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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AONE, BIG, BRCM, CME, FITB, FLIR, GOOG, MRVL, STP, YHOO, TS)

247wallst — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:50:47 +0000

These are this morning’s top analyst research calls for upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street analysts this Thursday:

A123 Systems (NASDAQ: AONE) Started as Equal-Weight at Barclays.
Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
CME Group (NYSE: CME) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Flir Systems (NASDAQ: FLIR) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Started as Neutral at MKM Partners.
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) Raised to Hold from Sell at Deutsche Bank.
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) Started as Neutral at MKMPartners.
Tenaris SA (NYSE: TS) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AONE, BIG, BRCM, CME, FITB, FLIR, GOOG, MRVL, STP, TS, YHOO

Cramer’s 2010 Counterterrorism Stock Picks (ASEI, OSIS, FLIR, COGT, NICE)

247wallst — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:45:23 +0000

It seems every market pundit has their outlook picks for 2010, and Jim Cramer is no different. Last night was Cramer’s “Energy Shortage Stock Picks for 2010″ and on CNBC’s MAD MONEY tonight Cramer gave his featured stock picks in the Homeland Security and anti-terrorism sector. Considering the recent failed plane bombing attempt on Christmas Day, this sector enjoyed much interest last week. Cramer believes the real counter-terrorism stocks that are not the garbage speculative names are American Science & Engineering Inc. (NASDAQ: ASEI), OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIS), FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR), and Cogent, Inc. (NASDAQ: COGT). His big feature and review stock for charts and fundamentals was in Nice Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: NICE). Cramer did note that some of these are still up very big from lows and might need to be bought on pullbacks.

American Science & Engineering Inc. (NASDAQ: ASEI) scans for bombs and weapons in transportation systems and it has a $150 million order backlog with a market ten-times the company’s current revenues. OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIS) is a new pick from Cramer and it rose from $22.02 before Christmas and went briefly over $28.00 to new recent highs before pulling back. Its 52-week trading range is $11.01 to $28.49. This one screens people and can detect materials inside clothing.

FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) is Cramer’s pick in security and surveillance that protects major companies and government facilities. FLIR closed at $32.72 and its 52-week trading range is $18.81 to $33.35. Cogent, Inc. (NASDAQ: COGT) is Cramer’s pick for fingerprint and palm scanning technology. Cogent closed at $10.28 and its 52-week trading range is $7.96 to $12.92.

Cramer also featured and reviewed Nice Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: NICE) over tracking terrorism suspects based upon software for abnormal behavior for counter-terrorism and over phone surveillance. He then reviewed the chart. The chart looks solid to him because of higher highs and higher lows. The Real Money writer believes it has room to run up to $40.00 and is not really extended on its chart. The November lows came on very high volume that shook out the sellers. Cramer believes this one has been ignored entirely by the terrorism stocks and can have camera to camera reviewing. It has $500 million, about $8.00 per share, is looking for more acquisitions to make, and trades cheap at 18-times earnings.

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Jon C. Ogg
January 5, 2010

Posted in Analyst Calls, Cramer, Cult Stock, Defense, Transports Tagged: ASEI, COGT, FLIR, NICE, OSIS

Top Analyst Downgrades & Cautious Calls (BCE, GLW, FLIR, GOV, GR)

247wallst — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:39:54 +0000

These are this Tuesday morning’s early-bird analyst downgrades and cautious research calls seen from Wall Street with about two hours until the market opens:

BCE (BCE) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Corning (GLW) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
FLIR Systems (FLIR) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Government Properties Income Trust (GOV) Cut to Underperform at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Goodrich Corp. (GR) Cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch.

JON C. OGG

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: BCE, FLIR, GLW, GOV, GR

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADPT, CBST, FLIR, MA, TEX, LXK, MCXH, V, XRX, ZRAN)

247wallst — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:18:11 +0000

These are the top pre-market analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street this Friday morning:

Adaptec (ADPT) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Cubist Pharamceuticals (CBST) Started as Accumulate at ThinkEquity.
FLIR Systems (FLIR) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
MasterCard (MA) Started as Outperform at Baird.
Terex (TEX) Raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
Lexmark (LXK) Cut to Underweight at Barclays.
Marchex (MCHX) downgraded at Thomas Weisel and at JMP Securities.
Visa (V) Started as Neutral at Baird.
Xeros (XRX) Cut to Equal Weight at Barclays.
Zoran (ZRAN) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.

JON C. OGG
February 20, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: ADPT, CBST, FLIR, LXK, MA, MCXH, TEX, V, XRX, ZRAN

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AXP, AXYS, BJ, CAVM, ERTS, ERIC, FLIR, FTI, GE, HTLD, KNX, NKE, SINA)

247wallst — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:10:55 +0000

These are the top downgrades or negative calls we have seen this Wednesday morning from Wall Street analysts:

American Express (AXP) Started as Sell at Banc of America; Started as Sell at Citigroup.
Axsys Technologies (AXYS) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
BJ’s Wholesale (BJ) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Cavium Networks (CAVM) Cut to Market Weight at Thomas Weisel.
Electronic Arts (ERTS) was downgraded at Citigroup, Banc of America, and piper Jaffray.
Ericsson (ERIC) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
FLIR Systems (FLIR) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
FMC Tech (FTI) Cut to Sell at UBS.
General Electric (GE) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Heartlan Express (HTLD) Cut to Sell at UBS.
Knight Transportation (KNX) Cut to Sell at UBS.
Nike (NKE) Cut to Neutral at Banc of America.
Sina (SINA) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.

Jon C. Ogg
December 10, 2008

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: AXP, AXYS, BJ, CAVM, ERIC, ERTS, FLIR, FTI, GE, HTLD, KNX, NKE, SINA

Earnings Gappers (July 25, 2007)

247wallst — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:23:24 +0000

(AMZN) Amazon.com trading up over 20% after beating earnings and raising guidance; has 5 upgrades so far.
(ASH) Ashland $1.35 EPS vs $1.11 estimate.
(BA) Boeing $1.35 EPS vs $1.16 estimate; guidance looks soft if not on items; shares trading up 2% pre-market.
(CACH) Cache $0.12 EPS vs $0.07 estimate.
(CBR) Ciber $0.13 EPS vs $0.12 estimate.
(CL) Colgate-Polmolive $0.84 EPS vs $0.83 estimate.
(ETH) Ethan Allen $0.65 EPS vs $0.65 estimate.
(FLIR) FLIR Systems $0.38 EPS vs $0.36 estimate.
(HES) Hess $1.75 EPS vs $1.45 estimate.
(JOYG) Joy Global issues earnings warning.
(KEM) Kemet $0.12 EPS vs $0.10 estimate.
(MDCO) Medicines Company $0.03 EPS vs $0.02 estimate.
(MPX) Marine Products $0.14 EPS vs $0.12 estimate.
(NTRI) NutriSystem traded down another 10%+ after beating estimates, but lowering guidance.
(PAS) Pepsi Americas $0.60 EPS vs $0.50 estimate.
(PFCB) P.F.Chang’s $0.36 EPS vs $0.36 estimate.
(RAI) Reynolds America $1.10 EPS vs $1.21 estimate.
(SEE) Sealed Air $0.41 EPS vs. $0.42 estimate.
(TRAD) TradeStation $0.18 EPS vs $0.18 estimate.
(TRB) Tribune $0.47 EPS vs $0.48 estimate.
(TROW) T.Rowe Price $0.58 EPS vs $0.58 estimate.
(XEL) Xcel Energy $0.29 EPS vs $0.26 estimate.

Jon C. Ogg
July 25, 2007