Posts for Ticker ‘PPDI’

Early Bird Analyst Downgrades (ADBE, BLKB, GLW, DE, ERIC, PCG, PPDI, PLD)

Burning_money_picThese are some of the analyst downgrades we have seen from Wall Street this Tuesday morning with more than two hours until the open:

  • Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) Cut to Underperform at FBR.
  • Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) Started as Sell at Maxim Group.
  • Corning (NYSE: GLW) Cut to Market Weight at Thomas Weisel.
  • Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) Cut to Sell at UBS.
  • PG&E (NYSE: PCG) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Pharmaceutical Product Development (NASDAQ: PPDI) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • ProLogis (NYSE: PLD) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
January 13, 2009

Posted on: January 13, 2009 – 7:16 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , ,

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACM, AXYS, CTAS, CVD, GILD, PPDI, VISN, EPG, VTIV)

Money_stack_picIt is getting pretty thin in major analyst coverage as firms are encouraged to go easy on major year-end calls barring anything unexpected.  These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and new coverage calls we have seen this Tuesday morning:

  • AECOM (ACM) Started as Outperform at Baird.
  • Axsys Technologies (AXYS) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
  • Cintas (CTAS) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Covance (CVD) Started as Buy at Piper Jaffray.
  • Gilead (GILD) Started as Buy at Stanford Group.
  • PPD Inc. (PPDI) STarted as Buy at Piper Jaffray.
  • VisionChina Media (VISN) Strated as Buy at Piper Jaffray.
  • Environmental Power Corp. (EPG) Cut to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford.
  • inVentiv Health (VTIV) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.

Jon C. Ogg
December 23, 2008

Posted on: December 23, 2008 – 7:38 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (ANN, CVC, COF, CELG, GME, PPDI, STJ, STI, THQI, WOOF, WU)

These are some of the many research upgrades we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Monday morning with more than two hours to the open:

  • Ann Taylor (ANN) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs
  • Cablevision (CVC) Raised to Hold at S&P Equity Research
  • Capital One Financial (COF) Raised to Market Perform at KBW
  • Celgene (CELG) Raised to Outperform at Baird
  • GameStop (GME) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray
  • Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPDI) Raised to Outperform at Baird
  • St. Jude Medical (STJ) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan
  • SunTrust Banks (STI) Raised to Market Perform at KBW
  • THQ (THQI) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray
  • VCA Antech (WOOF) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray
  • Western Union (WU) Raised to Buy at S&P Equity Research

Jon C. Ogg
October 13, 2008

Posted on: October 13, 2008 – 6:18 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (APD, C, HBAN, MEOH, WFR, PPDI, SANM, SPG, WBS)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst Upgrades and positive calls we are seeing this Thursday Morning:

  • Air Products (APD) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Citigroup (C’) raised to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
  • Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) Raised to Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley.
  • Methanex (MEOH) Raised to Buy at UBS.
  • MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan; Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
  • Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPDI) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
  • Sanmina-SCI (SANM) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
  • Simon Property Group (SPG) Started as Overweight at Lehman.
  • Webster Financial (WBS) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.

Jon C. Ogg
July 24, 2008

Posted on: July 24, 2008 – 6:38 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AUO, ESRX, FDO, GRMN, PBR, PZE, PPDI, SFLY, TSO, ZUMZ, CAL, DAL, NWA, UAUA, LCC, AMR)

These are not the only key analyst calls coming out of Wall Street analysts today, but these are the key calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on in pre-market hours:

  • AU Optronics (AUO) raised to Outperform at Lehman.
  • Express Scripts (ESRX) downgraded to Market Perform at Wachovia.
  • Family Dollar (FDO) downgraded to Underperform at Bear Stearns.
  • Garmin (GRMN) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank.
  • Petrobras Brasiliero (PBR) downgrades to Sell from Hold at Citigroup.
  • Petrobras Energia (PZE) downgraded to Underperform from Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.
  • PPD Inc. (PPDI) raised to Buy at UBS.
  • Shutterffly (SFLY) raised to Buy at Jefferies.
  • Tesoro (TSO) downgraded to Underperform from Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.
  • Zumiez (ZUMZ) raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray.
  • UBS RAISED AIRLINES: Continental (CAL), Delta (DAL), Northwest Airlines (NWA), UAL (UAUA), and United (LCC) all raised to Buy from neutral; AMR (AMR) raised to Neutral from Sell.  Incidentally, Bear Stearns also raised Delta (DAL) to an Outperform rating.

Jon C. Ogg
January 9, 2008

Posted on: January 9, 2008 – 8:03 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (July 13, 2007)

AOB started as Outperform at CIBC.
AUY started asOutperform at Credit Suisse.
BGFV cut to Sector Perform at CIBC.
BJ raised to Equal Weight at Lehman.
BLK started as Outperform at Wachovia.
CCL raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
CHE cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
CIT cut to Sector PErform at CIBC.
CREE started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
DWA started as Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
EMC cut to Mkt Perform at Morgan Keegan.
FRO cut to Reduce at UBS.
HAL raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
HDB started as Buy at Jefferies.
IBN started as Buy at Jefferies.
NATI raised to Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
NDN raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
PPDI cut to Hold at Jefferies.
RCL raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
RNOW started as Hold at Cantor Fitzgerald.
RSH cut to Sell at B of A.
SEB raised to Buy at Jefferies.
SWK started as Neutral at B of A.
SWY raised to Equal Weight at Lehman.
VRSN raised to Buy at Jefferies.
VSCN cut to Mkt Perform at FBR.
WON cut to Sell at Citigroup.
ZBRA raised to Overweight at Thomas Weisel.

Jon C. Ogg
July 13, 2007

Posted on: July 13, 2007 – 6:43 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (July 6, 2007)

BP raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
BRG raised target at Deutsche Bank.
CACH started as Neutral at JP Morgan.
DCEL cut to Hold at Jefferies.
HLT downgraded at Jefferies, Citigroup, and at Susquehanna.
MSFT cut estimates at D.A. Davidson.
OSG raised to Overweight at JP Morgan.
PPDI reiterated outperform at Baird.
RJF raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
RDS.A raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
UDRL raised to Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.

Jon C. Ogg
July 6, 2007

Jon Ogg can be reached at jonogg@247wallst.com; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

Posted on: July 6, 2007 – 6:50 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , ,