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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (LLNW, MDAS, OVTI)

247wallst — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:56:28 +0000

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Limelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: LLNW), Medassets, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDAS), and Omnivision Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OVTI).

Limelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: LLNW) is down 5% to $7.35, relative to a 52-week range of $3.54-$8.97.

Medassets, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDAS) is down 30% premarket to $15.07, relative to a 52-week range of $16.54-$25.08. The company was downgraded to neutral by Robert W. Baird.

Omnivision Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OVTI) is up 19% premarket to $28.20, relative to a 52-week range of $13.15-$33.00.

Filed under: Pre-Market Activity, Trading Alert Tagged: LLNW, MDAS, OVTI

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARMH, CBOA, CMG, C, FSLR, FFIV, GPS, HAL, MDAS, NTES, OVTI, R, SLE, SWC, STT, WFC)

Administrator — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:15:11 +0000

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning.

ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH) Raised to Neutral at BofA/ML.
CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (NYSE: CMG) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $300 at Argus.
Citigroup inc. (NYSE: C) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) Cut to Neutral at UBS. F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) Raised to Outperform at BMO.
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) Cut to Neutral at Susquehanna.
Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) Started as Buy at SocGen.
MedAssets, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDAS) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup.
Netease.com Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Omnivision Technologies (NASDAQ: OVTI) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
Sara Lee Corporation (NYSE: SLE) Cut Underperform to as Bear of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
Stillwater Mining Co. (NYSE: SWC) Added to Focus List at Credit Suisse.
State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT) Reiterated Buy at Argus.
Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ARMH, C, CBOA, CMG, FFIV, FSLR, GPS, HAL, MDAS, NTES, OVTI, R, SLE, STT, SWC, WFC

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ANF, AA, ANN, ASMI, KLIC, MDAS, MSFT, BPOP, TGT, DIS)

247wallst — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:53:55 +0000

These are Wednesday’s top ten analyst research summary upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street brokerage firms:

Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) Cut to Neutral at Susquehanna.
Alcoa (NYSE:AA) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Ann Taylor (NYSE:ANN) Raised to Buy at UBS.
ASM International (NASDAQ:ASMI) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Kulicke & Soffa (NASDAQ:KLIC) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
MedAssets (NASDAQ:MDAS) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Raised to Buy at AmTech.
Popular Inc. (NASDAQ: BPOP) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
Target (NYSE:TGT) Raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray.
Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) Started as Buy at Janney Montgomery Scott.

JON C. OGG
AUGUST 19, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: AA, ANF, ANN, ASMI, BPOP, DIS, KLIC, MDAS, MSFT, TGT

Top Analyst Upgrades (ABMD, ALTR, SNP, JCI, MDAS, SQNM, ZNT)

247wallst — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:51:26 +0000

These are some of the top analyst upgrades and positive research calls we are seeing this Thursday morning with about two hours until the market opens:

Abiomed (ABMD) Raised to Hold at Jefferies.
Altera (ALTR) Started as Buy at Piper Jaffray.
China Petroleum (SNP) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Johnson Controls (JCI) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
MedAssets (MDAS) STarted as Buy at ThinkEquity.
Sequenom (SQNM) Started as Outperform at JMP Securities.
Zenith National Insurance (ZNT) Started as Buy at Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey.

JON C. OGG

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: ABMD, ALTR, JCI, MDAS, SNP, SQNM, ZNT

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AFL, AXP, ABX, CATM, KSS, LOW, LULU, MDAS, MET, MHS, TNK)

247wallst — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:47:39 +0000

It is going to be hard to get traders to care about mere upgrades and downgrades on a day when the Federal Reserve did an inter-meeting emergency rate cut to stave off a 500+ point drop in the DJIA. But here are some of the calls from analysts today:

AFLAC inc. (AFL) raised to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
American Express (AXP) downgraded to Hold at Citigroup.
Barrick Gold (ABX) upgraded to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Cardtronics (CATM) started as Buy at Banc of America; started as Buy at Deutsche Bank; started as Buy at Piper Jaffray.
Kohl’s (KSS) & Lowe’s (LOW) raised to Outperform at Bernstein.
lululemon althletica (LULU) downgraded to Underperform at BMO Capital.
MedAssets (MDAS) started as Buy at Deutsche Bank; started as Neutral at Piper Jaffray; started as Market Perform at Wachovia.
MetLife (MET) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Medco Health Solutions (MHS) cut to Neutral at UBS.
Teekay Tankers (TNK) started as Overweight at JPMorgan; started as Hold at Citigroup.

Jon C. Ogg
January 22, 2008