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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (APA, JPM, JCOM, FCX, PLD, RTP, SLB, SCR, SLM, TXN, UNH, X, ZMH)

247wallst — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:30:03 +0000

These are this morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls:

Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) Started as Sector Underperform at Scotia.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
j2 Global Communications (NASDAQ: JCOM) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Freeport McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) Cut to Neutral from buy at Goldman Sachs.
ProLogis (NYSE: PLD) Cut to Underperform at Wells Fargo.
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) Raised to Overweight from Neutral at HSBC.
Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB) Raised to Buy at Calyon.
Simcere Pharmaceutical Group (NYSE: SCR) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
SLM Corp. (NYSE: SLM) Cut to Neutral at Ladenberg Thalmann.
Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) Raised estimates but Maintained Sell at Auriga.
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
United States Steel (NYSE: X) Cut to Buy from Conviction Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Zimmer Holdings (NYSE: ZMH) Started as Buy at Jefferies.

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JON C. OGG

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: APA, FCX, JCOM, JPM, PLD, RTP, SCR, SLB, SLM, TXN, UNH, X, ZMH

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (MDRX, AAUK, EBAY, HNZ, SOLR, ITG, NVO, SI, SCR, PCU, STP, VISN)

247wallst — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:03:59 +0000

These are most of the general analyst calls we have seen with downgrades or negative implications this Wednesday morning in the early pre-market trading hours:

Allscripts-Misys (NASDAQ: MDRX) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Anglo American (NASDAQ: AAUK) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) Started as Sell at Collins Stewart.
HJ Heinz (NYSE: HNZ) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
GT Solar (NASDAQ: SOLR) Started as Buy at Kaufman Brothers.
Investment Tech (NYSE: ITG) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Novo-Nordisk (NYSE: NVO) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
Siemens (NYSE: SI) Cut to Neutral at Merrill Lynch.
Simcere Pharmaceutical Group. (NYSE: SCR) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Southern Copper (NYSE: PCU) Cut to Sell at UBS.
Suntech Power (NYSE: STP) Cut to Underperform at FBR.
VisionChina Media (NASDAQ: VISN) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.

There were also many financial downgrades and some downgrades specific to the oil patch this morning as well. As you can see by the few upgrades noted earlier, the pace of downgrades is still greatly exceeding upgrades.

Jon C. Ogg
January 14, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: AAUK, EBAY, HNZ, ITG, MDRX, NVO, PCU, SCR, SI, SOLR, STP, VISN

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (ALK, AMR, AAPL, CAL, DAL, DELL, JPM, LDK, PENN, SCR, SNSS, LCC)

247wallst — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:23:22 +0000

These are some of the top analyst upgrades and positive calls we are seeing this Tuesday morning:

Alaska Air (ALK) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
AMR Corp. (AMR) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Apple (AAPL) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse; reiterated Overweight at Lehman.
Continental Air (CAL) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Delta Air (DAL) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Dell (DELL) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) Started as Outperform at Bernstein.
LDK Solar (LDK) Raised to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Penn National Gaming (PENN) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Simcere Pharmaceutical Group. (SCR) Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (SNSS) Started as Buy at Piper Jaffray.
US Airways (LCC) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
August 12, 2008