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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CAB, EMR, HTGC, MU, MSM, NFLX, LUV, S, THO, THS)

Administrator — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:44:55 +0000

These are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls.

Cabela’s Inc. (NYSE: CAB) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Hercules Tech Growth Capital (NASDAQ: HTGC) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Micron Technology Inc. (NYSE: MU) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. (NYSE: MSM) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Raised to Neutral at Janney.
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan; Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Thor Industries, Inc. (NYSE: THO) named Value stock of the day at Zacks.
Treehouse Foods Inc. (NYSE: THS) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: CAB, EMR, HTGC, LUV, MSM, MU, NFLX, S, THO, THS

Top Analyst Upgrades (CSIQ, EXPE, FCX, JNPR, K, LNC, OWW, TLEO, THS)

247wallst — Thu, 21 May 2009 11:42:48 +0000

These are some of the top analyst upgrades and positive research calls which we have seen from Wall Street early this Thursday morning:

Canadian Solar (CSIQ) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Expedia (EXPE) Started as Buy at Soleil.
Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Juniper Networks (JNPR) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Kellogg (K) Started as Outperform at RBC.
Lincoln National (LNC) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Orbitz Worldwide (OWW) Started as Buy at Soleil.
Taleo (TLEO) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
Treehouse Foods (THS) Started as Outperform at William Blair.

JON C. OGG

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: CSIQ, EXPE, FCX, JNPR, K, LNC, OWW, THS, TLEO

52-Week High Bear Market Surprises (JPM, CPB, CBSH, FFH, THS)

247wallst — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:26:05 +0000

The 52-week lows are full and full of stocks each day lately. In a bear market it gets harder and harder to find stocks which are on their 52-week highs. The non-perishable food companies are easy to understand. But when some of the 52-week highs are FINANCIAL stocks, that made us do a double-take.

JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM) $49.63
Day’s Range: 46.30 – 50.00; 52wk Range: 29.24 – 49.95
Comment: The last stable man standing in the banking companies didn’tclose on its high but broke above it briefly. Jamie Dimon gets to ownwhichever troubled financial institution the FDIC says he can have theassets for a song, while the acquired companies die.

Campbell Soup Co. (CPB) $40.15
Day’s Range: 38.11 – 40.85; 52wk Range: 30.19 – 40.05
Comment: After having just gone through Hurricane Ike and with Gustavhaving hit right before, Campbell Soup was the staple for millions ofpeople. I know from first hand experience.

Commerce Bancshares Inc. (CBSH) $53.97
Day’s Range: 45.16 – 55.50; 52wk Range: 36.50 – 52.99
Comment: Middle America must not be as buried as the rest of us.

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (FFH) $336.30
Day’s Range: 318.46 – 355.62; 52wk Range: 208.15 – 343.00
Comment: Fairfax didn’t close on its high but hit it intraday. This is amazing for this P&C insurer in this climate.

Treehouse Foods Inc. (THS) $30.30
Day’s Range: 29.38 – 30.45; 52wk Range: 19.24 – 30.29
Comment: As a non-perishable food player, it must love hurricanes hitting major population centers too.

Jon C. Ogg
October 1, 2008

Posted in HI/LOW Tagged: CBSH, CPB, FFH, JPM, THS