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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, AMGN, OFC, EXPE, KEM, MOS, POT, SVU, TROW, UHS, WFMI, WYNN, ALTR, ATML, NVDA, SNDK, TXN)

Administrator — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 13:08:51 +0000

After about two weeks of being quiet and dark, Wall Street research departments are back after the holidays. These are some of this Tuesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Added to Short-Term Buy List with $410 target at Deutsche Bank.
Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Raised to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Corporate Office Properties Trust (NYSE: OFC) Started as Neutral and $36 target at BofA/ML.
Expedia Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) Reiterated Buy but lowered estimates at BofA/ML.
KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM) Started as Buy and $19 target at BofA/ML.
Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) Cut to Neutral at Gleacher & Co.
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) Started as Outperform and $190 target at Boenning & Scattergood.
SuperValu Inc. (NYSE: SVU) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) Raised to Buy and $51 target at BofA/ML.
Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFMI) Cut to Market Perform at BMO.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) Raised to Hold at KeyBanc.

Goldman Sachs is raising targets on several key chip/semiconductor stocks, although many n this excerpt of a larger sector call are catch-up calls and under the current price of the stock:
Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR) raised to $32.00 from $26.00;
Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) raised to $10.00 from $7.25;
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) raised to $13.00 from $11.00;
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) raised to $43.00 from $36.00;
Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) raised to $38.00 from $34.00.

In case you were out last week, the top five analyst calls full summary is available here (AMZN, APC, AAPL, GOOG, VVTV).

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AAPL, ALTR, AMGN, ATML, EXPE, KEM, MOS, NVDA, OFC, POT, SNDK, SVU, TROW, TXN, UHS, WFMI, WYNN

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (APC, APA, ITT, KEM, PENN, PCG, SEE, TWC, WLL)

Administrator — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:13:19 +0000

Today’s research section is being hampered due to post-holiday absence and due to the Northeast blizzard having shut much of the Northeast down. These are some of this Monday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) Riased target to $86 from $74 at Credit Suisse.
Apache Corporation (NYSE: APA) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) Raised targets and estimates at BofA/ML.
KEMET Corp. (NYSE: KEM) Started as BUy at KeyBanc.
Penn National Gaming Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) Maintained as “top operator pick” with raised estimates at Credit Suisse.
PG&E Corp. (NYSE: PCG) Maintained Buy with $56 target at Argus.
Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) Reiterated BUY and raised target to $75 at Argus.
Whiting Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: WLL) Reiterated Outperform and raised targets and estimates at Credit Suisse.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: APA, APC, ITT, KEM, PCG, PENN, SEE, TWC, WLL

Earnings Gappers (July 25, 2007)

247wallst — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:23:24 +0000

(AMZN) Amazon.com trading up over 20% after beating earnings and raising guidance; has 5 upgrades so far.
(ASH) Ashland $1.35 EPS vs $1.11 estimate.
(BA) Boeing $1.35 EPS vs $1.16 estimate; guidance looks soft if not on items; shares trading up 2% pre-market.
(CACH) Cache $0.12 EPS vs $0.07 estimate.
(CBR) Ciber $0.13 EPS vs $0.12 estimate.
(CL) Colgate-Polmolive $0.84 EPS vs $0.83 estimate.
(ETH) Ethan Allen $0.65 EPS vs $0.65 estimate.
(FLIR) FLIR Systems $0.38 EPS vs $0.36 estimate.
(HES) Hess $1.75 EPS vs $1.45 estimate.
(JOYG) Joy Global issues earnings warning.
(KEM) Kemet $0.12 EPS vs $0.10 estimate.
(MDCO) Medicines Company $0.03 EPS vs $0.02 estimate.
(MPX) Marine Products $0.14 EPS vs $0.12 estimate.
(NTRI) NutriSystem traded down another 10%+ after beating estimates, but lowering guidance.
(PAS) Pepsi Americas $0.60 EPS vs $0.50 estimate.
(PFCB) P.F.Chang’s $0.36 EPS vs $0.36 estimate.
(RAI) Reynolds America $1.10 EPS vs $1.21 estimate.
(SEE) Sealed Air $0.41 EPS vs. $0.42 estimate.
(TRAD) TradeStation $0.18 EPS vs $0.18 estimate.
(TRB) Tribune $0.47 EPS vs $0.48 estimate.
(TROW) T.Rowe Price $0.58 EPS vs $0.58 estimate.
(XEL) Xcel Energy $0.29 EPS vs $0.26 estimate.

Jon C. Ogg
July 25, 2007