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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAP, AZO, BAC, C, HFC, IMGN, JAKK, JPM, K, KEG, MEOH, MNST, MS, MYL, SPLS, TWX, WFM)

Administrator — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:34:56 +0000

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

Advanced Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE: AZO) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Citigroup , Inc. (NYSE: C) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE: HFC) Cut to Neutral with $27 target at Citigroup.
ImmunoGen Inc. (NASDAQ: IMGN) Reiterated Buy with $17 target at Canaccord Genuity.
JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ: JAKK) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) Maintained Buy but removed from Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Kellogg Co. (NYSE: K) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Key Energy Services (NYSE: KEG) Maintained Buy but raised estimates ($19 target) at Canaccord Genuity.
Methanex Corporation (NASDAQ: MEOH) named as Value stock of the day at Zacks.
Monster Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ: MNST) Cut to Neutral at SunTrust.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) Raised to Conviction Buy list at Goldman Sachs.
Mylan, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYL) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Staples Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) Cut to Equal-Weight at Barclays.
Whole Foods Market. Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) Maintained Buy but removed from Conviction BUy List at Goldman Sachs.

This is overseas, but BofA has downgraded Societe Generale and BNP Paribas to Neutral from Buy this morning.

Here were the top analyst calls of the last week condensed into one short piece.

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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACN, ASCA, KMX, DNDN, FRO, MEOH, PGR, VRSN, WAT)

247wallst — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:23:05 +0000

These are the top ten analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street early this Monday morning with more than two hours until the market opens:

Accenture (ACN) Raised to Positive at Susquehanna.
Ameristar Casinos (ASCA) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
CarMax (KMX) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Dendreon (DNDN) Raised to Hold from Sell at McAdams Wright Ragen.
Frontline Ltd. (FRO) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Methanex (MEOH) Cut to Outperform at Raymond James.
Progressive (PGR) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
VeriSign (VRSN) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Waters (WAT) Raised to Outperform at Robert W. Baird.

Jon C. Ogg
June 22, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: ACN, ASCA, DNDN, FRO, KMX, MEOH, PGR, VRSN, WAT

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (WTR, DL, EHTH, GYMB, MEOH, SHW, STT)

247wallst — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:52:19 +0000

It is looking pretty thin in new great research calls from Wall Street today. Here are the top analyst calls seen as of 7:30 AM EST this Tuesday morning:

Aqua America (WTR) Raised to Buy at Janney Montgomery Scott.
China Distance Learning (DL) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
eHealth (EHTH) Cut to Underperform at Oppenheimer.
Gymboree (GYMB) Raised to Positive at Susquehanna.
Methanex (MEOH) Cut to Sector Perform at CIBC.
Sherwin Williams (SHW) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
State Street (STT) Raised to Top Pick at RBC.

JON C. OGG
May 19, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: DL, EHTH, GYMB, MEOH, SHW, STT, WTR

Top Analyst Upgrades (BIG, GLW, DRIV, DUK, KSS, MEOH, PFE, STP, TRV, WYE)

247wallst — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:33:53 +0000

These are the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive calls we have seen from analysts this Tuesday morning:

Big Lots (BIG) Raised to Buy at Soleil.
Corning (GLW) Raised to Buy at Collins Stewart.
Digital River (DRIV) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Duke Energy (DUK) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Kohl’s (KSS) Raised to Buy at BofA Merrill.
Methanex (MEOH) Raised to Outperform at CIBC.
Pfizer (PFE) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Suntech Power (STP) Raised to Market Weight at Thomas Weisel.
Travelers (TRV) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Wyeth (WYE) Raised to Buy at UBS.

JON C. OGG

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: BIG, DRIV, DUK, GLW, KSS, MEOH, PFE, STP, TRV, WYE

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (DVN, ECA, STR, RSG, APC, AIN, AVB, BRE, CBST, DLTR, MEOH, SOA, SU, UDR)

247wallst — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:51:17 +0000

These are some of the top pre-market upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Monday morning:

Devon Energy (DVN) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
EnCana (ECA) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Questar (STR) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Republic Services (RSG) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
Anadarko Petroleum (APC) Cut to Sell from Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Apartment Investment (AIV) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.
AvalonBay (AVB) Cut to Underperform at KBW.
BRE Properties (BRE) Cut to Underperform at KBW.
Cubist (CBST) Cut to Underperform at Leerink Swann.
Dollar Tree (DLTR) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
Methanex (MEOH) Cut to Sector Perform at CIBC.
Solution (SOA) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Suncor Energy (SU) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
UDR (UDR) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.

Jon C. Ogg
December 8, 2008

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: AIN, APC, AVB, BRE, CBST, DLTR, DVN, ECA, MEOH, RSG, SOA, STR, SU, UDR

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (APD, C, HBAN, MEOH, WFR, PPDI, SANM, SPG, WBS)

247wallst — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:38:15 +0000

These are some of the top pre-market analyst Upgrades and positive calls we are seeing this Thursday Morning:

Air Products (APD) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Citigroup (C’) raised to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) Raised to Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley.
Methanex (MEOH) Raised to Buy at UBS.
MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan; Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPDI) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Sanmina-SCI (SANM) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Simon Property Group (SPG) Started as Overweight at Lehman.
Webster Financial (WBS) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.

Jon C. Ogg
July 24, 2008

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AG, HBC, CNH, MEOH, OMTR, PLD, RYAAY, SLM, PCU, VE)

247wallst — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:53:22 +0000

These are the top 10 analyst calls that we are focusing on this Tuesday morning:

AGCO Corp. (NYSE: AG) raised to Overweight at Goldman Sachs.
HSBC Holdings (NYSE: HBC) cut to Neutral at UBS
CNH Global NV (NYSE: CNH) cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Methanex (NASDAQ: MEOH) raised to Buy at UBS.
Omniture (NASDAQ: OMTR) raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray.
ProLogis (NYSE: PLD) cut to Outperform from Top Pick at RBC Capital Markets.
Ryanair (NASDAQ: RYAAY) cut to Sell from Hold at Deutsche Bank.
SLM Corp (NYSE: SLM) raised to Overweight at Lehman Brothers.
Southern Copper (NYSE: PCU) cut to Neutral at HSBC Securities.
Veolia Environnement (NYSE: VE) Cut To Neutral By JPMorgan.

Jon C, Ogg
May 6, 2008