Posts for Ticker ‘HS’

Top Analyst Upgrades (EAT, DAI, ENR, HS, LEN, LNC, MGM, RTP)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades we have seen from Wall Street early this Monday morning:

Brinker International (EAT) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Daimler (DAI) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Energizer Holdings (ENR) Raised to Neutral at UBS.
HealthSpring (HS) Raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
Lennar (LEN) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Lincoln National (LNC) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
MGM Mirage (MGM) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Rio Tinto (RTP) Raised to Hold from Sell at RBS.

JON C. OGG

Posted on: May 18, 2009 – 6:54 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , ,

S&P Index Change Candidates (DWA, HS, GMCR, FBTX, MLNM)

We have seen several announcements out of Standard & Poors regarding index changes today, with the effective dates as follows:

  • DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. (NYSE: DWA) will now replace Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: MLNM) in the S&P MidCap 400 after the close of trading on Thursday, May 8, as Millennium’s acquisition by Takeda is expected to close on or about that date.
  • HealthSpring Inc. (NYSE: HS) will now replace Franklin Bank Corp. (NASDAQ: FBTX) in the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close on Wednesday, May 7…. Franklin has a market cap of a mere $26 million and has the 600th worst weighting in the index. 
  • Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) will replace Matria Healthcare Inc. (NASDAQ: MATR) in the S&P SmallCap 600 on a T.B.A. basis, pending Inverness Medical Innovations (AMEX: IMA) final approvals to acquire Matria.

As a reminder, traders that look at index additions and deletions generally like to focus on stocks that are coming in fresh into the S&P that were not a member of the S&P 1500 comprised of small-cap, mid-cap, and 500-Index members already.

Jon C, Ogg
May 5, 2008

Posted on: May 5, 2008 – 4:56 pm in Index, , , , ,

Pre-Market Stock News (June 13, 2007)

(AOB) American Oriental enters into a letter-of-intent to acquire an established plant based pharmaceutical company named Changchun Xinan Pharmaceutical Group for up to $30 million.
(CEN) Ceridian largest shareholder says the private equity buyout is underpriced.
(EBAY) eBay is still in court over this MercExchange LLC patent over its “Buy It Now” patent.
(F) Ford confirmed that it is reviewing sales of Jaguar and Rover; Goldman Sachs and others hired.
(GWR) Genesee & Wyoming reported a total carload decrease of 0.3%.
(GYI) Getty Images announced it has filed its 10-K for 2006.
(HS) Healthspring lowered guidance.
(LWSN) Lawson Software raised guidance to $0.05 to $0.07 EPS vs $0.04e.
(MAGS) Magal Security announced a new strategic partnership in Brazil for services providers.
(PAY) VeriFone Holdings announced it has been selected as the sole provider of electronic payment systems by the China Postal Savings Bank.
(POR) Portland General Electric announced the pricing of a 21 million share secondary at $26.00; seller is Enron Disputed Claims Reserve.
(SAPE) Sapient $0.07 EPS vs $0.01+e.
(SHLM) A. Schulman lowered guidance.
(SNY) Sanofi-Aventis diet drug all in one pill is being reviewed; already marketed as Acomplia in other countries.
(SSYS) Stratasys will replace LSS on S&P Small Cap 600 Index on June 14.
(TYC) Tyco will take a $500 Million pre-tax and $370 million after tax impairment charge for the sale of its Power Systems business.
(VLCM) Volcom will replace PXR on the S&P Small Cap 600 Index on June 15.

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.

Posted on: June 13, 2007 – 6:51 am in Pre-Market Activity, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,