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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (APD, AEP, AMAT, EBAY, EL, EXPD, HON, JASO, LLL, NFLX, UFPI, YOKU)

Administrator — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:03:42 +0000

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

Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (NYSE: APD) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
American Electric Power Co., Inc. (NYSE: AEP) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) Raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray.
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) Reiterated Outperform and target raised to $40 at Credit Suisse.
Estee Lauder Companies (NYSE: EL) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Expeditors International of Washington Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPD) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) Raised to Buy and $66 target at Argus.
JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) Cut to Strong Sell at S&P Equity Research (late Tuesday call).
Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: LLL) Raised to Hold at Argus.
Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Cut to Underperform at Needham.
Universal Forest Products Inc. (NASDAQ: UFPI) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Youku.com Inc. (NYSE: YOKU) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AEP, AMAT, APD, EBAY, EL, EXPD, HON, JASO, LLL, NFLX, UFPI, YOKU

Logistics & Transports: Recovery Winners and Losers (CSX, CHRW, EXPD, FDX, HTLD)

Administrator — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:06:08 +0000

Shipping, transportation, and logistics… all winners in the economic recovery. An article titled “Can Logistics Stocks Carry the Load for Investors?” by Morningstar’s Keith Schoonmaker notes some key winners and losers in the sector from trucking, rail, intermodal marketing, freight forwarding, and other aspects in the recovery. Some of the identified names are CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX), CH Robinson Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: CHRW), Expeditors International of Washington Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPD), FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) and Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTLD). Schoonmaker noted, “All logistics firms stand to benefit from the present recovery in U.S. industrial production and global exchange.” He outlines some other winners in the sector and some where the news looks fully discounted into the shares at current prices.

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Filed under: Analyst Calls, Transports Tagged: CHRW, CSX, EXPD, FDX, HTLD

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AIB, IRE, BSX, KMX, CL, COV, DWA, EXPD, SBUX, TU, UA, VALE)

247wallst — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:29:32 +0000

These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen early this Thursday morning:

Allied Irish Banks (NYSE: AIB) Cut to Sell at RBS.
Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) Cut to Sell at RBS.
Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
CarMax Inc. (NYSE: KMX) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Covidien plc (NYSE: COV) Raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray.
Dreamworks Animation (NYSE: DWA) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Expeditors International (NASDAQ: EXPD) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Telus Corp. (NYSE: TU) Cut to Sector Perform at RBC Capital.
Under Armour, Inc. (NYSE: UA) Raised to Neutral at UBS.
Vale S.A. (NYSE: VALE) Started as Neutral at UBS.

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Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: AIB, BSX, CL, COV, DWA, EXPD, IRE, KMX, SBUX, TU, UA, VALE

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ATI, APOL, AUO, ABX, BWLD, EXPD, HAL, JCOM, NOK, MTN)

247wallst — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:51:15 +0000

These are the ten top analyst calls we have seen early this Tuesday morning with about two hours until the open:

Allegheny Tech (ATI) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
Apollo Group (APOL) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
AU Optronics (AUO) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Barrick Gold (ABX) Raised to Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Expeditors International (EXPD) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Halliburton (HAL) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
j2 Global (JCOM) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Nokia (NOK) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
Vail Resorts (MTN) Cut to Market Perform at Wachovia.

Jon C. Ogg
April 21, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: ABX, APOL, ATI, AUO, BWLD, EXPD, HAL, JCOM, MTN, NOK

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (BBT, EXPD, FLR, JEC, JCG, NOK, SIAL, VMED)

247wallst — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:55:29 +0000

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

BB&T (BBT) Raised to Market Perform at KBW.
Expeditors International (EXPD) Raised to Neutral from Sell at UBS.
Fluor (FLR) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
Jacobs Engineering (JEC) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
J. Crew (JCG) Raised to Equal Weight at Barclays.
Nokia (NOK) Raised to Hold from Sell at Societe Gednerale.
Sigma-Aldrich (SIAL) Raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Virgin Media (VMED) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
January 23, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: BBT, EXPD, FLR, JCG, JEC, NOK, SIAL, VMED

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AXL, AXP, COF, DRYS, EXPD, FII, F, LEA, SAP, TRW, VE, WAT)

247wallst — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:47:26 +0000

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and negative calls we are seeing this Friday morning:

American Axle (AXL) Cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.
American Express (AXP) Started as Sell at Deutsche Bank.
Capital One (COF) Started as Sell at Deutsche Bank.
DryShips (DRYS) Cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.
Expeditors International (EXPD) Cut to Sell at UBS.
Federated Investors (FII) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
Ford (F) Cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.
Lear (LEA) Cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.
SAP AG (SAP) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
TRW (TRW) Cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.
Veolia (VE) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
Waters (WAT) Downgraded at 3 firms: Baird, Deutsche Bank, & Leerink Swann.

Jon C. Ogg
December 12, 2008

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: AXL, AXP, COF, DRYS, EXPD, F, FII, LEA, SAP, TRW, VE, WAT

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AFL, CROX, DKS, DWA, EXPD, ERIC, POT, STT, UST, XTO)

247wallst — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:52:57 +0000

Below are the top analyst calls we are focusing on this Wednesday morning:

AFLAC (NYSE: AFL) cut to Neutral from Buy at UBS.
Crocs (NASDAQ: CROX) cut to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan.
Dick’s Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) cut to Neutral from Buy at UBS.
DreamWorks Animation (NYSEL DWA) started as Neutral at UBS.
Expeditors International (NYSE: EXPD) cut to Neutral at UBS.
LM Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) cut to Neutral at HSBC Securities.
Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT) target Raised to $240 From $200 at CIBC.
State Street (NYSE: STT) cut to Market Perform from Outperform at KBW.
UST (NYSE: UST) cut to Neutral from Buy at Goldman Sachs.
XTO Energy ((NYSE: XTO) started as Outperform at Morgan Keegan.

Jon C. Ogg
April 2, 2008

Jon Ogg produces the Special Situation Investing Newsletter and he can be reached at jonogg@247wallst.com; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AU, APOL, CLF, DRI, ETR, EXC, EXPD, F, MELI, OSIP, STX, WDC)

247wallst — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:55:28 +0000

These are not all of the analyst calls out there affecting shares, but these are the top 10 analyst we are focusing on this Monday morning:

Anglogold (NYSE: AU) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL) cut to Sell at Banc of America.
Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE: CLF) started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.
Entergy (NYSE: ETR) & Excelon (NYSE: EXC) raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Expeditors International (NASDAQ: EXPD) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Ford Motors (NYSE: F) cut to Sell at Citigroup.
MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) raised to Outperform at RBC Capital.
OSI Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: OSIP) raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
Seagate Tech (NYSE: STX) raised to Overweight at JP Morgan; Western Digital (NYSE: WDC) downgraded to Underweight at JP Morgan.

Jon C. Ogg
March 3, 2008