Posts for Ticker ‘GMR’

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMED, BNI, CMCSA, CSX, DCP, FISV, GMR, HLS, STJ, TWC)

These are ten of the top pre-market analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiation calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Wednesday morning with close to two hours until the market opens:

Amedisys (AMED) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI) Started as Outperform at Baird.
Comcast (CMCSA) Started as Overweight at JPMOrgan.
CSX (CSX) Started as Outperform at Baird.
Dyncorp (DCP) Started as Buy at SunTrust.
Fiserv (FISV) Started as Buy at Citigroup.
General Maritime Corp. (GMR) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
HealthSouth Corp. (HLS) Started as Outperform at Baird.
St. Jude Medical (STJ) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Time Warner Cable (TWC) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.

JON C. OGG

Top Analyst Upgrades (ADBE, ALGT, AXP, DRIV, GMR, MSFT, NFLX, OMTR, CRM, SYMC)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades or positive initiations we have seen early this morning with about two hours until the open:

Adobe Systems (ADBE) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
Allegiant Travel (ALGT) Started as Overweight at Barclays.
American Express (AXP) Raised to Hold from Sell at Citigroup.
Digital River (DRIV) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
General Maritime (GMR) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Microsoft (MSFT) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
Netflix (NFLX) Started as Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
Omniture (OMTR) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
Salesforce.com (CRM) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
Symantec (SYMC) Raised to Outperform at RBC.

JON C. OGG

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ABX, COGT, GMR, GG, NEM, NAT, PRU, UBS, X, WOR)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades we have seen early this Monday morning:

  • Barrick (ABX) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • Cogent (COGT) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • General Maritime (GMR) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Goldcorp (GG) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • Newmont (NEM) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • Nordic American Tanker (NAT) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
  • Prudential (PRU) Cut to Marekt Perform at FBR.
  • UBS (UBS) Cut to Neutral at Merrill Lynch.
  • US Steel (X) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • Worthington (WOR) Cut to Underperform at CIBC.

Jon C. Ogg
December 22, 2008

Early Bird Analyst Upgrades (AEO, BPL, GMR, ITRI, PNR, TCK, URBN)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades we are seeing from Wall Street firms this Thursday morning with more than two hours to the open:

  • American Eagle (AEO) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
  • Buckeye Partners (BPL) Raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • General Maritime (GMR) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Itron (ITRI) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Pentair (PNR) Raised to outperform at Baird.
  • Teck Cominco (TCK) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
  • Urban Outfitters (URBN) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.

Jon C. Ogg
October 23, 2008

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ADCT, ALV, CAT, FORM, GMR, GIII, MIR, SNIC, TGT, TOPS, WM, ZMH)

These are some of the top downgrades or negative analyst calls we are seeing this Wednesday morning in early pre-market hours:

  • ADC Telecom (ADCT) Cut to Neutral at Baird; Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
  • Autoliv (ALV) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • Caterpillar (CAT) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • FormFactor (FORM) Cut to Perform  at Oppenheimer.
  • General Maritime (GMR) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • G-III Apparel Group (GIII) Cut to Market Weight at Thomas Weisel.
  • Mirant (MIR) Cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.
  • Sonic Solutions (SNIC) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Target Corp. (TGT) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • Top Ships (TOPS) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
  • Washington Mutual (WM) Cut to Sell at Piper Jaffray.
  • Zimmer Holdings (ZMH) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.

Jon C. Ogg
July 23, 2008

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (MO, AMZN, GS, IP, NCC, NOVL, RMG, SAP, URI, GMR, OSG, TK)

Below are the top analyst upgrades and downgrades we are looking at this Tuesday morning:

  • Altria Group (NYSE: MO) Started as Buy at UBS.
  • Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) started as Buy at Canaccord Adams.
  • Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
  • International Paper (NYSE: IP) downgraded to Neutral at JP Morgan.
  • National City (NYSE: NCC) raised to Market Perform at KBW.
  • Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) started as Buy at Broadpoint Capital.
  • RiskMetrics (NYSE: RMG) raised to Buy at Banc of America.
  • SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) raised to Outperform at Bernstein.
  • United Rentals (NYSE: URI) downgraded to Underweight at JP Morgan.

Citigroup raised overseas ship tankers to Buy from Hold: General Maritime (NYSE: GMR), Overseas Shipholding (NYSE: OSG), and Teekay Shipping (NYSE: TK).

Jon C. Ogg
March 18, 2008

Backward & Forward, Cramer In 2007 To 2008

2007 was one volatile year and for now it appears that will be the norm for at least the start of 2008.  Everyone’s favorite market pundit or least liked pundit is obviously Jim Cramer.  If you love Cramer or can’t stand him it really doesn’t matter.  He signed a new multi-year deal with CNBC recently.  Here are some of his major calls this year that will still be referred to in 2008:

Here were Cramer’s TOP 9 STOCKS FOR 2007, with a call broken down for each one.  Borat would say HI FIVE on some and NOT SO NICE on others, as would be expected.  Cramer’s 14,582 year-end DJIA target…..Friday’s close was 13,365.87……although we did hit 14,279.96 on OCT11, 2007.  Cramer also gave a batch of price targets on most of theDJIA components:

Cramer’s Stock Picks FOR 5-YEARS OUT:

SOME LISTS: His list of recession proof stocks compared to ours.  We are updating our
Defensive Stocks For The First Half Of 2008" currently.  Cramer gave a huge list of companies he expects to benefit from the alternative energy traders (SGR, FWLT, BWA, OMG, FSLR, FTEK, WFR, TTEK, ZOLT, BP, SPWR, CY, CPST, ITRI)… Jim Cramer pondered which US companies China would want to acquire, about 3 months before sovereign funds started buying into US companies.  Cramer’s mortgage winners and losers…… Here were his MAJOR BULL MARKET STOCK PICKS(MHS, CVS, AGN, CELG, GENZ, CEPH, RIG, HAL, EMR, CAT, CMI, UTX, KO,PEP, CL, GS, SKS, VFC, UNP, CSX, BA), some of which are DJIAcomponents.  Cramer produced a "MUST OWN" list of stocks, many of whichare up significantly and some are down (WHR, BDK, ATI, BGC, HON, ASD, JCI, MDR, FWLT, CAT, TEX, DE, QCOM)

Cramer spent lots of time on International stocks that most US investors might not cover on their own.  He made a big call on Mercadolibre (MELI) (also BIDU, GOOG) with some emphasis on buying immediately, right before it made a huge run up.  Cramer’s Hidden Video Game Investment Perfect World (PWRD, ATVI, ERTS, VIA) was one he said could run more than 50% for 2008.  Cramer made 5 TOP CHINESE PICKS (CEO, CHL, SSW, FMCN, BIDU, GMR).  We’ll see in 2008 if any of his Canadian OIL TRUSTS get acquired in 2008 (BTE, CNE, PGH, PVX, PWE, AAV, GDI).  Cramer also went over his top picks from Europe for American investors (TOT, SI, ABB, PHG, BF)

ON TECHNOLOGY:  Cramer’s NEW HORSEMEN OF TECH…. will the list change in 2008???  Did Cramer Say $1,000.00 on Google, Or Is It $600.00? That was in May 2007.  Cramer Gave Monster Price targets to Baidu.com (BIDU, GOOG).. will these targets change in 2008? Cramer was very positive on all the GPS stocks,although we’d expect that Cramer will change his tune in 2008 now thatthe holiday madness is behind us (GRMN, UA, CROX, NVT, TRMB, SIRF).

Would it be fair not to include the Barron’s attack on Cramer from summer for those of you that criticize his every word?

ON WARREN BUFFETT…. Cramer noted that BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT in Canada may be the next Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK/A) NYSE: BAM). Cramer reviewed 10 Warren Buffett stocks for analysis and then reviewed 10 More Warren Buffett stocks:

Will his buyout of ALCOA (AA) prediction come true in 2008??? Cramer gave a list of stocks that had bought back so much stock that they might be taking themselves private.

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Happy New Years from the 247WallSt.com team!

Jon C. Ogg
December 31, 2007

Cramer’s Top 5 China Stock Picks (CEO, CHL, SSW, FMCN, BIDU, GMR)

Stock Tickers Mentioned: CEO, CHL, SSW, FMCN, BIDU, GMR

On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Cramer dedicated the night to China.  He’s not gung ho on Chinese stocks, but he’s willing to review some of them.  As a reminder, Cramer said he doesn’t like investing in China, he doesn’t trust China, and he thinks it is overvalued.  He thinks an imminent 8% to 10% pullback any time because it’s overheated.  After you get that pullback then you can buy the stocks, but he advises not to do so now.

As a reminder Cramer said he wouldn’t cross the river with his charitable trust to incvest there even if they pullback 20% in the market.  But Cramer does have some picks; he has 3 solid steady plays and has 2 speculative stock picks.

THE SOLID & STEADY PLAYS:

CNOOC (CEO)…China’s nationalized oil play, the number 1 offshore, a large player in Indonesia; 67% government owned. Under the production sharing, they get the mandatory rights.  As long as oil stays high this one is a winner he thinks.  ADR’s have a $45 Billion market cap; 3% dividend yield.

China Mobile (CHL)….winner in Chinese wireless market, 68% of the mobile users in China, government owns the majority.  It has been on hold because China Telecom rumors are that they might enter wireless; has 1.9% dividend; $191 Billion market cap.

Seaspan (SSW)…Shipping Vessel operator for overseas freight shipments; 6% dividend; $1.45 Billion market cap.  He likes this better than General Maritime (GMR) now. 

THE SPECULATIVE PLAYS:

Focus Media (FMCN) runs display ads all over China and now going online, which is his first pick. It advertises in cities over 1 million people.

Baidu.com (BIDU) is called the "Google of China" by many, but it is actually beating Google at its own game in China.

As a last reminder, Cramer said this is because YOU the audience keeps asking for China picks and he isn’t a big fan.  He thinks a big pullback is imminent and he wouldn’t buy until after.  He wouldn’t buy these speculative names at all right now, and would only buy these on serious pullbacks.  Consider yourself warned and informed.

Jon C. Ogg
June 13, 2007

Jon Ogg can be reached at jonogg@247wallst.com; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.