Posts for Ticker ‘PETD’

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (ACOR, IP, OPEN, PBR, SPWRA, ASML, LAZ, PETD, TRW, WDC)

These are this morning’s top 10 pre-market analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations which we have seen early from Wall Street research firms:

Acorda (NASDAQ: ACOR) Raised to Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford; Raised to Outperform at Baird.
International Paper (NYSE: IP) Started as Outperform at RBC.
OpenTable (NASDAQ: OPEN) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
PetroBras, or Petrobras Brasileiro (NYSE: PBR) Started as Outperform at Bernstein.
Sunpower (NASDAQ: SPWRA) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
ASML (NASDAQ: ASML) Cut to Sell at Citi.
Lazard (NYSE: LAZ) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Petroleum Development (NASDAQ: PETD) Cut to Neutral at Sun Trust.
Travelers Cos (NYSE: TRV) Cut To Market Perform at KBW.
Western Digital (NYSE: WDC) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.

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JON C. OGG
OCTOBER 15, 2009

Posted on: October 15, 2009 – 8:27 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Top Day Trader Alerts (JASO, GRMN, YRCW, JAZZ, MEDX, BMY, PETD, TOL, XHB, BRCM)

These are this morning’s top day trader alerts and most active in price and volume.  We have more detailed analysis and data on price and volume with links through to each at VSInvestor.com:

JA Solar Holding Co. (NASDAQ: JASO) is down close to 10% after poor results.

Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) is down over 5% on a key analyst downgrade.

YRC Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) was down over 7% on an analyst downgrade.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAZZ) was up almost 20% on an unexpected profit.

Medarex Inc. (NASDAQ: MEDX) is seeing very unusual merger arb volume after the Hart-Scott-Rodino merger review period for the Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) buyout has expired.

Petroleum Development Corporation (NASDAQ: PETD) is down 5% and will be an exponential volume mover on the secondary offering.

Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) has some sales gains data that is strong enough to lift the SPDR S&P Homebuilders (NYSE: XHB).

This was not seen until a post-close review, but Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ:BRCM) was seeing some very unusual PUT OPTIONS TRADING yesterday.

JON C. OGG
AUGUST 12, 2009

Posted on: August 12, 2009 – 9:26 am in Pre-Market Activity, Trading Alert, , , , , , , , , ,

Petroleum Development Corporation Files To Raise Cash (PETD)

Money_stack_pic_5Petroleum Development Corporation (NASDAQ: PETD) has just filed a mixed shelf registration with the SEC to allow it to sell securities to raise capital.  The securities listed are any combination of debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, warrants, purchase contracts, and units. 

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Posted on: November 26, 2008 – 4:51 pm in Oil & Gas, Secondary Offering,

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (September 18, 2007)

CAM cut to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.
CYPB started as Buy at Citigroup.
DMAN started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
ENB raised to Outperform at CIBC.
ERTS started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.
ETFC cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
FMC cut to Underperform at Wachovia.
GET started as Buy at Jefferies.
GM cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
HHS cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
ITW cut to Hold at BB&T.
KWD cut to Neutral at First Albany.
LCAPA started as Outperform at Wachovia.
LMT raised to Buy at Merrill Lynch.
MEND cut to Sector Perform at CIBC.
MYGN started as Hold at Citigroup.
NCI cut to Neutral at Merrill Lynch.
NLY started as Buy at JMP Securities.
ONNN raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
PETD started as Buy at Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey.
RRR raised to Overweight at Lehman.
SRVY raised to Overweight at Lehman.
SSL cut to Neutral at UBS.
VC raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
WBD cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
WX started as Neutral at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
September 18, 2007

Posted on: September 18, 2007 – 7:07 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,