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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AGNC, NLY, CAB, CP, CIM, EDMC, FDX, FSLR, GS, HTS, IVR, JOSB, LQDT, MDR, ODFL, RIMM, SKS, TD, UPS)

Administrator — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:26:33 +0000

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

American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ: AGNC) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Cabela’s, Inc. (NYSE: CAB) named as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (NYSE: CP) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Education Management Corporation (NASDAQ: EDMC) Raised to Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley.
FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) Reiterated Buy with $140 target at Argus.
Goldman Sachs Group. Inc. (NYSE: GS) Maintained Outperform but cut estimates by Credit Suisse.
Hatteras Financial Corp (NYSE: HTS) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. (NYSE: IVR) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Jos. A Bank Clothiers Inc. (NASDAQ: JOSB) Called the value stock of the day at Zacks.
Liquidity Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: LQDT) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
McDermott International (NYSE: MDR) named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. (NASDAQ: ODFL) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Maintained Neutral but raised target to $37 from $25 at BofA/ML.
Saks Inc. (NYSE: SKS) Maintained Buy with $14 target at Argus.
Toronto Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AGNC, CAB, CIM, CP, EDMC, FDX, FSLR, GS, HTS, IVR, JOSB, LQDT, MDR, NLY, ODFL, RIMM, SKS, TD, UPS

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AEO, AAPL, ARBA, BHP, CASY, CHU, FFIV, GOL, HPQ, KMT, ODFL, SAP, GAME, SILC, SPRD, SNCR)

Administrator — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:25:12 +0000

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

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO) Raised to Neutral from Sell at Lazard.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Maintained Overweight at JPMorgan; Maintained Outperform at Credit Suisse; Maintained Buy at BofA/ML.
Ariba Inc. (NASDAQ: ARBA) Reiterated Hold at Argus.
BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP) Raised to Buy at Societe Generale.
Casey’s General Stores Inc. (NASDAQ: CASY) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
China Unicom (NYSE: CHU) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Gol Linhas Aereas (NYSE: GOL) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) Cut to Sector Perform at RBC.
Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (NASDAQ: ODFL) named Value stock of the day at Zacks.
SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) Started as Buy at RBS.
Shanda Games Limited (NASDAQ: GAME) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Silicom, Ltd. (NASDAQ: SILC) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Spreadtrum Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRD) Reiterated Buy and Raised target to $25 at BofA/ML.
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCR) Raised to Outperform at Baird.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AAPL, AEO, ARBA, BHP, CASY, CHU, FFIV, GAME, GOL, HPQ, KMT, ODFL, SAP, SILC, SNCR, SPRD

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AL, AMAG, ADI, APC, BRCM, COF, EBAY, EDR, BEN, GRMN, GS, MDT, MOS, NVDA, ODFL, ORCL, POT, TASR, TLLP, UFPI, WEC)

Administrator — Tue, 31 May 2011 11:55:17 +0000

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

Air Lease Corporation (NYSE: AL) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAG) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Analog Devices Inc. (NYSE: ADI) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) Raised to Outperform at BMO.
Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) Reiterated Sell at Argus.
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) Raised to Buy at ThinkEquity.
Education Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: EDR) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
Franklin Resources Inc. (NYSE: BEN) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) Maintained Underperform at BofA/ML.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Medtronic Inc. (NYSE: MDT) Cut to Sell at Argus.
Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) Raised to Buy at Auriga.
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. (NASDAQ: ODFL) Reiterated Strong Buy as Aggressive Growth at Zacks.
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) Raised Target to $41 as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Potash Cor. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
TASER International Inc. (NASDAQ: TASR) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
Tesoro Logistics LP Common Unit (NYSE: TLLP) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo; Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse; Started as Buy at BofA/ML.
Universal Forest Products Inc. (NASDAQ: UFPI) Maintained Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Wisconsin Energy Corporation (NYSE: WEC) Cut to Hold at Argus.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ADI, AL, AMAG, APC, BEN, BRCM, COF, EBAY, EDR, GRMN, GS, MDT, MOS, NVDA, ODFL, ORCL, POT, TASR, TLLP, UFPI, WEC

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, BBVA, STD, CAP, CNW, DYN, INTU, KEY, LEAP, ODFL, PLXS, SWIR, SBUX, SNPS, TTWO, YUM)

Administrator — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:21:40 +0000

These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Raised to Outperform as the Bull of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (NYSE: BBVA) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Banco Santander, S.A. (NYSE: STD) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
CAI International Inc. (NYSE: CAP) Started as Outperform with $24 target at Credit Suisse.
Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW) Raised to Outperform and $39 target at Credit Suisse.
Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU) Started as Buy at Citigroup.
KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) Cut to Hold at S&P Equity Research (late-Tuesday call).
Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. (NASDAQ: ODFL) Raised to Neutral and $32 target at Credit Suisse.
Plexus Corporation (NASDAQ: PLXS) Cut to Underperform and named the Bear of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
Sierra Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: SWIR) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) Started as Outperform with $40 target at Williams Capital.
Synopsys Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) Reinstated as Buy at BofA/ML.
Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
YUM! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) Reiterated Buy with $58 target at Argus.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AAPL, BBVA, CAP, CNW, DYN, INTU, KEY, LEAP, ODFL, PLXS, SBUX, SNPS, STD, SWIR, TTWO, YUM

Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/2/2009) (LVS)(PFE)(PLX)(BK)(ODFL)(PALM)(AAPL)

247wallst — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:58:19 +0000

Updated throughout the day.

Updated 1.05 PM EST: Las Vagas Sands (NYSE:LVS) will try to raise $2.5 billion though an IPO in Hong Kong (AP)

Updated 11.12 AM EST: Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) is considering a joint venture with Protalix Biotherapeutics (AMAX:PLX) and may buy the Israeli company. (Reuters)

Updated 9.50 AM EST: The Fed will keep rates as they are (CBNC)

A deal for Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) to take control of NBCU from GE (NYSE:GE) is imminent, as usual. (NYTimes)

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is considering buying Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) tax credits (WSJ)

Bank of NY Mellon’s (NYSE:BK) CEO turned down a chance to be considered for the Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) CEO job. (WSJ)

Roger Nightingale, economist at Pointon York, says the world faces a 1930s type depression if government stimulus packages are pulled too soon (CNBC)

A draft order to approve AT&T’s (NYSE:T) $2.8 billion acquisition of Centennial Communications Corp is circulating at the Federal Communications Commission. (The Deal)

Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) top advertising strategist is not leaving his job. (AppleInsider)

Sprint (NASDAQ:S) is starting to downplay the importance of the Palm (NASDAQ:PALM) Pre compared to other smartphones it is marketing. (Barron’s)

Shares of Old Dominion (NASDAQ:ODFL) could move from $27 to $40 in a year (BusinessWeek)

The market share of Apple’s Mac has not been hurt by the release of Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows 7.

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Douglas A. McIntyre

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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMG, AG, IRE, CAG, GPN, JASO, LEA, NTGR, ODFL, YHOO)

247wallst — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:43:47 +0000

These are ten of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiation calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Monday morning with about two hours until the market opens:

Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
AGCO (AG) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Bank of Ireland (IRE) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
ConAgra (CAG) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Global Payments (GPN) Raised to Outperform at William Blair.
JA Solar (JASO) Cut to Hold at Lazard.
Lear (LEA) Cut to Underweight at Barclays.
Netgear (NTGR) Raised to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Old Dominion Freight (ODFL) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Yahoo! (YHOO) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.

JON C. OGG
June 15, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: AG, AMG, CAG, GPN, IRE, JASO, LEA, NTGR, ODFL, YHOO

Early Bird Analyst Downgrades (B, CCL, CTCM, DO, ESS, HAL, HMY, IP, ODFL, PKG)

247wallst — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:32:56 +0000

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades we have seen with more than two hours to the open this Monday morning:

Barnes Group (B) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
Carnival (CCL) Cut to Sell at S&P.
CTC Media (CTCM) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Diamond Offshore (DO) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Essex Property Trust (ESS) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Halliburton (HAL) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Harmony Gold (HMY) Cut to Underperform at RBC.
International Paper (IP) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
Packaging Corp. (PKG) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Jon C. Ogg
November 3, 2008

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: B, CCL, CTCM, DO, ESS, HAL, HMY, IP, ODFL, PKG

Top Pre-Market Upgrades & Downgrades (AB, ABFS, CNY, DKX, BEN, KMT, ODFL, OTTR, PZN, RJF, JOE, TROW, YRCW)

247wallst — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:27:31 +0000

These are not all of the research calls affecting shares of stock, but these are some we have our eyes on this Monday:

Alliance Bernstein (AB) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
Arkansas Best (ABFS) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
Con-Way (CNY) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) Started as Overweight at Lehman.
Franklin Resources (BEN) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.
Kennametal (KMT) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Otter Tail (OTTR) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Pzena (PZN) Cut to Underperform at KBW.
Raymond James Financial (RJF) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.
St. Joe (JOE) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.
T. Rowe Price (TROW) Cut to Underperform at KBW.
YRC Worldwide (YRCW) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
September 22, 2008

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: AB, ABFS, BEN, CNY, DKX, JOE, KMT, ODFL, OTTR, PZN, RJF, TROW, YRCW

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

Pre-Market Earnings Gappers (July 26, 2007)

247wallst — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:58:07 +0000

(AAPL) Apple traded down initially, but shares are up 7% pre-market after earnings and maintaining 2008 iPhone sales.
(AKAM) Akamai Tech $0.30 EPS vs $0.30 estimate; shares down over 10% pre-market on guidance being in-line and after broker downgrades.
(AN) Auto Nation $0.38 EPS vs $0.42 estimate.
(APA) Apache $1.89 EPS before items vs $1.90.
(ARTG) Art Tech $0.00 EPS vs $0.01 estimate.
(BC) Brunswick $0.65 EPS vs $0.64 estimate.
(BDK) Black & Decker $1.75 EPS versus $1.73 estimate.
(BIDU) Baidu.com posted over 100% growth in earnings and revenues; $0.54 EPS equivalent versus $0.43 estimate; trading up 17% pre-market.
(BZH) Beazer Homes -$0.06 EPS versus -$0.46 estimate, although estimates are all over the place.
(CMCSA) Comcast $0.19 EPS & $7.71 Billion revenues versus $0.19/$7.71B estimates; shares trading down 3% pre-market.
(CMI) Cummins $2.13 EPS versus $1.58 estimate.
(CNX) Consolidated Energy $0.83 EPS vs $0.60 estimate; unsure if comparable.
(COL) Rockwell Collins $0.86 EPS vs $0.83 estimate.
(F) Ford $0.13 EPS versus -$0.36 estimate; unsure if comparable; shares trading up 2% pre-market.
(GT) Goodyear Tire $0.35 EPS vs $0.37 estimate.
(ICE) IntercontinentalExchange $0.85 EPS versus $0.76 estimate.
(IKN) IKON Office $0.23 EPS vs. $0.23 estimate; sees next quarter $0.22 EPS vs $0.23 estimate.
(KEI) Keithly -$0.03 EPS vs -$0.01 estimate.
(KLIC) Kulicke & Soffa $0.08 EPS versus $0.08 estimate; shares down 1% pre-market.
(LLL) L-3 Communications $1.49 EPS versus $1.43 estimates.
(MMM) 3M $1.25 EPS vs $1.18 estimate.
(ODFL) Old Dominion Freight Line $0.57 EPS versus $0.55 estimate.
(PCCC) PC Connection $0.21 EPS versus $0.19 estimate.
(PMTI) Palomar Meed $0.43 EPS vs $0.29 estimates.
(QCOM) Qualcomm $0.55 EPS vs $0.51 estimate; fiscal guidance raised to $1.95 to $1.97 versus prior $1.84 to $1.88 range; shares up 1.5% pre-market.
(QLTI) QLT Inc. $0.08 EPS vs $0.07 estimate.
(RAIL) Freightcar America $0.93 EPS vs $0.92 estimate.
(RCL) Royal Caribbean $0.60 EPS vs $0.60 estimate.
(RTN) Raytheon $0.79 EPS versus $0.68 estimate; unsure if comparable.
(TEN) Tenneco $0.87 EPS vs $0.77 estimate.
(UST) UST Inc. $0.90 EPS vs $0.85 estimate.
(UTEK) Ultratech $0.04 EPS vs -$0.04 estimate.
(WEN) Wendy’s $0.33 EPS vs $0.33 estimate.
(XOM) Exxon Mobil $1.83 EPS vs $1.96 estimate; trading down 2% pre-market.
(XMSR) XM Satellite Radio -$0.45 EPS and $277M revenues versus estimates of -$0.44/$274.75M; added about 338,000 net subscribers; shares down 1.75%.

Jon C. Ogg
July 26, 2007