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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BHP, COST, DRIV, GT, PX, PZN, RAI, ROK, VIP, VMC)

247wallst — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:53:30 +0000

These are ten of the top analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street early this Thursday morning:

BHP Billiton (BHP) Started as Outperform at RBC.
Costco (COST) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Digital River (DRIV) Raised to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Goodyear Tire (GT) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Praxair (PX) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Pzena Investment (PZN) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Reynolds American (RAI) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Rockwell Automation (ROK) Cut to Underperform at Baird.
Vimpel Comm (VIP) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Vulcan Materials (VMC) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.

JON C. OGG

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: BHP, COST, DRIV, GT, PX, PZN, RAI, ROK, VIP, VMC

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

Goldman Sachs Lowers Financial Estimates (AB, ABLk, BLK, CLMS, CME, BEN, GBL, IVZ, JNS, NITE, LAB, LM, MKTX, NYX, TROW, PZN, NDAQ, TRAD)

247wallst — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:22:38 +0000

Goldman Sachs has lowered estimates on many financial services players this morning:

AllianceBernstein (AB) (buy);
AMBAC Financial (ABK) (neutral);
Blackrock (BLK) (buy);
Calamos Asset Mgmt. (CLMS) (neutral);
CME Group (CME) (buy);
Franklin Resources (BEN) (neutral);
Gamco Investors (GBL) (sell);
INVESCO plc (IVZ) (neutral);
Janus Capital (JNS) (neutral);
Knight Trading (NITE) (buy);
Labranche (LAB) (sell);
Legg Mason (LM) (neutral);
Marketaccess Holdings (MKTX) (neutral);
NYSE Euronext (NYX) (neutral);
T. Rowe Price (TROW) (neutral);
Pzena Investment Mgmt. (PZN) (neutral);
The NASDAQ Stock Market (NDAQ) (neutral);
TradeStation (TRAD) (neutral)

Jon C. Ogg
January 10, 2008

Top 10 Analyst Calls (APOL, COCO, CMCSA, FNM, FRE, HUGH, INTC, NTRS, PZN, CSR, UTX)

247wallst — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:18:23 +0000

Below are some of the key impact analyst calls from 247WallSt.com:

Apollo Group (APOL) and Corinthian Colleges (COCO) started as Buy at B of A.
Comcast (CMCSA) downgraded to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Fannie Mae (FNM) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Piper Jaffray; and also downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Freddie Mac (FRE) cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.
Hughes Communications (HUGH) started as Outperform at Wachovia.
Intel (INTC) raised to Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
Northern Trust (NTRS) cut to Neutral at Merrill Lynch.
Pzena (PZN) started as Underweight at J.P.Morgan.
Security & Surveillance Technology (CSR) started as Overweight at Lehman.
United Tech (UTX) added to Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List.

Jon C. Ogg
December 5, 2007

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