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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AKAM, ANGI, AAPL, CBE, FIO, GGP, GES, PETD, PMCS, PLD, REG, RS, UA, PANL, VTR, WSM)

Administrator — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:20:51 +0000

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

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Cut to Neutral from Buy at Janney Capital Markets.
Angie’s List, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI) Started as Buy at Stifel Nicolaus; Started as Perform at Oppenheimer; Started as Buy at Janney Capital Markets.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) lowered price target to $513 from $530 at Morgan Keegan.
Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE) Cut to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Fusion-io, Inc. (NYSE: FIO) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
General Growth Properties Inc. (NYSE: GGP) Cut to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Guess?, Inc. (NYSE: GES) Cut to Underperform from Neutral as Bear of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
Petroleum Development Corporation (NASDAQ: PETD) Cut to Hold at Canaccord Genuity.
PMC-Sierra Inc. (NASDAQ: PMCS) Cut to Neutral with $6 target at Goldman Sachs.
Prologis, Inc. (NYSE: PLD) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Regency Centers Corporation (NYSE: REG) Cut to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company (NYSE: RS) named as value stock of the day at Zacks Investment Research.
Under Armour, Inc. (NYSE: UA) Raised to Outperform with $90 target at Baird.
Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ: PANL) maintained Hold and lowered estimates and target to $35 at Canaccord Genuity.
Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) Raised to Long-Term Outperform and named as the Bull of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
Williams-Sonoma Inc. (NYSE: WSM) Cut to Sell at Janney Capital Markets.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AAPL, AKAM, ANGI, CBE, FIO, GES, GGP, PANL, PETD, PLD, PMCS, REG, RS, UA, VTR, WSM

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARUN, CMI, DMND, ENZN, FCEL, FIG, HLF, KFT, MYGN, NTAP, OIS, PMTC, PTR, PETD, SWFT)

Administrator — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:23:53 +0000

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

Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) Started as Buy at UBS.
Cummins, Inc. (NYSE: CMI) Reiterated Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENZN) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Fortress Investment Group (NYSE: FIG) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
FuelCell Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) Maintained Buy with $3 target at Canaccord Genuity.
Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $63 at Argus.
Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
Myriad Genetics Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN) Raised to Buy at Auriga.
NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Oil States International, Inc. (NYSE: OIS) Reiterated Strong Buy as Value at Zacks.
Parametric Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: PMTC) Reiterated Buy with $28 target at Canaccord Genuity.
PetroChina Co. Ltd. (NYSE: PTR) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
Petroleum Development Corporation (NASDAQ: PETD) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Swift Transportation Co., LLC (NYSE: SWFT) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ARUN, CMI, DMND, ENZN, FCEL, FIG, HLF, KFT, MYGN, NTAP, OIS, PETD, PMTC, PTR, SWFT

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BP, BRCD, CSCO, DE, EMC, WIRE, INTC, JNPR, LRCX, NTAP, PAL, OMX, PETD, SPLS, STP, TER, UTI, VMED)

Administrator — Thu, 19 May 2011 12:31:55 +0000

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

BP plc (NYSE: BP) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD) Started as Buy with $8 target at Janney.
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) Started as Neutral with $18 target at Janney.
Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) STarted as Buy with $34 target at Janney.
Encore Wire Corporation (NASDAQ: WIRE) maintained Strong Buy as Value at Zacks.
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE: JNPR) Started as Buy with $48 target at Janney.
Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ: LRCX) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
NeAtpp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) Started as Neutral at Janney.
North American Palladium Ltd. (AMEX: PAL) Raised to Neutral at BofA/ML.
OfficeMax Incorporated (NYSE: OMX) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Petroleum Development Corporation (NASDAQ: PETD) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) Cut to Neutral at Collins Stewart.
Teradyne Inc. (NYSE: TER) Started as Buy at Citigroup.
Universal Tech Institute (NYSE: UTI) Maintained Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Virgin Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: VMED) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls, Technology Companies Tagged: BP, BRCD, CSCO, DE, EMC, INTC, JNPR, LRCX, NTAP, OMX, PAL, PETD, SPLS, STP, TER, UTI, VMED, WIRE

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

247wallst — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:27:15 +0000

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 in Analyst Calls Tagged: ACOR, ASML, IP, LAZ, OPEN, PBR, PETD, SPWRA, TRW, WDC

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

247wallst — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:26:19 +0000

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 in Pre-Market Activity, Trading Alert Tagged: BMY, BRCM, GRMN, JASO, JAZZ, MEDX, PETD, TOL, XHB, YRCW

Petroleum Development Corporation Files To Raise Cash (PETD)

247wallst — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:51:55 +0000

Petroleum 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.

The filing will allow the company to sell up to $500 million insecurities. No terms nor any underwriters were mentioned in thisfiling.

Shares closed up 14.8% at $18.74 in fairly light trading volume. Its52-week trading range is $11.50 to $79.09 and its current market cap islisted as $278.5 million. After a big pop like we saw today, it is oflittle surprise that shares are down almost 5% at $17.82 in after-hourstrading after this filing.

Jon C. Ogg
November 26, 2008

Posted in Oil & Gas, Secondary Offering Tagged: PETD

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (September 18, 2007)

247wallst — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:07:22 +0000

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