Posts for Ticker ‘TER’

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AFL, CPB, ECL, ISIS, MGM, NE, NSC, PERY, TER, WDC)

These are the ten top Wall Street analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have this Wednesday morning:

Aflac (AFL) Cut to Hold from Buy at Citigroup.
Campbell Soup (CPB) Raised to Sector Perform at RBC.
Ecolab (ECL) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Isis Pharmaceuticals (ISIS) Started as Buy at Cantor Fitzgerald.
MGM Mirage (MGM) Cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill.
Noble Corporation (NE) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Norfolk Southern (NSC) Cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill.
Perry Ellis (PERY) Cut to Neutral at SunTrust.
Teradyne (TER) Started as Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
Western Digital (WDC) Cut to Neutral at Baird.

Jon C. Ogg
July 27, 2009

Posted on: July 29, 2009 – 7:53 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (ARAY, AZN, SAM, BSX, CNX, MLM, TER, TWX)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive calls we have seen on Wall Street this Friday morning:

  • Accuray (ARAY) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray.
  • AstraZeneca (AZN) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
  • Boston Beer (SAM) Raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Boston Scientific (BSX) Raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
  • CONSOL Energy (CNX) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
  • Martin Marietta (MLM) Raised to Neutral at UBS.
  • Teradyne (TER) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
  • Time Warner (TWX) Started as Buy at Collins Stewart.

Jon C. Ogg
January 30, 2009

Posted on: January 30, 2009 – 7:55 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AINV, BHI, CNI, RDEN, KSU, PALM, RL, RRGB, SII, TER)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades on Wall Street this Tuesday morning:

  • Apollo Investment (AINV) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Baker Hughes (BHI) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
  • Canadian National Railway (CNI) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (RDEN) Cut to Market Perform at Wachovia.
  • Kansas City Southern (KSU) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Palm (PALM) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Polo Ralph Lauren (RL) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Red Robin Gourmet (RRGB) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
  • Smith International (SII) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
  • Teradyne (TER) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.

Jon C. Ogg
January 20, 2009

Posted on: January 20, 2009 – 7:51 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Analyst Downgrade Onslaught Continues (ASML, CMG, FORM, GFIG, ICE, KLAC, MSSR, MPEL, MRG, PEET, PRXI, PHM, RGLD, JAVA, TCK, TER, UDR, VNO)

Burning_money_pic_2This morning was a shocker on just how many analyst downgrades and very negative calls were out from Wall Street analysts.  The sad part is this is only part of the onslaught that we are still seeing.

  • ASML (NASDAQ: ASML) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
  • Chipotle (NYSE: CMG) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • FormFactor (NASDAQ: FORM) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
  • GFI Group (NASDAQ: GFIG) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • KLA-Tencor (NASDAQ: KLAC) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
  • McCormick & Schmick’s (NASDAQ: MSSR) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • Melco Crown (NASDAQ: MPEL) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • Morton’s Restaurant Group (NYSE: MRG) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • Peet’s Coffee & Tea (NASDAQ: PEET) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • Premier Exhibitions (NASDAQ: PRXI) Cut to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford.
  • Pulte Homes (NYSE: PHM) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Royal Gold (NASDAQ: RGLD) Cut to Sector Underperform at CIBC.
  • Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) Cut to Sell from Neutral at Goldman Sachs (added details).
  • Teck (NYSE: TCK) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • Teradyne (NYSE: TER) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
  • UDR Inc. (NYSE: UDR) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Vornado (NYSE: VNO) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Jon C. Ogg
January 8, 2009

Posted on: January 8, 2009 – 7:29 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (BSX, CCMP, DAL, ESV, HBI, JNPR, NE, RVBD, TER, VIA)

These are some of the top analyst Upgrades and positive calls we are seeing early this Friday morning:

  • Boston Scientific (BSX) Started as Outperform at Piper Jaffray.
  • Cabot Micro (CCMP) Raised to Outperform at JPMorgan.
  • Delta Airlines (DAL) Raised to Buy at Merrill Lynch.
  • Ensco (ESV) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
  • Hanesbrands (HBI) started as Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
  • Juniper Networks (JNPR) Raised to Outperform at FBR; Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
  • Noble (NE) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
  • Riverbed Tech (RVBD) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
  • Teradyne (TER) Raised to Overweight at Lehman.
  • Viacom (VIA) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.

Jon C. Ogg
July 25, 2008

Posted on: July 25, 2008 – 6:32 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ALU, ATHR, HUN, LVLT, MAA, RSOL, TER, TEVA, TWTI, WFMI)

These are ten of the analyst calls we have seen in the early hours of trading this Monday morning:

  • Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Raised to Neutral from Underperform at Merrill Lynch.
  • Atheros Communications (NASDAQ: ATHR) Raised to Buy from Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • Huntsman (NYSE: HUN) raised to Hold from Underperform at Jefferies & Co
  • Level 3 Communications (NASSDAQ: LVLT) Cut to Sell from Hold at Citigroup.
  • Mid-America Apartment (NYSE: MAA) raised to Outperform at Robert W. Baird.
  • Real Goods Solar (NASDAQ: RSOL) started as Perform at Oppenheimer.
  • Teradyne (NYSE: TER) Raised to Buy from Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: TEVA) raised to Overweight at HSBC.
  • Third Wave (NASDAQ: TWTI) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFMI) Cut to Neutral from Buy at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
June 30, 2008

Posted on: June 30, 2008 – 6:04 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ADM, ASMI, CN, CHU, FIG, BEN, MSO, NT, RYL, TER, VSE)

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

  • Archer-Daniels (NYSE: ADM) cut to Hold at Citigroup.
  • ASM Intl NV (NASDAQ: ASMI) started as Underperform at Jefferies.
  • China Netcom (NYSE: CN) and China Unicom (NYSE: CHU) raised to Hold at Deutsche Bank.    
  • Fortress Investment (NYSE: FIG) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • Franklin Resources (NYSE: BEN) raised to Outperform at KBW.
  • Martha Stewart (NYSE: MSO) cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Nortel (NYSE: NT) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Ryland Group (NYSE: RYL) raised to Buy at UBS.
  • Teradyne (NYSE: TER) started as Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • VeraSun Energy (NYSE: VSE) cut to Sell at Citigroup.

Jon C. Ogg
June 12, 2008

Posted on: June 12, 2008 – 7:14 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ASMI, ATAI, CCI, EMC, GNA, NFLX, NRG, PDS, TER, WGOV)

These are not the only analyst calls out there, but these are ten calls affecting stocks this Tuesday morning:

  • ASM Intl NV (NASDAQ: ASMI) started as Underperform at Jefferies.
  • ATA Inc. (NASDAQ: ATAI) started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
  • Crown Castle (NYSE: CCI) started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.
  • EMC (NYSE: EMC) Cut To Market Perform from Outperform at Bernstein; stock indicated down 2%.
  • Gerdau AmeriSteel (NYSE: GNA) started as Buy at Citigroup.
  • Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) Raised to Overweight at Lehman Brothers; stock indicated up 2%.
  • NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse; stock indicated down 1%.
  • Precision Drilling (NYSE: PDS) raised to Outperform at RBC Capital.
  • Teradyne (NYSE: TER) started as Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • Woodward Governor (NASDAQ: WGOV) cut to Neutral at Robert W. Baird; shares down 1.5%.

Jon C. Ogg
May 20, 2008

Jon Ogg produces and edits the "10 Stocks Under $10" weekly newsletter and he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

Posted on: May 20, 2008 – 6:23 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ADP, MKTX, MA, NVO, OXY, OVTI, PAYX, PCG, RAD, TER)

These are not the only analyst calls this morning, but these are the calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on early this Tuesday morning:

  • Automatic Data (NYSE: ADP) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Banc of America.
  • MarketAxess (NASDAQ: MKTX) raised to Neutral from Sell at Banc of America.
  • Mastercard (NYSE: MA) raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • Novo-Nordisk A/S (NYSE: NVO) downgraded to Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.
  • Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
  • OmniVision (NASDASQ: OVTI) raised to Buy from Hold at Jefferies.
  • Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Banc of America.
  • PG&E (NYSE: PCG) raised to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan.
  • Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) raised to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan.
  • Teradyne (NYSE: TER) raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.

Jon C. Ogg
February 26, 2008

Posted on: February 26, 2008 – 7:05 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

52-Week Low Club: Transport, Semiconductors & Financials (January 2, 2008)

Truckers led the drop after a fake $100 oil print and after a YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ: YRCW) acquisition write-down, pulling down Arkansas Best (NASDAQ: ABFS) and others.  With no surprise, airlines followed suit with Airtrain (AAI), AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR), Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL), Delta (NYSE: DAL), FedEx (FDX), Jetblue (NASDAQ:JBLU), Mesa Air (NASDAQ: MESA), Northwest Air (NYSE: NWA), Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV), US Air (NYSE: LCC).

Chip and tech stocks on 52-week lows: AMAT, AMD, ADTN, ARRS, ATML, BBND, CHRT, FCS, FEIC, IDTI, IM, KLAC, KLIC, LRCX, LSCC, LSI, MCRL, MRVL, MU, NSM, STM, TER, XLNX

Financial Giants on 52-Week lows: BAC, BBT, BSC, CYN, DFG, EFX, FIC, FITB, FHN, MCO, NCC, PNSN, SNV, SBP, WFC, ZION.

We kept the REIT’s and the usual suspects in retail off the list that have been here day in and day out (although many hit new 52-week lows).  Here is the huge list of others 52-week lows:

  • Automatic Data (ADP), Cardinal Health (CAH), Career Education (CECO), Diebold (NYSE: DBD), EchoStar (DISH), Superior Offshore (DEEP), Dow Chemical (DOW), Eastman Kodak (EK), Emmis (EMMS), Ford (F), Fortune Brands (FO), General Motors (GM), Hasbro (HAS), Helen of Troy (HELE), Interpublic (IPG), Mattel (MAT), McClatchy (MNI), Media General (MEG), Nortel Networks (NT), Owens Corning (OC), Paychex (OPAYX), PHH Corp. (PHH), Playboy (PLA), Radio Shack (RSH), Rite Aid (RAD), Sherwin Williams (SHW), Sprint Nextel (S), Starbucks (SBUX), Starwood Hotels (HOT), Sun Microsystems (JAVA), Symantec (SYMC), Travelzoo (TZOO), VF Corp (VFC), Warner Music Group (WMG), Waste Management (WMI), Weight Watchers (WTW), Wendy’s (WEN)

Imagine how large this list would have been if retailers and REIT’s were included.
Jon C. Ogg
January 2, 2008

Posted on: January 2, 2008 – 4:23 pm in HI/LOW, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Week of Stock Buybacks & Repurchase (COH, FIC, MIR, AVCT, HOT, AGO, HEES, CBG, TER, FDO, RWT, LH, VIGN, CSCO)

Coach (NYSE:COH) has decided that the recent stock crush is a good opportunity to announce a $1 Billion share buyback plan. This represents roughly 30 million shares, or 5-times average volume; $12 Billion market cap.

Fair Isaac (NYSE:FIC) approved a $250 million share buyback plan, compared to a market cap of $2 Billion.

Mirant Corp. (NYSE:MIR) had one of the more impressive buybacks and share retirement plans announced, although its shares fell 8% because of losses.  Mirant’s total return plan is some $4.6 Billion, which includes $1 Billion in open market purchases and a $ 1Billion accelerated buyback plan.  This has been under review for the Special Situation Investing Newsletter.

Avocent Corp. (NASDAQ:AVCT) added 3 million shares to its stock repurchase program; Avocent has repurchased 11.2 million shares of the 12 million shares previously approved. The buyback equates to $75 million more in buybacks if completed, compared to a $1.25 Billion market cap and it represents about 8 days of trading volume.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:HOT) raised its dividend and added $1 Billion to share buybacks, compared to a $10.5 Billion market cap.  This one has also been under review for the Special Situation Investing Newsletter.

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Posted on: November 9, 2007 – 12:39 pm in Stock Buybacks, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Short Sellers Taking Heat in Semiconductor Stocks July 2007

Stock Tickers: AMD, SMH, TXN, TER, ADI, LSI, MU, CY, NSM, TSM, STM, IFX

Tech stocks kept rising from June to July, yet the short sellers were beligerent.  They must have loads of money, because on individual short selling in stocks they lost more and more money if this trend remained static as it looks.  Short selling increased overall on the NYSE as seen on the NYSE notice, but this went above and beyond.  Here was a sector breakdown for the May to June period for 2007 if you want to compare. Here are the chip stock results for the major chip names listed on NYSE:

Advanced Micro (AMD) grew from 73.78M in June to 81.25M in July; Texas Instruments (TXN) grew from 30.6M in June to 33.3M in July; LSI Logic (LSI) grew from 43.77M in June to 49.75M in July; Micron (MU) grew from 50.37M in June to 59.99M in July, National Semi (NSM) went from high to higher after growing from 52.93M in June to 59.3M in July; Cypress Semi (CY) saw its 15.49M in June grow to 17.52M in July, Analog Devices (ADI) saw its 7.77M in June grow to 9.05M in July; Taiwan Semi (TSM) saw its 13.73M in June grow to 14.05M in July.

There were a few standouts as far as the actual drop in the short interest.  The most interesting drop out there came in the Semiconductor HOLDRs (SMH) as the short interest fell from 35.2M in June down to 25.6M in July, so go figure.  Teradyne (TER) fell from 14.2M in June to 13.05M in July; STMicro (STM) saw its short interest drop from 3.7M in June down to 2.89M in July;

Jon C. Ogg
July 20, 2007

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

Posted on: July 20, 2007 – 5:31 am in Semiconductor, Short Interest, , , , , , , , , , , ,