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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADTN, ATHN, CLH, DPS, GS, IM, O, RMD, SPWRA, TLAB)

Administrator — Mon, 03 May 2010 12:10:10 +0000

These are ten of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we saw from Wall Street research calls this morning:

Adtran Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) Reiterated Hold but price target cut to $32 at Auriga.
Clean Harbors, Inc. (NYSE: CLH) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (NYSE: DPS) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) Cut to Market Perform and $165 target at KBW.
Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Realty Income Corp. (NYSE: O) Cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.
ResMed Inc. (NYSE: RMD) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA) Reiterated SELL with $15 Target at Auriga.
Tellabs Inc. (NASDAQ: TLAB) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ADTN, ATHN, CLH, DPS, GS, IM, O, RMD, SPWRA, TLAB

52-Week High Club

247wallst — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:33:14 +0000

Pier 1 Imports Inc. (NYSE: PIR) rallied over 11% to a yearly high of $5.01 after Dow Jones reported that the company had entered into an agreement to sell its St. Charles Ill. distribution center $11 million.

ResMed Inc. (NYSE: RMD) hit a yearly high of $47.90 after analysts at Credit Suisse upgraded the stock.

Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) hit a yearly high of $6.05 after the company announced that K-Touch Mobile Indonesia, a mobile phone maker, had licensed Bitstream’s mobile we brower for distribution.

Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. (NASDAQ: PSUN) rallied over 6% to a yearly high of %6.62 after FBR Capital upgraded the apparel stores industry.

Sinclair Broadcast Group (NASDAQ: SBGI) rallied over 12% to a yearly high of $4.22 after the company’s subsidiary, Sinclair Television Group, intends to offer roughl $430.00 million in debt which will be used to pas for its cash tenders for its 3% senior covertible notes due in 2027 and 4.875% senior convertable notes due in 2018.

Garrett W. McIntyre

Posted in Healthcare, Old Media, Retail, Technology Companies, Telecom Tagged: BITS, PIR, PSUN, RMD, SBGI

Top 10 Early Bird Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (COGT, PSUN, RMD, NCTY, SAFM, UTHR, ARB, CS, CTRP, SUN)

247wallst — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:11:25 +0000

These are ten of the early bird analyst upgrades and downgrades we are seeing from Wall Street this Wednesday morning:

Cogent Inc. (COGT) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Pacific Sunwear (PSUN) Raised to Neutral from Sell at UBS.
ResMed (RMD) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
The9 Ltd. (NCTY) Raised to Hold from Sell at Citigroup.
Sanderson Farms (SAFM) Raised to neutral from Underweight at JPMorgan.
United Therapeutics (UTHR) Raised to Neutral from Sell at Piper Jaffray.
Arbitron (ARB) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Credit Suisse (CS) Cut to Sell from Neutral at UBS.
CTrip.com (CTRP) Cut to Sell from Buy at Citigroup; price target cut to $30.40 at Credit Suisse.
Sunoco (SUN) Cut to Sell from Hold at Deutsche Bank.

Jon C. Ogg
November 19, 2008

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: ARB, COGT, CS, CTRP, NCTY, PSUN, RMD, SAFM, SUN, UTHR

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (BPFH, CAAS, CTXS, HAYN, MMC, NDAQ, RL, RMD)

247wallst — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:09:13 +0000

These are not all of the analyst upgrades or positive calls we are seeing, but these are the stand out calls early this Thursday morning:

Boston Private Financial (BPFH) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
China Automotive Systems (CAAS) Started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.
Citris (CTXS) Started as Outperform at Bernstein.
Haynes International (HAYN) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Marsh & McLennan (MMC) Raised to Market Perform at FBR.
NASDAQ OMX (NDAQ) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
Polo Ralph Lauren (RL) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Resmed (RMD) Raised to Hold at Citigroup.

Jon C. Ogg
August 7, 2008

Key Analyst Downgrades (CSC, HPC, JBX, RMD, SAPE, HOT, TRIN, WB)

247wallst — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:31:12 +0000

These are some of the preliminary downgrades or negative research calls seen out of Wall Street analysts this Monday morning in early morning hours:

Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC) Cut to Sell from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Hercules (NYSE: HPC) Cut to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Jack In The Box (NYSE: JBX) Cut to Buy from Strong Buy at Wedbush Morgan.
Resmed (NYSE: RMD) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
Sapient (NASDAQ: SAPE) Cut to Sell from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Starwood Hotels (NYSE: HOT) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Thomson Reuters (NASDAQ: TRIN) Cut to Sell from Neutral at UBS.
Wachovia (NYSE: WB) Cut to Neutral at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
July 14, 2008

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (September 27, 2007)

247wallst — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:42:17 +0000

AET started as Outperform at Wachovia.
CI started as mkt perform at Wachovia.
CEO cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
EQ cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
GME cut to Neutral at UBS.
HNT started as mkt perform at Wachovia.
KND raised to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.
LEVP started as outperform at CIBC.
MGA raised to outperform at CIBC.
MOGN started as Outperform at FBR.
PUK raised to outperform at Bear Stearns.
RMD cut to Neutral at UBS.
SBUX cut to Sell at B of A.
TIBX started as Neutral at Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey.
WSTL raised to Outperform at RW Baird.

Jon C. Ogg
September 27, 2007