Posts for Ticker ‘LF’

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ACGY, BMRN, CTCM, DENN, XOM, LF, OXY)

burning-money-pic14These are some of the top early bird Analyst Downgrades seen from Wall Street analysts this Thursday morning:

  • Acergy (ACGY) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
  • BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN) downgraded at Citigroup, Collins Stewart, and Wachovia.
  • CTC Media (CTCM) Cut To Market Weight from Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
  • Denny’s (DENN) Cut to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford.
  • Exxon Mobil (XOM) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein; Cut to Equal Weight at Barclays.
  • LeapFrog (LF) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • Occidental Petroleum (OXY) Cut to Underperform at Bernstein.

Jon C. Ogg
February 19, 2009

Posted on: February 19, 2009 – 7:37 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , ,

The 52-Week Low Club (LF)(SMA)(CSNT)

Empire_3Leapfrog (LF) Concerns about holiday toy sales. Down to $3.06 from 52-week high of $10.63.

Symmetry (SMA) Wachovia downgrades orthopedic sector. Falls to $9.67 from 52-week high of $21.99.

Crescent Banking (CSNT) Enters into new "change of control" deal with officers. Sells off to $3.01 from 52-week high of $14.90.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Posted on: January 7, 2009 – 4:06 pm in HI/LOW, , ,

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (November 6, 2007)

Stock Tickers: ANF, ARO, AEO, ANN, ADSK, BMRN, CA, CHS, C, COGN, CWTR, ETR, GPS, GOOG, JCG, LF, MA, MSFT, ORH, ORCL, PAS, PNWIF, PT, RIMM, JAVA, SYMC, UA, URBN

Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) started as Buy at UBS.
Aeropostale (ARO) started as Neutral at UBS.
American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) raised to Hold at Citigroup.
Ann Taylor (ANN) started as Buy at UBS.
Autodesk (ADSK) raised to Overweight at Lehman.
Biomarin (BMRN) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
CA INC. (CA) raised to Equal-Weight at Lehman.
Chico’s FAS (CHS) started as Neutral at UBS.
Citigroup (C) cut to Neutral at B of A.
Cognos (COGN) cut to Sector Perform at CIBC.
Coldwater Creek (CWTR) started as Neutral at UBS.
Entergy (ETR) cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Gap Inc. (GPS) started as Buy at UBS.
Googe (GOOG) target raised to $850 at Sanford Bernstein.
J.Crew (JCG) started as Neutral at UBS.
Leapfrog (LF) started as Strong Buy at Needham.
MasterCard (MA) raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Microsoft (MSFT) removed from Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
OdysseyRe (ORH) raised to Hold at Citigroup.
Oracle (ORCL) replaced Microsoft on Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List.
PepsiAmericas (PAS) cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
PhotoChannel (PNWIF) started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.
Portugal Telecom (PT) raised to Buy at UBS.
Research In Motion (RIMM) raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Sun Micro (JAVA) raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Symantec (SYMC) cut to Equal-Weight at Lehman.
Under Armour (UA) started as Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
Urban Outfitters (URBN) started as Buy at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
November 6, 2007

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

Posted on: November 6, 2007 – 7:57 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The 52-Week Low Club

Neurochem (NRMX) Continues to race for the bottom. On Monday, the company said its Alzheimer’s disease treatment candidate, Alzhemed, failed a late-stage trial. The NRMX says it has 15 to 18 months of cash left. Maybe. Drops to $2.16 from 52-week high of $26.51.

Conexant (CNXT) Israel’s Orckit Communications wins arbitration and CNXT has to pay $12 million. Does not seem like a lot but stock drops to $1.06 from 52-week high of $2.36.

Tenet Healthcare (THC) Credit Suisse analyst launched coverage on the company with an "Underperform" rating. Down to $3.29 from 52-week high of $8.69.

Lennar (LEN) Home builder. Enough said. Down to $27.26 from 52-week high of $56.54.

Centex (CTX) Home builder. Ditto. Down to $28.13 from 52-week high of $58.42.

Horton (DHI) Another home builder. Drops to $14.40 from 52-week high of $31.13.

Leapfrog (LF) Bad quarter recently and toy companies are not all the rage right now. Down to $6.91 from 52-week high of $11.56.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Posted on: August 28, 2007 – 3:02 pm in HI/LOW, , , , , , ,