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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (MT, BLK, BCSI, HAS, LOGI, NBG, NTRI, CRM, SAPE, SON, SYK)

Administrator — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:12:57 +0000

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this morning:

ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) Raised to Buy at ING.
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) Started as Buy at Stern Agee.
Blue Coat Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: BCSI) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Hasbro Inc. (NYSE: HAS) Started as Conviction Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Logitech International SA (NASDAQ: LOGI) Raised to Hold at RBS.
National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.
NutriSystem Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRI) Raised to Buy at Lazard.
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Sapient Corp. (NASDAQ: SAPE) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Sonoco Products Co. (NYSE: SON) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Stryker Corporation (NYSE: SYK) Raised to Outperform at Bernstein.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: BCSI, BLK, CRM, HAS, LOGI, MT, NBG, NTRI, SAPE, SON, SYK

Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/30/2009) (C)(CSCO)(SAPE)(DOX)(CTSH)

247wallst — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:02:11 +0000

Updated throughout the day.

Updated 3.23 PM EST: Analyst Michael Mayo says Citigroup (NYSE:C) will take a $10 billion write down the quarter. Citi denies it (CNBC)

Updated 10.24 AM EST: Cisco (NSADAQ:CSCO) may drop its bid for Tandberg (Barron’s)

Venezuela may have gold reserves with a total value over $13 billion. (CNBC)

JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) may have had concerns about Galleon as early as 2001 (Financial Times)

Likely near-term tech acquisition targets include Sapient (NASDAQ:SAPE), Computer Sciences (NYSE:CSC), WNS (NYSE:WNS), Amdocs (NYSE:DOX), Cognizant Technology (NASDAQ:CTSH) and ExlService (NASDAQ:EXLS) (Reuters)

Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) may spin-off AOL in December (TheStreet.com)

CIT (NYSE:CIT) is likely to file for bankruptcy in the next few days. (Reuters)

Cargill is the largest private company in the US followed closely by Koch Industries (Forbes)

Douglas A. McIntyre

Posted in Rumors Tagged: C, CIT, CSC, CSCO, CTSH, DOX, EXLS, JPM, SAPE, TWX, WNS

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ACN, ADBE, DOX, CREL, CTRP, IACI, ISIL, KLAC, SAPE, SSCC)

247wallst — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:03:49 +0000

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and cautious calls we have seen this Thursday morning:

Accenture (ACN) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Adobe Systems (ADBE) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
Amdocs (DOX) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Corel (CORL) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Ctrip.com (CTRP) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
IAC/Interactive (IACI) Cut to Equal-Weight at Barclays.
Intersil (ISIL) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
KLA-Tencor (KLAC) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Sapient (SAPE) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Smurfit-Stone (SSCC) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Jon C. Ogg
December 4, 2008

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: ACN, ADBE, CREL, CTRP, DOX, IACI, ISIL, KLAC, SAPE, SSCC

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

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ACS, DOX, BBBY, ESRX, HD, LOW, NWA, RFMD, SHLD, UA, ADP, BE, CSC, PAYX, SAPE, HEW)

247wallst — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:36:58 +0000

These are not the only key analyst calls that may impact stocks this Monday, but these are the ones that 24/7 Wall St. is focusing on:

Affiliated Computer (ACS) raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
Amdocs (DOX) raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Express Scripts (ESRX) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JP Morgan.
Home Depot (HD) & Lowe’s (LOW) both raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Northwest Airlines (NWA) raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
RF Micro Device (RFMD)raised to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Sears Holdings (SHLD) downgraded to Underperform from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Under Armour (UA) raised to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.

UBS Downgrades IT and Outsourcing/Business Process sector:

Automatic Data (ADP), BearingPoint (BE), Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC), Paychex (PAYX), and Sapient (SAPE) were all downgraded from BUY to NEUTRAL;
Hewitt Associates (HEW) downgraded from Neutral to Sell.

Jon C. Ogg
January 14, 2008

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (July 17, 2007)

247wallst — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:43:31 +0000

AMR raised to Neutral at UBS.
BEAS raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
BHP cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
BTU cut to Neutral at HSBC.
COGN raised to Strong Buy at JMP Securities.
CPA raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
CRZO cut to Hold at Jefferies.
DAL raised to Neutral at UBS.
DK started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
EME started as Buy at KeyBanc/McDonald.
GFIG cut to Hold at Citigroup.
GSIC started as Hold at Jefferies.
IACI started as Neutral at B of A.
JEC started as Buy at KeyBanc/McDonald.
NLS cut to Sector Perform at RBC.
ORB raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
PWR started as Buy at KeyBanc/McDonald.
RCI started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
ROH raised to Buy at Citigroup.
SAPE raised to Outperform at FBR.
TWB raised to Outperform at FBR.
UAUA raised to Neutral at UBS.
VSCN cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.
WAT started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
WTSLA started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.

Jon C. Ogg
July 17, 2007

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

Pre-Market Stock News (June 13, 2007)

247wallst — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:51:11 +0000

(AOB) American Oriental enters into a letter-of-intent to acquire an established plant based pharmaceutical company named Changchun Xinan Pharmaceutical Group for up to $30 million.
(CEN) Ceridian largest shareholder says the private equity buyout is underpriced.
(EBAY) eBay is still in court over this MercExchange LLC patent over its “Buy It Now” patent.
(F) Ford confirmed that it is reviewing sales of Jaguar and Rover; Goldman Sachs and others hired.
(GWR) Genesee & Wyoming reported a total carload decrease of 0.3%.
(GYI) Getty Images announced it has filed its 10-K for 2006.
(HS) Healthspring lowered guidance.
(LWSN) Lawson Software raised guidance to $0.05 to $0.07 EPS vs $0.04e.
(MAGS) Magal Security announced a new strategic partnership in Brazil for services providers.
(PAY) VeriFone Holdings announced it has been selected as the sole provider of electronic payment systems by the China Postal Savings Bank.
(POR) Portland General Electric announced the pricing of a 21 million share secondary at $26.00; seller is Enron Disputed Claims Reserve.
(SAPE) Sapient $0.07 EPS vs $0.01+e.
(SHLM) A. Schulman lowered guidance.
(SNY) Sanofi-Aventis diet drug all in one pill is being reviewed; already marketed as Acomplia in other countries.
(SSYS) Stratasys will replace LSS on S&P Small Cap 600 Index on June 14.
(TYC) Tyco will take a $500 Million pre-tax and $370 million after tax impairment charge for the sale of its Power Systems business.
(VLCM) Volcom will replace PXR on the S&P Small Cap 600 Index on June 15.

Jon C. Ogg
June 13, 2007

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

Earlybird Analyst Calls (June 13, 2007)

247wallst — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:18:54 +0000

AL cut to Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.
ATV started as Outperform at CIBC.
BBI raised to Buy at Citigroup.
BT raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.
CEVA started as Outperform at CIBC.
CNI cut to Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.
CRA started as Underperform at JMP.
CSAR raised to Neutral at UBS.
DF cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
ECA started as Outperform at CIBC.
NGLS cut to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.
NOK started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
OPTN cut to Neutral at UBS.
PSD started as Outperform at R.W.Baird.
SAPE raised to Outperform at RBC.
TMX cut to Hold at Citigroup.
VDSI raised to Outperform at FBR.
VRNT raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
WCC raised to Buy at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
June 13, 2007

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