Posts for Ticker ‘ISIL’

Early Bird Technology Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, GOOG, ELX, ISIL, ITRI, GRMN)

Money_stack_pic_2We have some key technology and consumer electronics stocks which are seeing upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street analysts this Tuesday morning.  Here are some of the calls we have seen from this morning and from after yesterday’s close:

  • Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
  • Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Raised to Neutral from Sell at Merriman Curhan Ford.
  • Emulex (NYSE: ELX) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Intersil (NASDAQ: ISIL) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Itron (NASDAQ: ITRI) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan; started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.
  • Garmin (NASDAQ: GRMN) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.

Jon C. Ogg
January 6, 2009

Posted on: January 6, 2009 – 6:47 am in Analyst Calls, Technology Companies, , , , , ,

The 52-Week Low Club (CHK)(WFT)(RIG)(MSCC)(ISIL)

Sad_clownChesapeake Energy (CHK) National gas supply levels fall. Drops to $11.54 from 52-week high of $74.

Weatherford International (WFT) Oil prices hurting drilling equipment firms. Plunges to $8.32 from 52-week high of $49.98.

Transocean (RIG) Another drilling service firm. Sells down to $46.06 from 52-week high of $163.

Microsemi Corporation (MSCC) Did CEO lie about his degree. Dips to $11.27 from 52-week $28.50.

Intersil (ISIL) Cuts outlook. Moves off to $7.53 from $29.84.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Posted on: December 4, 2008 – 3:59 pm in HI/LOW, , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ACN, ADBE, DOX, CREL, CTRP, IACI, ISIL, KLAC, SAPE, SSCC)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and cautious calls we have seen this Thursday morning:

  • Accenture (ACN) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Adobe Systems (ADBE) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
  • Amdocs (DOX) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Corel (CORL) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • Ctrip.com (CTRP) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • IAC/Interactive (IACI) Cut to Equal-Weight at Barclays.
  • Intersil (ISIL) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • KLA-Tencor (KLAC) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
  • Sapient (SAPE) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Smurfit-Stone (SSCC) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Jon C. Ogg
December 4, 2008

Posted on: December 4, 2008 – 8:03 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AZO, CX, FNM, ISIL, MHK, NVDA, PETM, POR, TSCO, UST)

These are some of the larger impact calls from analysts with downgrades or negative calls we are seeing this Monday morning with more than two hours to the open:

  • AutoZone (AZO) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Cemex (CX) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) Cut to Sell from Buy at Citigroup.
  • Intersil (ISIL) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • Mohawk Industries (MHK) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
  • NVIDIA (NVDA) Cut to Sell at UBS.
  • PetSmart (PETM) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Portland General Electric (POR) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Tractor Supply (TSCO) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • UST (UST) Cut to Neutral at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
September 8, 2008

Posted on: September 8, 2008 – 6:34 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (DRIV, ISIL, MUR, NAPS, BTU, RNWK, SINA, URI, VVUS, YRCW)

These are not the only impacting analyst calls this morning, but these are most of the initial calls being focused on by 247WallSt.com:

  • Digital River (DRIV) raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • Intersil (ISIL) raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
  • Murphy Oil (MUR) downgraded to Peer Perform from Outperform at Bear Stearns.
  • Napster (NAPS) started as an "Underperform" at Bear Stearns.
  • Peabody Energy (BTU) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Merrill Lynch.
  • Real Networks (RNWK) started as Outperform at Bear Stearns.
  • Sina (SINA) raised to Buy from Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • United Rentals (URI)  raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
  • Vivus (VVUS) started as Overweight at J.P.Morgan.
  • YRC Worldwide (YRCW) downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at Wachovia.

Jon C. Ogg
January 3, 2008

Posted on: January 3, 2008 – 7:45 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AET, RATE, CELG, DE, FNM, FRE, GRP, ISIL, PHG, SGP, TDW)

Aetna (AET) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Bankrate (RATE) raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.
Celgene (CELG) raised to Buy at Banc of America.
Deere (DE) raised to Buy at Banc of America.
Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac both Downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS.
Grant Prideco (GRP) raised to Buy at UBS.
Intersil (ISIL) downgraded to Hold at Jefferies.
Philips Electonics (PHG) raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Schering Plough (SGP) started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Tidewater (TDW) raised to Buy at Jefferies.

Jon C. Ogg
November 26, 2007

Jon Ogg produces the 24/7 Wall St. Special Situation Investing Newsletter; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

Posted on: November 26, 2007 – 7:45 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , ,

Goldman Sachs Pairs Trade: Long Maxim, Sell Intersil (MXIM, ISIL)

Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM) has found itself in a strange predicament over its listing status, but Goldman Sachs doesn’t seem to care.  Maxim (MXIM) is being added to Goldman Sachs’ Conviction Buy List, although it says there is no change to above-consensus estimates or to the 14% projected upside at a $33 price target.  Goldman is adding Intersil (ISIL) to its Conviction Sell List, although it already has a sell rating on the shares.  Goldman is not changing its $29 target with 13% downside.

Interestingly enough, the basis for this call appears to be a pairs trade (arbitrage on price moves) with a LONG MXIM and SHORT ISIL thesis.  It is based upon valuation gaps of nearly 30% on 2008 P/E ratio estimates and a 50% gap on EBITDA projections, despite estimates of 11-13% earnings growth for both.  The 20% underperformance of MXIM along with the delisting are looked at for a reversion.  Solid trends are also noted at both companies, although Goldman Sachs noted that this looks priced in at ISIL based upon positive pre-announced earnings (Goldman believes this is not priced in on MXIM).  There is even a note that a possible market inefficiency exists due to Thomson using GAAP EPS for MXIM and non-GAAP EPS for ISIL.

Jon C. Ogg
October 4, 2007

Posted on: October 4, 2007 – 7:30 am in Analyst Calls, Semiconductor, , , ,

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (October 1, 2007)

AMR cut to Hold at Citigroup.
ALVR raised to positive at Susquehanna.
CHTR started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
CME raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
COMS cut to Neutral at UBS.
COP cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.
CTXS cut to Neutral at B of A.
HAR reinstated as Overweight at Lehman.
IDTI cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.
ISIL raised to Equal Weight at Lehman.
KRC raised to Buy at Citigroup.
LKQX started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
LUV cut to Hold at Citigroup.
MRVL cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.
NCC cut to Underperform at Bear Stearns.
NETL cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.
PCL cut to Neutral at Merrill Lynch.
PRX cut to Underperform at FBR.
RIMM cut to Outperform at RBC.
RYN cut to Sell at Merrill Lynch.
SVU started as Sell at B of A.
SXCI raised to Buy at UBS.
TEN started as Underperform at Bear Stearns.
VSTA cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.

Jon C. Ogg
October 1, 2007

Posted on: October 1, 2007 – 6:46 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Short Interest: NASDAQ Semiconductor Stocks (June, 2007)

Stock Tickers: QQQQ, NVDA, MXIM, AMAT, INTC, KLAC, MCHP, SNDK, ISIL, ALTR, ATML, LLTC, NVLS, ONNN, XLNX, IDTI

This pretty much confirms the rise in the June-2007 short interest of NYSE-listed chip stocks that we observed last week.  Here is the short interest for June 2007 versus May 2007, and we noted the change on each.

Stock (Ticker)                                          June        May    Change
NVIDIA (NVDA)                                        20.7M    11.7M    +76.5%
Maxim Integrated Prod. (MXIM)            11.9M    9.16M    +29.8%
Applied Materials (AMAT)                        53M    41.59M   +27.48%
Intel (INTC)                                            100.1M    81.2M    +23.3%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)                              21.14M    17.1M    +23.2%
Microchip Tech.    (MCHP)                     8.77M    7.64M    +14.8%
SanDisk (SNDK)                                   24.57M   21.58M   +13.9%   
Intersil Corp. (ISIL)                                 7.86M     7.76M     +1.2%
Altera (ALTR)                                           22.1M     21.9M     +1%
Atmel (ATML)                                           10.6M     9.70M     +9.9%
Linear Tech (LLTC)                                18.4M     18.4M      flat
Novellus (NVLS)                                     15.1M      15.3M     -1.1%
ON Semiconductor (ONNN)                 24.1M      25.5M    -5.7%
RAMBUS (RMBS)                                               7.62M        8.27M      -7.9%
Xilinx (XLNX)                                           21.28M    23.9M      -10.9%
Integrated Device Tech. (IDTI)              4.27M     5.56M     -23%

The NASDAQ 100 Trust (QQQQ) saw its short interest rise more than 26%, with its short interest carried at 197.6 million shares in June compared to 156.6 million in May.

Jon C. Ogg
June 27, 2007

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

Posted on: June 27, 2007 – 3:45 am in Semiconductor, Short Interest, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Earlybird Analyst Calls (June 14, 2007)

ACL started as Buy at Jefferies.
AMGN started as Mkt Perform at Rodman & Renshaw.
B started as Outperform at CIBC.
CBB started as Buy at UBS.
CHE started as Buy at Jefferies.
CTL raised to Neutral at UBS.
CYTX started as Mkt Perform at Piper Jaffray.
DJ cut to Reduce at UBS.
EQ raised to Buy at UBS.
ESI cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.
EYE started as Underperform at Jefferies.
GNLB started as Buy at Oppenheimer.
ILMN raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.
ISIL raised to Buy at B of A.
MFA started as Outperform at JMP Securities.
MNKD started as Buy at B of A.
OPTT started as Outperform at Bear Stearns.
PT raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
RACK started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.
RBC started as Sector Perform at CIBC.
SLM cut to Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.
SNY cut to Neutral at HSBC; cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
THI raised to Outperform at CIBC.
VDSI cut to Hold at Jefferies.
VTIV raised to Strong Buy at First Albany.
WIN started as Neutral at UBS.
ZGEN started as Neutral at Oppenheimer.

Jon C. Ogg
June 14, 2007

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

Posted on: June 14, 2007 – 6:29 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,