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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Calls of the Week (AMD, AMZN, AAPL, CHTR, CMA, GXP, GMCR, NFLX, RVBD, TEVA, UTX, VLO)

Administrator — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:45:07 +0000

This last week was a bad end to a bad quarter and the research calls were very mixed. We went through the numerous upgrades and downgrades to identify which calls were insightful as well as to identify some of the big winning calls and the losing calls.

The top analyst calls of the last week from Wall Street research firms were in the following: Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD); Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN); Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL); Charter Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR); Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA); Great Plains Energy Incorporated (NYSE: GXP); Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR); Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX); Riverbed Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: RVBD); Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (NASDAQ: TEVA); United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX); and Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO).

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) was a stock that burned UBS this week pretty bad. On Raised came word that UBS raised the rating to Buy. On Wednesday the company dropped the hammer that it is having manufacturing issues that is enough for a lower revenue and margin forecast. Shares went from close to $6.50 up over $6.60 the following day, but the stock closed out te week at $5.08 and hit a new 52-week low of $5.07 on Friday as well. Too bad, but AMD was a bad break for UBS and it took at least 4 downgrades after the news.

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) was maintained with a “Buy” rating and with $255 target at Bank of America Merrill Lynch this last week after the new Kindles were released. There is just one problem, we noted over the weekend that Amazon doesn’t appear to be making money off the new products.

Filed under: Analyst Calls, The Week Tagged: AAPL, AMD, AMZN, CHTR, CMA, GMCR, GXP, NFLX, RVBD, TEVA, UTX, VLO

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMD, ALKS, AMSG, ERTS, EXPE, FSLR, GXP, GMCR, GPRE, ITRI, NFLX, OXY, SLE, UTX)

Administrator — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:25:05 +0000

These are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Alkermes plc (NASDAQ: ALKS) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
AmSurg Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSG) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) Maintained Neutral but raised estimates at Janney.
Expedia Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) Raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray.
First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) Raised to Hold at Maxim Group.
Great Plains Energy Incorporated (NYSE: GXP) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) Started as Buy with $130 target at Argus.
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRE) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Raised to Buy at Merriman.
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Sara Lee Corporation (NYSE: SLE) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.
United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.

Also, here are the top analyst calls of the last week which carry over far beyond just the day and week.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ALKS, AMD, AMSG, ERTS, EXPE, FSLR, GMCR, GPRE, GXP, ITRI, NFLX, OXY, SLE, UTX

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADM, CCL, CAVM, DRYS, GIS, GXP, HP, HES, JNPR, MRVL, NETL, PPG, CRM, STRA, TSLA)

Administrator — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:14:08 +0000

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

Archer Daniels Midland Inc. (NYSE: ADM) Cut estimates and maintained Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) listed as Bear of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
Cavium Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM) Raised to Buy at Auriga.
DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) Reiterated Outperform with $9.00 target at Credit Suisse.
General Mills Inc. (NYSE: GIS) Reiterated Buy with $42 target at Argus.
Great Plains Energy Inc. (NYSE: GXP) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $25 at Argus.
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (NYSE: HP) listed as Bull of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) Kept as Neutral but sees long trade opportunity with $105 target at CRedit Suisse.
Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $49 at Argus.
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) Maintained Neutral at BofA/ML.
NetLogic Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ: NETL) Raised to Buy at Auriga.
PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE: PPG) Maintained Neutral but raised target to $100 at Credit Suisse.
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) Maintained Market Perform with $155 target at FBR.
Strayer Education Inc. (NASDAQ: STRA) Maintained Buy at BofA/ML.
Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Stanley.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ADM, CAVM, CCL, CRM, DRYS, GIS, GXP, HES, HP, JNPR, MRVL, NETL, PPG, STRA, TSLA

The 52-Week Low Club (SIRI)(MOD)(GXP)(HST)(DVN)

247wallst — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:13:36 +0000

Modine Manufacturing (MOD) Losing money and problems with debt covenants. Drops to $.93 from 52-week high of $19.60.

Great Plains Energy (GXP) Bad quarterly results. Very bad. Shares plunge to $14.53 from 52-week high of $27.50.

Devon Energy (DVN) Rise in crude stockpiles. Down to $51.53 from 52-week high of $127.43.

Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) Wall St. starting to cut estimates on hotel earnings. Sells off to $4.37 from 52-week high of $18.81.

Sirius Xm Radio (SIRI) Chapter 11 rumors. Drops to $.052 from 52-week high of $3.89.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Posted in HI/LOW Tagged: DVN, GXP, HST, MOD, SIRI