Posts for Ticker ‘SLAB’

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AXP, ATML, BX, CHA, CYPB, HPQ, SLAB, UBS, WSM)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades or cautious calls we have seen from Wall Street firms early this Wednesday morning:

American Express (AXP) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
Atmel (ATML) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
Blackstone (BX) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.
China Telecom (CHA) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
Cypress Bioscience (CYPB) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) Started as Outperform at RBC.
Silicon Laboratories (SLAB) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
UBS (UBS) Cut to Underperform at KBW.
Williams-Sonoma (WSM) Cut to Underweight at Barclays.

JON C. OGG

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AIG, BARE, CWST, DNA, GILD, MHS, SLAB, TKLC, UBS, WCA)

These are ten of the analyst calls we are seeing early this Thursday morning in early bird pre-market trading hours:

  • American International Group (NYSE: AIG) raised to Buy at Citigroup.
  • Bare Escentuals (NASDAQ: BARE) Raised to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.
  • Casella Waste (NASDAQ: CWST) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Genentech (NYSE: DNA) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
  • Gilead (NASDAQ: GILD) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
  • Medco Health Solutions (NYSE: MHS) Cut to Neutral from Buy at UBS.
  • Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ: SLAB) Raised to Outperform from Market Perform at FBR.
  • Tekelec (NASDAQ: TKLC) Cut to Equal-weight from Overweight at Lehman Brothers.
  • UBS AG (NYSE: UBS) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • WCA Waste (NYSE: WCA) Cut To Underweight From Neutral By JP Morgan.

Jon C. Ogg
June 19, 2008

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (October 4, 2007)

AAPL started as Buy at BMO Capital.
AVR cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
BIOF cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
CHIC cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
CIEN raised to Neutral at UBS.
COO cut to Underperform at Bear Stearns.
ENDP cut to Hold at Jefferies.
ESL cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
FCL started as Outperform at FBR.
FISV raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
HANS cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs (see full note).
LIFC raised to Outperform at Piper Jaffray.
MOT target raised to $22 at Lehman.
MPWR raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
MXIM raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
MYL raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
NGLS removed from Goldman Sachs conviction buy list.
NHY raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
NTRI cut to Hold at Lazard.
PNRA raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
RAD raised to Neutral at HSBC.
SAP raised to Buy at Sun Trust; downgraded at Bernstein.
SHW raised to Buy at UBS.
SLAB cut to Hold at Citigroup.
SPF raised to Neutral at UBS.
WFT cut to Neutral at B of A.
WTSLA cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
X started as Underweight at JPMorgan.

Wachovia initiated major technology companies today, but it appears that this was part of the A.G.Edwards transitioning this week (AMD, INTC, TXN, DELL, IBM, HPQ, NOK, QCOM, BRCM, MOT, JAVA).  Here is a full list.

Jon C. Ogg
October 4, 2007