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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMGN, AMLN, NLY, BAM, GBX, GMCR, HSY, LULU, M, CRM, SPR, TK, TWGP)

Administrator — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:39:02 +0000

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

Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Cut to Market Perform at Leerink Swann.
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMLN) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM) Cut estimates at Credit Suisse.
The Greenbrier Companies (NYSE: GBX) named Value stock of the day at Zacks.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) Cut to Hold at Argus.
Hershey Co. (NYSE: HSY) Cut to Hold at Argus.
Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) Reiterated Neutral with $59 target at Credit Suisse.
Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE: M) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings (NYSE: SPR) Added to US 1 List at BofA/ML.
Teekay Corporation (NYSE: TK) Cut estimates at Credit Suisse.
Tower Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWGP) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Also read the top analyst calls of the last week.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AMGN, AMLN, BAM, CRM, GBX, GMCR, HSY, LULU, M, NLY, SPR, TK, TWGP

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AEO, ADI, MT, BCS, CSCO, DMND, FSLR, FWLT, FITB, HSY, PLCM, ROST, STX, SYMC, TWGP, MTN, WDC)

Administrator — Thu, 12 May 2011 12:28:14 +0000

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

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Analog Devices Inc. (NYSE: ADI) Reiterated Buy and $50 target at Gleacher & Co.
ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) Raised to Hold at S&P Equity Research.
Barclays plc (NYSE: BCS) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) Cut to Hold at Canaccord Genuity; Cut to Neutral at Baird.
Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) Reiterated Buy and $160 target at Auriga.
Foster Wheeler AG (NASDAQ: FWLT) Reiterated Outperform and raised target to $47 at Credit Suisse.
Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Hershey Co. (NYSE: HSY) Raised to Buy at Argus.
Polycom, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Ross Stores Inc. (NASDAQ: ROST) Started as Buy at UBS; Raised to Hold at Jefferies.
Seagate Technology PLC (NYSE: STX) Started as Buy at Auriga.
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) Raised to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Tower Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWGP) Maintained Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Vail Resorts Inc. (NYSE: MTN) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) Started as Buy at Auriga.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ADI, AEO, BCS, CSCO, DMND, FITB, FSLR, FWLT, HSY, MT, MTN, PLCM, ROST, STX, SYMC, TWGP, WDC

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADBE, EMR, HEV, FNSR, GHDX, KMI, KMP, KMR, MU, OC, SCHS, SBUX, SWC, TCT, TWGP)

Administrator — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:22:13 +0000

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

Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Maintained Neutral but cut estimates at Credit Suisse.
Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR) Reiterated Buy with $70 target at BofA/ML.
Ener1, Inc. (NASDAQ: HEV) Reiterated Buy and $5 target at BofA/ML.
Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) Maintained Outperform and $29 target at Credit Suisse.
Genomic Health Inc. (NASDAQ: GHDX) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) Started as Neutral with $32 target at BofA/ML; Started as Neutral with $32 target at Credit Suisse.
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (NYSE: KMP) Resumed as Buy at BofA/ML.
Kinder Morgan Management LLC (NYSE: KMR) Resumed as Buy at BofA/ML.
Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) Maintained Outperform but cut estimates at Credit Suisse.
Owens Corning Inc. (NYSE: OC) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
School Specialty, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCHS) Maintained Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) Reiterated Buy and Raised target to $42 at Argus.
Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE: SWC)
Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Tower Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWGP) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ADBE, EMR, FNSR, GHDX, HEV, KMI, KMP, KMR, MU, OC, SBUX, SCHS, SWC, TCT, TWGP

Early-Bird Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CDNS, BEAT, CMVT, HSY, IM, LMNX, MAN, RHI, TWGP, WDFC)

247wallst — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:20:22 +0000

These are not all of the early calls from analysts out there, but these are some of the calls that may impact the prices of these shares this summer Monday morning:

Cadence Design (CDNS) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
CardioNet (BEAT) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.

Comverse Tech (CMVT) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Hershey Co. (HSY) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Imgram Micro (IM) Cut to Neutral at B of A.
Luminex (LMNX) Cut to Market Perform at Thomas Weisel.
Manpower (MAN) Cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.
Robert Half (RHI) Cut to Underweight at Lehman.
Tower Group (TWGP) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
WD-40 Co. (WDFC) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
August 18, 2008