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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BHP, XOM, HAL, ICE, JCG, PNC, PLD, SCHN, SHW, SY, TXN, VOD)

Administrator — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:33:08 +0000

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

BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP) Raised to Overweight at Barclays; Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) Maintained Outperform but target cut to $78 at RBC.
Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) Maintained Outperform but target cut to $35 at RBC.
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) Raised to Outperform at BMO.
J. Crew Group, Inc. (NYSE: JCG) Raised to Outperform at Cowen & Co.
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE: PNC) Started as Outperform at BMO.
ProLogis (NYSE: PLD) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. (NASDAQ: SCHN) Started as Buy at UBS.
Sherwin-Williams Co. (NYSE: SHW) Cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY) Cut to Hold at Benchmark.
Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) Cut to Hold at S&P Equity Research.
Vodafone Group plc (NYSE: VOD) Cut to Hold at ING.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: BHP, HAL, ICE, JCG, PLD, PNC, SCHN, SHW, SY, TXN, VOD, XOM

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AEZS, ACV, MDRX, CAAS, DELL, HPQ, BEE, SIMG, SY, TEF, TIVO, WCRX)

Administrator — Mon, 17 May 2010 12:22:46 +0000

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

Aeterna Zentaris Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS) Reiterated Outperform but Target raised to $2 from $1.50 at RBC.
Alberto-Culver Co. (NYSE: ACV) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
China Automotive Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CAAS) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) Started as Buy at Brean Murray.
Hewlett Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) Started as Buy at Brean Murray.
Strategic Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: BEE) Raised to Neutral at Baird.
Silicon Image Inc. (NASDAQ: SIMG) Raised to Buy at Needham.
Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) Cut to Hold at Kaufman; Cut at Lazard late Friday on the bad court review news. TiVo’s technical trade set-ups are also available at VSInvestor.com.
Telefonica SA (NYSE: TEF) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Warner Chilcott plc (NASDAQ: WCRX) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ACV, AEZS, BEE, CAAS, DELL, HPQ, MDRX, SIMG, SY, TEF, TIVO, WCRX

Top Day Trader Alerts (AMSC, AUTC, BIDU, CSCO, CLNE, EBAY, SY, SAP, URBN, WFMI)

Administrator — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:57:52 +0000

Many day trader and active trader stocks are up on earnings but other news is running names as well. Thursday’s top day trader and active trader alerts are in American Superconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSC), AuthenTec, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUTC), Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE), eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY), Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN), and Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFMI)

American Superconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSC) is trading up after it beat earnings and raised guidance for 2010: $1.15 to $1.20 EPS and $415 to $425 million in revenues versus prior guidance of $1.15 EPS and $400 million in revenue. Shares are up 6.8% at $31.23 but on rather thin trading volume so far this morning.

AuthenTec, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUTC) is soaring despite a net loss having grown even as revenues rose. Shares are up 25% at $3.00 on over 150,000 shares.

Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is soaring yet again after yesterday’s post-split stock move. This one is up by more than another 3% and is trading up over $80.00 per share. This is after its 10 for 1 split and this is equivalent to $800 now. The real move is up 3.4% at $80.90 on about 800,000 shares.

Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is taking a breather despite having beat earnings, staying steadfast on the recovery and ending just shy of $40 billion in cash. Shares are down by 2.9% at $25.96 on 2,681,391 shares.

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE) may be from a Cramer MAD MONEY note or may be from the new climate bill. Shares are up 4.5% at $17.58 on over 55,000 shares.

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) is trading up after its stock was raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Shares are up almost 4% at $23.40 on 55,000 shares.

Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY) is up on that SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) offer. The deal is valued at $5.8 billion, or about $65 per share in an all-cash offer. Sybase shares are up another 14% at $64.50 on over 4 million shares; SAP shares are down 1.2% at $44.37 on only about 20,000 shares.

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) is taking a breather despite the notion that net earnings were up about 70%. Shares closed at $39.41 and are lower by 3.5% at $38.05 on about 20,000 shares.

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFMI) beat earnings and raised guidance. The stock is also hitting new 52-week highs on the news. Shares are up 7% at $43.08 on almost 100,000 shares.

JON C. OGG

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Filed under: Pre-Market Activity, Trading Alert Tagged: AMSC, AUTC, BIDU, CLNE, CSCO, EBAY, SAP, SY, URBN, WFMI

The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Report 5.13 The Wisdom Of Crowds?

247wallst — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:41:07 +0000

Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million Twitter users. It raises the question of whether there is wisdom in crowds.

24/7 Wall St. will look at the Twitter posts at Reuters Biz, WSJ, Financial Times, CNN Money, MarketWatch, CNBC, and 24/7 Wall St. each day to see which stocks are most frequently mentioned. It is clear that in this area of social media these tweet are a sign of which companies the Twitter universe is interested in. These financial sites are followed by a combined 625,000 Twitter users which makes them a sizeable sample of Wall St.’s interests. In some cases, we will publish the actual tweets from the sites.

Among the daily top trending symbols on stock twitter aggregator StockTwits are Baidu, Inc (NASDAQ: BIDU), Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CSCO), Sybase Inc. (NASDAQ: SY), Morgan Stanly (NYSE: MS), NetFlix, Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX), Direxion Small Cap Bear 3x Shares (NYSE: TZA), SAP AZ (NYSE: SAP) ,and Hotel Inns & Hotel Management, Inc (NASDAQ: HMIN).

CNN Money: Big banks slashed small business credit lines http://bit.ly/bku2Hh

Reuters Biz: New York AG investigating 8 banks http://link.reuters.com/myx83k

Reuters Biz: BP says oil spill costs $450 million so far http://link.reuters.com/cut83k

Reuters Biz: Spain joins euro austerity drive http://link.reuters.com/muq83k

MarketWatch: U.S. initial jobless claims decline to 444,000 last week; 4-week moving average off 9,000 http://on.mktw.net/cGkJsz

MarketWatch: SAP agrees to buy Sybase for $5.8 billion http://bit.ly/cAEU8T

FT: Facebook’s open disdain for privacy http://bit.ly/aIAVAO

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Filed under: Research Tagged: BIDU, CSCO, HMI, MS, NFLX, SAP, SY, Twitter, TZA

Top Analyst Upgrades (COF, CMCSA, CMA, CNXT, CVG, DEPO, DTSI, QSFT, SY, WFC, WEN)

247wallst — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:23:59 +0000

There were many more upgrades than downgrades seen early this Monday morning. These are top upgrades and positive research calls from Wall Street analysts we have seen so far:

Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Comerica (NYSE: CMA) Raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Conexant Systems (NASDAQ: CNXT) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Convergsys (NYSE: CVG) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Depomed (NASDAQ: DEPO) Started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.
Digital Theater Systems (NASDAQ: DTSI) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Quest Software (NASDAQ: QSFT) Raised to Buy at Auriga.
Sybase (NYSE: SY) Started as Buy at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Wendy’s/Arby’s (NYSE: WEN) Started as Buy at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.

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JON C. OGG

Posted in Analyst Calls, Banking, Technology Companies Tagged: CMA, CMCSA, CNXT, COF, CVG, DEPO, DTSI, QSFT, SY, WEN, WFC

Analysts Upgrade Major Stocks (CSCO, INTC, KFT, LMT, SBUX, SY)

247wallst — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:20:50 +0000

We have seen several impact calls from analysts this Wednesday morning. These are major stocks which have been given positive research calls and upgrades.

Cisco Systems (CSCO) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Intel (INTC) Raised to Outperform at JMP Securities.
Kraft Foods (KFT) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Lockheed Martin (LMT) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Stabucks (SBUX) Raised to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Sybase (SY) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.

Jon C. Ogg
July 22, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls, Technology Companies Tagged: CSCO, INTC, KFT, LMT, SBUX, SY

Sybase Mixed, But Good Enough (SY)

247wallst — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:10:39 +0000

Sybase, Inc. (NYSE:SY) has chalked up a win in its earnings report by the looks of it. The company posted non-GAAP earnings of $0.56 EPS on roughly a 2% decline in revenues to $278 million. Thomson Reuters had consensus estimates at $0.52 EPS and $273.07 million in revenues. GAAP EPS up 28% to $0.43 and the cash flow from operations rose 9% to $68.3 million.

License revenue increased 4% year over year to $94.1 million and would have been up 11% in constant currency, while its database license revenue increased 23% and would have been up 30% in constant currency. Mobile software license revenue rose 4% and would have been up 11% in constant currency. Services revenue was $139.6 million, and messaging revenue was $44.2 million in the 2009 second quarter.

Sybase’s second quarter total revenue was hit by 7% from negative foreign currency exchange rates, which would have been a gain of 5% year over year. The company ended the quarter with $816.8 million in cash and equivalents, including restricted cash of $18.0 million.

Third quarter revenue guidance is in a range of $275 to $280 million, This anticipates 4% to 6% growth before an estimated 7% negative currency impact; non-GAAP earnings should be $0.55 to $0.57 EPS. Estimates are $0.55 EPS and $278.1 million in revenues.

Guidance for Fiscal-2009 has been raised slightly to $1.11 to $1.12 billion from $1.10 billion, while non-GAAP EPS is put in a range of $2.23 to $2.27 EPS from a previous range of $2.20 to $2.24. Those consensus estimates are $2.23 EPS and $1.12 billion in revenues.

Shares closed at $32.39 yesterday, and the 52-week range is $22.20 to $36.99; pre-market trading shows Sybase up 3% at $33.70.

JON C. OGG
JULY 21, 2009

Posted in Earnings, Software Tagged: SY

Top Analyst Upgrades (MT, BBT, EVVV, GHL, WFR, NZ, PBR, SY, STI)

247wallst — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:24:23 +0000

These are the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen early this Friday morning with more than two hours until the market opens for trading:

Arcelor Mittal (MT) Raised to Hold at Citigroup.
BB&T Corp. (BBT) Raised to Market Perform at FBR.
ev3 Inc. (EVVV) Started as Outperform at Baird.
Greenhill (GHL) Started as Outperform at William Blair.
MEMC Electronics (WFR) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Netezza (NZ) Started as Outperform at William Blair.
Petrobras Brasileiro (PBR) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Sybase (SY) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
SunTrust (STI) Raised to Market Perform at FBR.

JON C. OGG

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: BBT, EVVV, GHL, MT, NZ, PBR, STI, SY, WFR

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (APOL, BZH, CB, CTSH, FITB, IRF, PBG, SNDK, SY, SYMC, WES)

247wallst — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:43:51 +0000

These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this Friday morning:

Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Beazer Homes (NYSE: BZH) Raised To Neutral at UBS.
Chubb (NYSE: CB) Raised to Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley.
Cognizant Technology (NASDAQ: CTSH) Cut To Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
International Rectifier (NYSE: IRF) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
Pepsi Bottling (NYSE: PBG) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) Cut to Hold from Buy at Citigroup.
Sybase (NYSE: SY) Cut to Neutral at Banc Of America.
Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
Western Gas Partners (NYSE: WES) Started as Hold at Citigroup.

Jon C. Ogg
June 20, 2008