Posts for Ticker ‘INCY’

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (BIIB, INCY, MOT, CMCSA, JWN, ODP, PALM, RIMM, RCL, YUM)

These are this Monday’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms:

Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ: INCY) Started as Outperform at Leerink Swann.
Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) Cut to Hold at Kaufman Bros.
Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE: JWN) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) Cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.
Research-in-Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
Royal Caribbean (NYSE: RCL) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
YUM! Brands (NYSE: YUM) Raised to Outperform at RBC Capital.

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JON C. OGG

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (FCX, INCY, JEF, LPX, TU, WBS)

Below are some of the top early bird analyst upgrades we have seen early this morning with more than two hours to the open:

  • Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
  • Incyte (INCY) Started as Buy at Stanford Group.
  • Jefferies (JEF) Raised to Market Perform at Wachovia.
  • Louisiana-Pacific (LPX) Raised to Sector Perform at RBC.
  • TELUS Corp. (TU) Raised to Buy at UBS.
  • Webster Financial (WBS) Raised to Buy at Sander O’Neill.

Jon C. Ogg
October 7, 2008

Early Bird Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADTN, EYE, HOC, INCY, PTR, CEG, KSS, VNO, WFMI)

These are some of the early bird analyst calls we are seeing in stocks this Thursday morning which could impact shares:

  • ADTRAN (ADTN) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
  • Advanced Medical Optics (EYE) Started as Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
  • Constellation Energy (CEG) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
  • Holly Corp. (HOC) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
  • Incyte Corp. (INCY) Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.
  • Kohl’s (KSS) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
  • PetroChina (PTR) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
  • Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) Cut to Market Perform at Wachovia.
  • Whole Foods (WFMI) Started as Underperform at FBR.

Jon C. Ogg
September 18, 2008

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (EXPO, EHTH, INCY, RIGL, WBD, AMR, AMLN, BKUNA, NGG)

It is getting pretty thin in analyst coverage as we get closer to Labor Day, but these are the upgrades and downgrades we are seeing this Wednesday morning:

  • Exponent (EXPO) Started as Buy at SunTrust.
  • eHealth (EHTH) Started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.
  • Incyte (INCY) Started as Buy at Citigroup.
  • Rigel (RIGL) Started as Buy at Citigroup.
  • Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods (WBD) Raised to Buy at UBS.
  • AMR (AMR) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
  • Amylin Pharma (AMLN) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
  • BankUnited (BKUNA) Cut To Sell at Stifel Nicolaus.
  • National Grid (NGG) Cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.

Jon C. Ogg
August 27, 2008

Vertex Options Active Ahead of Data Presentation

Vertex (VRTX-NASDAQ) is seeing quite a bit of trading today ahead of a data presentation tomorrow.  This one may have been very active all on its own, but since Dendreon (DNDN-NASDAQ) made its exponential move traders and chat rooms keep placing biotech bets on what they hope is "the next Dendreon." Unfortunately we do not have the super-fresh short interest data, but the short interest rose to 10.44 million shares in MARCH from 8.95 million in February.  There has been a lot of safety concerns, so be sure to keep both sides of the story in mind.

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