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Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (NGG, QGEN, RGC, WSM, GPN, GFI, QSFT, TSRA)

247wallst — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:27:58 +0000

These are the early bird analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen this Tuesday morning with more than two hours to the open:

National Grid (NYSE: NGG) Raised to Overweight at HSBC.
Qiagen (NASDAQ: QGEN) Started as Overweight at HSBC.
Regal Entertainment (NYSE: RGC) Started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.
Williams-Sonoma (NYSE: WSM) Raised to Buy at Merrill lynch.
Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI) Cut to Neutral from Buy at UBS.
Quest Software (NASDAQ: QSFT) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Tessera Technologies (NASDAQ: TSRA) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.

Jon C. Ogg
December 2, 2008

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: GFI, GPN, NGG, QGEN, QSFT, RGC, TSRA, WSM

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ALD, T, BA, NDAQ, NNI, PBT, RL, RGC, TIBX, WINN)

247wallst — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:11:36 +0000

These are not all of the calls we are seeing in pre-market coverage, but these are ten of the calls impacting shares this Wednesday morning:

Allied Capital (NYSE: ALD) Started as Underweight at JPMorgan.
AT&T (NYSE: T) raised to Outperform at Bernstein.
Boeing (NYSE: BA) Cut to Sell from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ: NDAQ) Raised to Buy from Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Nelnet (NYSE: NNI) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
Permian Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE: PBT) Raised to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.
Polo Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL) Raised to Market Perform from Underperform at Morgan Keegan.
Regal Entertainment (NYSE: RGC) Raised to Outperform at BMO Capital.
Tibco Software (NASDAQ: TIBX) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Winn-Dixie (NASDAQ: WINN) Raised to Outperform from Market Perform at FBR.

Jon C. Ogg
June 25, 2008

IPO FILING: AMC Entertainment (AC, RGC, CNK, CKEC, NCMI)

247wallst — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:31:44 +0000

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. has filed to come public in an IPO under the NYSE ticker "AC." This filing lists up to $500 million as the amount of securities being sold for filing purposes.

AMC Entertainment posted for the 52 weeks ended June 28, 2007, on a pro forma basis, revenues of $2.4 Billion, Adjusted EBITDA of $425.6 million, a loss from continuing operations of $60.3 million. On a historical basis it had net cash provided by operating activities of $394.7 million. In the United States and Canada, as of June 28, 2007, it operated 311 theaters with 4,597 screens. As of June 28, 2007, it had 66 theaters with 703 screens consisted principally of wholly-owned theaters in Mexico and an unconsolidated joint venture in South America.

It also currently owns approximately 18.6% of National CineMedia, LLC; and it currently own approximately 27% of MovieTickets.com, an Internet ticketing venture representing over 10,000 screens. One thing investors need to know is that the movie theater operation in the U.S. has been one of the most frequently changed in owners, and AMC recently became under Merger Sub in June of 2007. AMC is also reclassifying its stock classes and it is currently held by J.P.Morgan Partners, Apollo Investment Funds, Bain Capital, Carlyle Group, Spectrum Equity Investors, and management.

Other publicly traded movie theater chains are Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE:RGC), Cinemark Holdings Inc. (NYSE:CNK), and Carmike Cinemas Inc. (NASDAQ:CKEC). There is also of course the offshoot National Cinemedia (NASDAQ:NCMI), which AMC has had an ownership in the parent holding company of.

Jon C. Ogg
September 13, 2007

Jon Ogg can be reached at jonogg@247wallst.com; he produces the 24/7 Wall St. Special Situation Investing Newsletter and he does not own securities in the companies he covers.