Posts for Ticker ‘SYK’

Top Analyst Downgrades (KSU, NRP, NOK, SYK, TOL)

These are this morning’s top research downgrades and cautious calls from Wall Street analysts this Monday morning with close to two hours until the market opens:

Kansas City Southern (KSU) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Natural Resource Partners (NRP) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
Nokia (NOK) Cut to Hold at Deutsche bank.
Stryker (SYK) Cut to Market Weight at Thomas Weisel.
Toll Brothers (TOL) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.

JON C. OGG

Posted on: August 24, 2009 – 7:53 am in Analyst Calls, , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ADTN, AFL, CBS, DDUP, ENR, INWK, PCS, PTRY, RGLD, SYK)

Burning_money_pic_2These are some of this Tuesday’s top pre-market analyst downgrades and cautious research calls from Wall Street that we have seen with more than two hours until the opens:

  • ADTRAN (ADTN) Started as Equal-Weight at Barclays.
  • AFLAC (AFL) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • CBS (CBS) Cut to Underperform at Bernstein.
  • Data Domain (DDUP) Started as Sell at Broadpoint AmTech.
  • Energizer (ENR) Cut to Sell at UBS.
  • Innerworkings (INWK) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
  • MetroPCS (PCS) Cut to Sector Perform ar RBC.
  • Pantry (PTRY) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
  • Royal Gold (RGLD) Cut to Underweight at HSBC.
  • Stryker (SYK) Cut to Hold at Needham.

Jon C. Ogg
January 27, 2009

Posted on: January 27, 2009 – 7:17 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

This Week’s Key Stock Buybacks & Repurchases (SYK, NILE, TDC, WW, CPWR, CE, EFX, VARI)

While earnings season is slowly winding down and while the economy is obviously cooling, we still have many large and small companies alike with solid balance sheets or that have extra cash to deploy on hand.  These are some of the key share buybacks we have seen this week.

Stryker (NYSE: SYK) announced a general $750 million for share buybacks for general corporate purposes and to offset dilution from options. This is one of the larger buyback plans announced, but it is small in comparison to its market cap of $27.93 billion.

Blue Nile (NASDAQ: NILE) approved a $100 million share buyback. With its poor guidance, buybacks may only partially help a growing problem. The current market cap sits at about $688.11 million.

Teradata (NYSE: TDC) announced a $250 million stock buyback plan. With positive 2008 guidance, future earnings per share should grow. The current market cap is $4.27 billion.

Watson Wyatt (NYSE: WW) announced a $100 million stock buyback plan.  The company noted that the buybacks will help offset dilution from employee benefit plans.  Its current market cap is $2.21 billion

Compuware (NASDAQ: CPWR) announced a $750 million buyback plan to reduce the balance of outstanding common shares to 200 million. They currently have 281.4 million shares outstanding. The current market cap is $2.27 billion.

Celanese (NYSE: CE) Board approved a $400 million share buyback. The CEO noted that the buyback demonstrates their commitment to delivering value to shareholders while retaining financial flexibility. The current market cap is $6.04 billion.

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) announced a $250 million share buyback approval. It is yet another in a series of buybacks valued at about $1.08 billion since 2004. The current market cap is $4.53 billion.

Varian (NYSE: VARI) Board approved a $100 million share repurchase program. The buybacks could boost an already healthy stock. The current market cap is $6.53 billion.

Rachel Lopez
February 15, 2008

Posted on: February 15, 2008 – 1:15 pm in Stock Buybacks, , , , , , , ,

Largest Van der Moolen Specialist Stocks II (VDM, LAB, HUM, MBI, IP, MT, PFE, PHM, SAP, HOT, SYK, TXT, UA, WEN)

We have already noted the Van der Moolen (NYSE:VDM) exit of all NYSE Specialist activities and we’ve already covered some of the other key stocks where Van der Moolen acts as a Specialist in the underlying stocks.  What we wanted to look at is the underling stocks companies where Van der Moolen acts as a specialist to the companies.  The huge list can be found at http://www.vdm-usa.com/clients/alpha.asp off their web site.

Please be advised that these may have changed because we’ve already seen two merger stocks on the full list that are no longer traded.  This was taken from Van der Moolen’s site, so any errors there probably means they already laid off the I.T. editor for its web site.

Here are some of the key names for a second list: Humana Inc. (HUM), International Paper Co. (IP), MBIA Inc. (MBI), Mittal Steel Co. (MT), Pfizer Inc. (PFE), Pulte Homes Inc. (PHM), SAP A.G. (SAP), Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. (HOT), Stryker Corp. (SYK), Textron Inc. (TXT), Under Armour, Inc. (UA), Wendy’s International Inc. (WEN)….  Also listed is LaBranche & Co. Inc. (LAB), which is a bit ironic seeing as that this is another specialist firm. 

Jon C. Ogg
November 15, 2007

Jon Ogg produces the 24/7 Wall St. Special Situation Investing Newsletter; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

Posted on: November 15, 2007 – 9:47 am in Brokerage Firms, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (June 28, 2007)

ACL raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
ANDW cut to Neutral at Baird.
CRWN started as Buy at Oppenheimer.
CSCO raised to Buy at Merrill Lynch.
DNA reiterated Buy at Goldman Sachs with $102 target.
ENOC started as Hold at Canaccord Adams.
INTC raised to Overweight at Lehman.
IPG target cut to $13.50 at Deutsche Bank.
LSI estimates cut at Goldman Sachs.
PNM raised to Hold at Jefferies.
PNRA reiterated outperform at Baird.
PRAA raised to Buy at Jefferies.
RHT reiterated Outperform at Baird.
SYK cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
TDG started as Neutral at B of A.

Jon C. Ogg
June 28, 2007

Jon Ogg can be reached at jonogg@247wallst.com; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

Posted on: June 28, 2007 – 6:47 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , ,