Posts for Ticker ‘RDC’

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ATHN, ARUN, FAS, CVLT, DEO, NE, RDC, ZUMZ)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst calls from Wall Street we have seen early this Friday morning:

Athenahealth (ATHN) Cut to Sell at UBS.
Aruba Networks (ARUN) Raised to Buy at Jefferies; Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Chico’s FAS (FAS) Raised to Buy at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
CommVault Systems (CVLT) Cut to Hold at KeyBanc.
Diageo plc (DEO) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Noble Corp. (NE) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Rowan Cos. (RDC) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Zumiez (ZUMZ) Cut to Neutral at Baird.

JON C. OGG
MAY 22, 2009

Posted on: May 22, 2009 – 6:40 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , ,

Early Bird Analyst Downgrades (DO, ESV, HBC, MORN, PPO, PWAV, RDC, TDW, TROW)

Down_arrow_redThese are some of the early analyst downgrades we are seeing from Wall Street this Friday morning with about two and a half hours until the open:

  • Diamond Offshore (DO) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
  • Ensco (ESV) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
  • HSBC (HBC) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Morningstar (MORN) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.
  • Polypore International (PPO) Cut to Hold at BB&T.
  • Powerwave (PWAV) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
  • Rowan Companies (RDC) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
  • Tidewater (TDW) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
  • T. Rowe Price (TROW) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.

Jon C. Ogg
October 31, 2008

Posted on: October 31, 2008 – 6:00 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ELN, ESLT, LLNW, RDC, SLW, AIG, EAT, ENTR, HNT, INAP, NVS, OEH, PACR, TI )

Upgrades and Positive Calls:

  • Elan (ELN) Raised to Equal-weight at Lehman.
  • Elbit Systems (ESLT) Raised to Buy at UBS.
  • Limelight Networks (LLNW) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
  • Rowan Cos. (RDC) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
  • Silver Wheaton (SLW) Raised to Outperform at Raymond James.

Downgrades or Cautious Calls:

  • American International Group (AIG) Started as Sell at Societe Generale.
  • Brinker (EAT) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • Entropic Communications (ENTR) Cut to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford.
  • Health Net (HNT) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
  • Internap (INAP) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
  • Novartis (NVS) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Orient Express (OEH) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • Pacer International (PACR) Cut To Underweight at JPMorgan.
  • Telecom Italia (TI) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Jon C. Ogg
August 6, 2008

Posted on: August 6, 2008 – 6:39 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (AFL, AMGN, BBY, CHTT, CVH, HNT, KMB, PCLN, RDC)

These are not all of the upgrades or positive calls we have seen, but these are some calls moving shares this Monday morning:

  • AFLAC (AFL) Raised to Outperform at Raymond James.
  • Amgen (AMGN) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
  • Best Buy (BBY) Raised to Buy at Banc of America.
  • Chattem (CHTT) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Coventry Health (CVH) Raised to Buy at UBS.
  • Health Ney (HNT) Raised to Buy at UBS.
  • Kimberly-Clark (KMB) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Pricleine.com (PCLN) Raised to Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
  • Rowan (RDC) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
July 28, 2007

Posted on: July 28, 2008 – 6:30 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , ,

UBS Hikes Oil (CVX, DO, HERO, NE, PDE, RDC, RIG)

UBS has raised its raw oil price targets for 2008 to 2010 and has lifted its coverage in the oil sector.  UBS also initiated coverage on some of the oil and drilling companies this morning.  Here are a few of the stocks they initiated coverage on:

  • Chevron (NYSE: CVX) raised to Buy from Neutral.
  • Diamond Offshore (NYSE: DO) started as Buy with a $160 target.
  • Hercules Offshore (NASDAQ: HERO) started as Neutral with a $35.00 price target.
  • Noble Corp. (NYSE: NE) started as Buy with $81.00 target.
  • Pride (NYSE: PDE) started as Neutral.
  • Rowan (NYSE: RDC) started as Buy with $53.00 target.
  • Transocean (NYSE: RIG) started as Buy with a $200 target.

As far as average oil price, UBS raised those as well:

  • $115.00 average per barrel for 2008.
  • $120.00 average per barrel for 2009.
  • $116.50 average per barrel for 2010.

Jon C. Ogg
May 15, 2008

Posted on: May 15, 2008 – 7:01 am in Analyst Calls, Oil & Gas, , , , , , ,