EXH, FSLR, HK, HMA, KLAC, LNKD, MU, POT, RCL, SNDK, SYMC, VMW

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (UHAL, ATML, BBBY, EXH, FORM, IHS, LEAP, NKE, QCOM, RDN, S, TGT, TGB, TXM, RIG)

Administrator — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:22:33 +0000

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

AMERCO Inc. (NASDAQ: UHAL) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) Raised to Buy at Gleacher & Co.
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) Raised to Market Perform at FBR.
Exterran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EXH) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
FormFactor Inc. (NASDAQ: FORM) Added to Top Pick List at Citigroup.
IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $100 at Argus.
Leap Wireless International Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) Reiterated Hold at Argus.
QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) Raised to Buy at Stern Agee.
Radian Group Inc. (NYSE: RDN) Reiterated Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) Maintained Outperform and $8 target at Credit Suisse.
Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) Raised to Outperform at BMO.
Taseko Mines Ltd. (AMEX: TGB) Cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.
Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) Cut estimates on Japan at Argus.
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) Reiterated Hold at Argus.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ATML, BBBY, EXH, FORM, IHS, LEAP, NKE, QCOM, RDN, RIG, S, TGB, TGT, TXM, UHAL

Growing Natural Gas Fuel Station Footprint (CLNE, EXH)

247wallst — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:05:15 +0000

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) is adding more natural gas fueling stations. The Pickens-backed business is acquiring the natural gas fueling station business of Exterran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EXH), including natural gas station operations and maintenance contracts covering approximately 25 million gasoline gallon equivalents of natural gas fuel on an annual basis for four transit operators (eight fueling facilities).

The transit agencies served include Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority in Los Angeles, CA. This operates the largest clean air bus fleet in the United States. It also includes the Montgomery County Transit MD, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in Washington D.C., and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in Boston MA.

The acquisition of the LACMTA and MBTA contracts closed effective upon signing of the acquisition agreement; and the sale of the contracts with Montgomery County Transit and WMATA is subject to approval of the appropriate transit authorities.

The aggregate purchase price for the acquired contracts is approximately $5.9 million, a fraction of the $437 million market cap of Clean Energy.

On the surface this sounds like a very small deal. But what is important here is the footprint. Natural gas converted to fuel is still in its infancy, and this actually helps to grow the geographic footprint of the company. Most operations are of course in California, but as you can see it lists other states as well: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New York, Texas, Washington (state), B.C. Canada, Ontario Canada, and Georgia.

Jon C. Ogg
May 8, 2009

Posted in Alternative Energy, Green Biz, Mergers and Buy Outs, Oil & Gas Tagged: CLNE, EXH