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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ASX, AAPL, BX, BRCM, CIEN, CMA, DELL, DNDN, DANG, GILD, MDT, MOS, EDU, SPIL, TSM)

Administrator — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:05:35 +0000

These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (NYSE: ASX) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Outperform but raised target to $600 at Credit Suisse.
The Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) Reiterated Buy with $46 target at Argus.
Ciena Inc. (NASDAQ: CIEN) Maintained Buy with $21 target at Argus.
Comerica Inc. (NYSE: CMA) Cut to Sell at Stifel Nicolaus.
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup; Cut to Hold at Needham.
Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ: DNDN) Started as Neutral at Citigroup.
E-commerce China Dangdang Inc. (NYSE: DANG) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
The Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) Raised to Buy at Canaccord Genuity.
New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. (NYSE: EDU) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: SPIL) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (NYSE: TSM) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: 24/7 Wall St. Wire, Analyst Calls Tagged: AAPL, ASX, BRCM, BX, CIEN, CMA, DANG, DELL, DNDN, EDU, GILD, MDT, MOS, SPIL, TSM

Top After-Hours Stocks on the Move (IDTI, MHP, OPWV, SPIL, SNCR, TXRH)

Administrator — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:30:02 +0000

We are tracking several key movers and shakers after the close in this Monday’s after-hours evening trading session. Some are earnings related but some moves are from other data. Those on the move are as follows: Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDTI); The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (NYSE: MHP); Openwave Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: OPWV); Siliconware Precision Industries Company, Ltd. (NASDAQ: SPIL); Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCR); and Texas Roadhouse, Inc. (NASDAQ: TXRH). We have outlined a brief summary of the news and the moves on each.

Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDTI) met estimates, but missed on revenues after the close. Shares are trading down 8.2% at $6.16 in the after-hours session.

The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (NYSE: MHP) is surging on news that Jana Partners and the Ontario Teachers are not just going activist… They took a stake and are pushing for the company to bust itself up to enhance value. Shares are up almost 6% at $43.85 in active trading after the close.

Openwave Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: OPWV) is one that many have already forgotten long ago, but a wider loss and announcing job cuts is not going to help matters. Shares closed down almost 2% today and shares are down another 6.3% at $2.07 in the after-hours session.

Siliconware Precision Industries Company, Ltd. (NASDAQ: SPIL) fell after reporting almost 2% sequential sales growth that seems to have missed the mark. Shares are down 8.8% at $4.52 after the close.

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCR) turned in an 8.5% earnings gain but also announced a patent settlement with Dashwire for cloud management patents; Synchronoss shares are up 6.7% at $30.70 in the after-hours session.

Texas Roadhouse, Inc. (NASDAQ: TXRH) is getting clipped in after-hours trading after posting a penny-lite $0.22 EPS and giving 5% growth guidance on earnings rather 5% to 10% previously along with lower margins. Shares are down 9.7% at $15.00 in the Monday evening post-close period.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: After-Hours Activity, Trading Alert Tagged: IDTI, MHP, OPWV, SNCR, SPIL, TXRH

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AFL, AW, CPB, MWV, NYX, ODFL, PDLI, PCZ, SPIL, WDFC)

247wallst — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:51:04 +0000

There are other calls out there, but these are ten of the early morning analyst calls that we are focused on this Friday 13th:

Aflac (NYSE: AFL) Started as Buy at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
Allied Waste (NYSE: AW) Raised To Buy From Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) Raised To Overweight from Equalweight at Lehman.
MeadWestvaco (NYSE: MWV) Raised to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.
NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ: ODFL) Raised to Outperform from Neutral at Baird.
PDL Biopharma (NASDAQ: PDLI) Cut to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Petro-Canada (NYSE: PCZ) raised to Buy at Banc of America.
Siliconware Precision (NASDAQ: SPIL) Raised to Neutral from Sell at UBS.
WD-40 (NASDAQ: WDFC) Cut to Underweight from Neutral at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
June 13, 2008