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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AET, AIXG, CTSH, FFIV, GDOT, HFC, ITW, IBM, LXK, MWV, NTAP, OPTR, ORCL, PIR, TYC, UA, UIS, V, VMW, GWW)

Administrator — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:18:37 +0000

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

Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Reiterated Buy with $51 target at Argus.
Aixtron SE (NASDAQ: AIXG) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ: CTSH) Removed from Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE: HFC) Reiterated Buy as Value at Zacks.
Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) Cut to Underperform at BofA/ML.
International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Lexmark International Inc. (NYSE: LXK) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
MeadWestvaco Corporation (NYSE: MWV) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) Raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray.
Optimer Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: OPTR) Maintained Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) Raised to Top Pick at FBR.
Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (NYSE: PIR) Cut to Equal-Weight at Barclays.
Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
Under Armour, Inc. (NYSE: UA) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Visa, Inc. (NYSE: V) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
W.W. Grainger Inc. (NYSE: GWW) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Annual Report Tagged: AET, AIXG, CTSH, FFIV, GDOT, GWW, HFC, IBM, ITW, LXK, MWV, NTAP, OPTR, ORCL, PIR, TYC, UA, UIS, V, VMW

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMGN, AZN, BIIB, CELG, GSK, GFI, HGSI, LDK, MWV, NVS, RHT, RIMM, STX, SFD, STP, TIN, TSL, WDC)

Administrator — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:08:15 +0000

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

Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) Cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.
Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE: GSK) Raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Gold Fields Ltd. (NYSE: GFI) Raised to Overweight at HSBC.
Human Genome Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: HGSI) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
MeadWestvaco Corporation (NYSE: MWV) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Novartis (NYSE: NVS) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Red Hat Inc. (NYSE: RHT) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Cut to Neutral at Gleacher & Co.
Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ: STX) Started as Buy at Citigroup.
Smithfield Foods Inc. (NYSE: SFD) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs; Reiterated Buy and Raised target to $12 at Auriga.
Temple-Inland Inc. (NYSE: TIN) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Western Digital Corporation (NYSE: WDC) Started as Buy at Citigroup.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AMGN, AZN, BIIB, CELG, GFI, GSK, HGSI, LDK, MWV, NVS, RHT, RIMM, SFD, STP, STX, TIN, TSL, WDC

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AFL, AW, CPB, MWV, NYX, ODFL, PDLI, PCZ, SPIL, WDFC)

247wallst — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:51:04 +0000

There are other calls out there, but these are ten of the early morning analyst calls that we are focused on this Friday 13th:

Aflac (NYSE: AFL) Started as Buy at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
Allied Waste (NYSE: AW) Raised To Buy From Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) Raised To Overweight from Equalweight at Lehman.
MeadWestvaco (NYSE: MWV) Raised to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.
NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ: ODFL) Raised to Outperform from Neutral at Baird.
PDL Biopharma (NASDAQ: PDLI) Cut to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Petro-Canada (NYSE: PCZ) raised to Buy at Banc of America.
Siliconware Precision (NASDAQ: SPIL) Raised to Neutral from Sell at UBS.
WD-40 (NASDAQ: WDFC) Cut to Underweight from Neutral at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
June 13, 2008