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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARG, T, GOOG, HOV, MELI, SSL, STO, TSM, TRI, WSM)

247wallst — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:53:38 +0000

These are the top ten analyst calls for research upgrades, downgrades, and initiations which we have seen from Wall Street early this Monday morning:
Airgas (ARG) Started as Buy at Piper Jaffray.
AT&T (T) Removed from Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs, but maintained Buy rating with 32% upside.
Google (GOOG) Cut to Hold from Buy at Benchmark.
Hovnanian (HOV) Cut to Underperform at Wachovia.
MercadoLibre (MELI) Raised to Positive at Susquehanna.
Sassol (SSL) Started as Neutral at UBS.
StatoilHydro (STO) Cut to Sell from Neutral at UBS.
Taiwan Semi (TSM) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Thomson Reuters (TRI) Raised to Outperform at Scotia.
Williams-Sonoma (WSM) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray.

JON C. OGG
June 8, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: ARG, GOOG, HOV, MELI, SSL, STO, T, TRI, TSM, WSM

Coal-to-Gasoline Maker Revises Forecast (SSL)

247wallst — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:41:28 +0000

South African coal gasification company Sasol Limited (NYSE:SSL) forecast "robust growth" for its 2009 fiscal year which began in July. Yesterday, the company revised that forecast. It now expects "a moderate reduction" in its 2009 earnings. How times have changed. The company is also reviewing its capital spending budget. Shares are trading down over 4% at $25.73 this morning, and the 52-week trading range is $19.16 to $67.93.

Paul Ausick
January 22, 2009

Posted in Commodities, Earnings Warning, Oil & Gas Tagged: SSL

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (September 18, 2007)

247wallst — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:07:22 +0000

CAM cut to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.
CYPB started as Buy at Citigroup.
DMAN started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
ENB raised to Outperform at CIBC.
ERTS started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.
ETFC cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
FMC cut to Underperform at Wachovia.
GET started as Buy at Jefferies.
GM cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
HHS cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
ITW cut to Hold at BB&T.
KWD cut to Neutral at First Albany.
LCAPA started as Outperform at Wachovia.
LMT raised to Buy at Merrill Lynch.
MEND cut to Sector Perform at CIBC.
MYGN started as Hold at Citigroup.
NCI cut to Neutral at Merrill Lynch.
NLY started as Buy at JMP Securities.
ONNN raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
PETD started as Buy at Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey.
RRR raised to Overweight at Lehman.
SRVY raised to Overweight at Lehman.
SSL cut to Neutral at UBS.
VC raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
WBD cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
WX started as Neutral at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
September 18, 2007