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Top Analyst Downgrades (COP, EXBD, GET, NSR, PSA, GOLD)

247wallst — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:40:15 +0000

These are the top pre-market analyst downgrades or cautious research calls we have seen from Wall Street this Thursday morning:

Conoco Philips (COP) Started as Sell at Societe Generale.
Corporate Executive Board (EXBD) Cut to Underperform at Baird.
Gaylord Entertainment Co. (GET) Cut to Underperform at FBR.
Neustar (NSR) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Public Storage (PSA) Started as Underperform at KBW.
Rangold Resources (GOLD) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.

JON C. OGG

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: COP, EXBD, GET, gold, NSR, PSA

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (ADBE, ALXN, BIG, NSR, PFE, WYE)

247wallst — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:57:13 +0000

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive calls we have seen this Monday morning:
Adobe Systems (ADBE) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN) Started as Outperform at Leerink Swann.
Big Lots (BIG) Raised to Buy at Soleil.
NeuStar (NSR) Raised to Hold at Jefferies.
Pfizer (PFE) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Wyeth (WYE) Raised to Buy at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
February 9, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: ADBE, ALXN, analyst research, analyst upgrades, BIG, NSR, PFE, WYE

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AFFX, APD, ACAS, AMLN, AMAT, AINV, CTXS, DRYS, XOM, IRBT, LRCX, NFLX, NSR, NHY, NYX, BTU, UPS)

247wallst — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:57:12 +0000

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and cautious calls we are seeing this Thursday morning:

Affymetrix (AFFX) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
Air Products (APD) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
American Capital (ACAS) Cut to Underperform at KBW.
Amylin Pharma (AMLN) Cut to Sell at Canaccord.
Applied Materials (AMAT) Started as Sell with $8 target at Auriga.
Apollo Investment (AINV) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.
Citrix Systems (CTXS) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
DryShips (DRYS) Cut to Underperform at Oppenheimer.
Exxon Mobil (XOM) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
iRobot (IRBT) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Lam Research (LRCX) Cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.
Netflix (NFLX) Started as Sell at Maxim Group.
Neustar (NSR) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Norsk Hydro (NHY) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
NYSE Euronext (NYX) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Peabody Energy (BTU) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
United Parcel Service (UPS) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.

Jon C. Ogg
January 29, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: ACAS, AFFX, AINV, AMAT, AMLN, APD, BTU, CTXS, DRYS, IRBT, LRCX, NFLX, NHY, NSR, NYX, UPS, XOM

Most Overpaid CEO Of The Day: Jeff Ganek CEO Of NeuStar (NSR)

247wallst — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:14:42 +0000

Some days a management cannot do anything right. In the case of NeuStar (NSR), those days have stretched into years.

The company reported quarterly results which were net income totaled $28.4 million, or $.38 per share, compared with $25.7 million, or $.32, in the third quarter of 2007. But, what upset investors was guidance. NSR expects full year revenue of $485 to $490 million. Previous guidance was for 2008 revenue to range between $500 and $515 million

Jeff Ganek, NeuStar’s CEO has been well rewarded for doing poorly. Last year his total compensation was over $2.3 million including a base salary of $553,000. He has a nice severance package as well, which the board may have to turn to if the company does not start to do better.

NeuStar’s shares are down 20% today at $15, not far from their 52-week low and well off their period high of $35.01.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Posted in Management Change Tagged: NSR

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (BWA, CSTR, ESRX, JNPR, M, MAS, NSR, SKS, SYMC, UNH)

247wallst — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:49:56 +0000

These are ten of the top Wall Street analyst upgrades we are seeing from this Friday morning with more than two hours to the open:

Borg Warner (BWA) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Coinstar (CSTR) Raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Express Scripts (ESRX) Raised to Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
Juniper Networks (JNPR) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Macy’s (M) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Masco (MAS) Raised to Neutral from Sell at UBS.
NeuStar (NSR) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Saks Inc. (SKS) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Symantec (SYMC) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
UnitedHealth (UNH) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.

Jon C. Ogg
October 17, 2008

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: BWA, CSTR, ESRX, JNPR, M, MAS, NSR, SKS, SYMC, UNH

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (SAM, CLWR, BAGL, JEF, MVSN, NSR, OWW, TS, WB, YRCW)

247wallst — Thu, 08 May 2008 07:36:57 +0000

These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this Thursday morning in pre-market trading:

Boston Beer Co. (NYSE: SAM) cut to Neutral at HSBC Securities.
Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) cut to Sell at Citigroup.
Einstein Noah (NASDAQ: BAGL) raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray.
Jefferies Group (NYSE: JEF) cut to Neutral at Wachovia.
Macrovision (NASDAQ: MVSN) cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Neustar (NYSE: NSR) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Orbitz (NYSE: OWW) cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Tenaris (NYSE: TS) cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Wachovia (NYSE: WB) raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ: YRCW) cut to Sell at Stifel Nicolaus.

Jon C. Ogg
May 8, 2008