Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CAB, EMR, HTGC, MU, MSM, NFLX, LUV, S, THO, THS)

Administrator — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:44:55 +0000

These are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls.

Cabela’s Inc. (NYSE: CAB) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Hercules Tech Growth Capital (NASDAQ: HTGC) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Micron Technology Inc. (NYSE: MU) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. (NYSE: MSM) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Raised to Neutral at Janney.
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan; Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Thor Industries, Inc. (NYSE: THO) named Value stock of the day at Zacks.
Treehouse Foods Inc. (NYSE: THS) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: CAB, EMR, HTGC, LUV, MSM, MU, NFLX, S, THO, THS

CEOs Time Stock Gifts A Little Too Well (HMA)(MSM)

247wallst — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:11:29 +0000

It looks like CEOs are timing stock gifts, especially those to their family foundations, a little too well

A study by a professor at New York University looked at 151 gifts over over $1 million between 2003 and 2005. According to The Wall Street Journal the study "finds that many donations to the family foundations occur just before sharp drops in the companies’ stock prices." The professor told the newspaper "I think the IRS would take a dim view of altering a date of a gift in order to get a bigger deduction."

Management mentioned in the article includes CEOs or past CEOs at Health Management (HMA) and MSC Industrial (MSM).

Douglas A. McIntyre

24/7 Wall St. » MSM

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CAB, EMR, HTGC, MU, MSM, NFLX, LUV, S, THO, THS)

CEOs Time Stock Gifts A Little Too Well (HMA)(MSM)