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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AGU, CPB, DYN, ELON, FIC, HRL, ITRI, LVS, MICC, MTB, OVTI, POT, SAP, SNDA, SNPS, TSL)

Administrator — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:34:21 +0000

These are some of this Wednesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.

Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE: CPB) Cut to Equal-Weight at Barclays Capital.
Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) Cut to Sell at S&P Equity Research (late Tuesday call).
Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) Started as Outperform at Baird.
Fair Isaac Corp. (NYSE: FIC) Reiterated Sell at Argus.
Hormel Foods Corp. (NYSE: HRL) Cut to Sell at Soleil.
Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) Raised to Neutral at Macquarie.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) Reiterated Buy and $58 Target at Argus.
Millicom International (NASDAQ: MICC) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
M&T Bank Corp. (NYSE: MTB) Started as Market Perform at BMO.
OmniVision Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: OVTI) Reiterated Buy and Raise Target to $36 at Gleacher & Co.
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) Reiterated Buy at BofA/ML.
Shanda Interactive Entertainment (NASDAQ: SNDA) Cut to Sell at Roth Capital.
Synopsys Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL) Reiterated Buy and $38 target at Auriga.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AGU, CPB, DYN, ELON, FIC, HRL, ITRI, LVS, MICC, MTB, OVTI, POT, SAP, SNDA, SNPS, TSL

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALTR, ABFS, CVLT, GDOT, JKS, LYV, MICC, MCP, OXY, PT, SNV, WAT, WERN)

Administrator — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:31:15 +0000

These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls:

Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR) Maintained Neutral and $32 target at Gleacher.
Arkansas Best Corp. (NASDAQ: ABFS) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
CommVault Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CVLT) Cut to Market Perform at Morgan Keegan.
Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan; Started as Neutral at UBS.
JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: JKS) Cut to Hold at Auriga.
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: LYV) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
Millicom International Cellular SA (NASDAQ: MICC) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) Started as Positive at Susquehanna.
Portgual Telecom SA (NYSE: PT) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Synovus Financial Corporation (NYSE: SNV) Raised to Buy at Wunderlich.
Waters Corp. (NYSE: WAT) Started as Buy at Auriga.
Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ: WERN) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ABFS, ALTR, CVLT, GDOT, JKS, LYV, MCP, MICC, OXY, PT, SNV, WAT, WERN

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADTN, LLY, MGM, MICC, N, POT, SNDK, TIVO, VIP, ZION)

Administrator — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:26:03 +0000

These are the top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Monday morning:

ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) Started as Buy at Needham.
Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) Cut to Sell at Hapoalim Securities.
MGM Mirage (NYSE: MGM) Raised to Conviction Buy List (already was at Buy) at Goldman Sachs.
Millicom International Cellular SA (NASDAQ: MICC) Started as Outperform at BNP Paribas.
Netsuite, Inc. (NYSE: N) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) Raised to Hold from Sell at Soleil.
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) Reiterated Sell at Auriga.
TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) Started as Outperform at BMO Capital.
Vimpelcom Ltd. (NYSE: VIP) Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Zions Bancorp (NASDAQ: ZION) Raised To Mkt Perform From Underperform By KBW; Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ADTN, LLY, MGM, MICC, N, POT, SNDK, TIVO, VIP, ZION

Top Analyst Downgrades & Cautious Calls (ATHN, ETFC, LM, MICC, TKC, AMTD, YUM)

247wallst — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:12:17 +0000

These are the top pre-market analyst downgrades or cautious notes we have seen early this Thursday morning from Wall Street brokerage firms with more than two hours until the market opens:

Athenahealth (ATHN) Started as Neutral at Baird.
E*TRADE (ETFC) Started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Legg Mason (LM) Started as Sell at Deutsche Bank.
Millicom (MICC) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
Turkcell (TKC) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
TD Ameritrade (AMTD) Started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
YUM! Brands (YUM) Started as Hold at Jefferies.

Jon C. Ogg

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: AMTD, ATHN, ETFC, LM, MICC, TKC, YUM

Stocks Which Doubled Market Performance (ATI, CMCSA, COH, FMCN, HPC, IPG, MICC, NEM, SNI, TIE, VMED)

247wallst — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:22:14 +0000

As you will see today’s gains of 10% and more on both the DJIA and the S&P 500 Index, we wanted to explore which stocks greatly outperformed the markets today. We’d note that it is rather odd to see that technology stocks measured by the NASDAQ were actually lagging the overall market today.

DJIA             9,065.12 (+889.35; +10.88%)
S&P500       940.51 (+91.59; +10.79%)
NASDAQ    1,649.47 (+143.57; +9.53%)

Below is a list of the stocks which outperformed by roughly double over the major index gains of the DJIA, S&P 500, and NASDAQ 100. These stocks posted gains of 20% or more on the day, and we’d note that this list would actually be much larger if we included the financial stocks and REIT Stocks which we backed out for obvious reasons:

STOCK & TICKER                                              CLOSE    CHANGE          Comment
ALLEGHENY TECH (NYSE: ATI)                      $23.36 +$4.78 (25.73%) Metals
COMCAST CORP (NASDAQ: CMCSA)             $16.96 +$3.34 (24.52%) Cable
COACH INC (NYSE: COH)                               $19.38 +$3.29 (20.45%) Apparel
FOCUS MEDIA HOLDING (NASDAQ: FMCN) $14.98 +$2.77 (22.69%) Advertising
HERCULES INC (NYSE: HPC)                         $16.98 +$3.62 (27.10%) Chemicals
INTERPUBLIC GROUP (NYSE: IPG)                $5.54 +$1.44 (35.12%) Advertising
MILLICOM INTL CELL (NASDAQ: MICC)       $32.23 +$5.72 (21.58%) Int’l Wireless
NEWMONT MINING (NYSE: NEM)                   $26.47 +$4.93 (22.89%) Metals (Gold)
SCRIPPS NETWORKS (NYSE: SNI)                $26.16 +$4.75 (22.19%) Media
TITANIUM METALS CORP (NYSE: TIE)          $8.14 +$1.42 (21.13%) Metals
VIRGIN MEDIA INC (NASDAQ: VMED)             $5.25 +$1.26 (31.58%) UK Cable/Telecom

Jon C. Ogg
October 28, 2008

Posted in HI/LOW, Index Tagged: ATI, CMCSA, COH, FMCN, HPC, IPG, MICC, NEM, SNI, TIE, VMED