Posts for Ticker ‘UHS’

Top Analyst Upgrades (EAT, DFS, KWK, UHS, TPX, VPHM)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Tuesday morning:

Brinker International (EAT) Raised to Buy at Argus Research.
Discover Financial Services (DFS) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
Quicksilver Resources (KWK) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Universal Health (UHS) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Tempur-Pedic (TPX) Raised to Buy at KeyBanc.
ViroPharma (VPHM) Started as Buy at ThinkEquity.

JON C. OGG

Posted on: April 28, 2009 – 6:54 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , ,

Early Bird Analyst Calls (BBBY, BBT, FHN, LCAPA, OIIM, RF, STI, UHS)

These are some of the early bird analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen on Wall Street this Thursday morning ahead of the long weekend:

Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) Cut to Neutral at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
BB&T (NYSE: BBT) Cut to Underperform at KBW.
First Horizon National (NYSE: FHN) Cut to Underperform at KBW.
Liberty Media Capital (NASDAQ: LCAPA) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
O2 Micro (NASDAQ: OIIM) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
Regions Financial (NYSE: RF) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.
SunTrust (NYSE: STI) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
Universal Health (NYSE: UHS) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.

Jon C. Ogg

Posted on: April 9, 2009 – 6:19 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , ,

Top Analyst Upgrade/Positive Calls (AACC, CYN, LLL, LTC, NTRS, PAR, TRMK, UHS)

Money_stack_picThese are some of the top analyst upgrades and positive calls we are seeing from Wall Street early this Thursday morning with more than two hours to the open:

  • Asset Acceptance Capital (NASDAQ: AACC) Raised to Market Perform at KBW.
  • City National (NYSE: CYN) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
  • L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) Started as Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
  • LTC Properties (NYSE: LTC) Started as Buy at KeyBanc.
  • Northern Trust (NASDAQ: NTRS) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
  • 3PAR (NYSE: PAR) Started as Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
  • Terremark Worldwide (NASDAQ: TRMK) Started as Buy at Stanford.
  • Universal Health (NYSE: UHS) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
December 18, 2008

Posted on: December 18, 2008 – 7:24 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , ,

UBS Taking Down Hospital Stocks (CYH, THC, UHS)

UBS has decided to downgrades the hospital sector this morning. It seems that perhaps not all medical and healthcare stocks are immune from a rapidly weakening economy. We have seen downgrades on three of the top publicly traded hospital system stocks as follows:

  • Community Health (NYSE: CYH) Cut from Buy to Neutral.
  • Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC) Cut from Neutral to Sell.
  • Universal Health (NYSE: UHS) Cut from Buy to Neutral.

Jon C. Ogg
October 1, 2008

Posted on: October 1, 2008 – 6:59 am in Analyst Calls, Healthcare, , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (BIOF, CSX, CYH, PSYS, SLH, UHS)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades and positive calls we are seeing in trading early this Thursday morning:

  • Biofuel Energy (BIOF) Raised to Hold at Citigroup.
  • CSX Corp. (CSX) Raised to Buy at UBS.
  • Community Health Systems (CYH) Started as Outperform at Baird.
  • Psychiatric Solutions (PSYS) Started as Outperform at Baird.
  • Solera Holdings (SLH) Started as Buy at SunTrust.
  • Universal Health Services UHS) started as Outperform at Baird.

Jon C. Ogg
August 14, 2008

Posted on: August 14, 2008 – 6:35 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , ,

Top Analyst Downgrades (AMAT, CSCO, ELX, TUES, UHS)

These are some of the downgrades or more cautious calls from Wall Street analysts this Friday morning:

  • Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) Cut to Hold from Buy at Citigroup.
  • Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) Removed From Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List, although the rating was maintained as Buy.
  • Emulex (NYSE: ELX) Cut to Hold from Buy at Needham; cut to Neutral from Outperform at Baird.
  • Tuesday Morning (NASDAQ: TUES) Cut to Sell from Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • Universal Health (NYSE: UHS) Cut to Sell from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Jon C. Ogg
July 11, 2008

Posted on: July 11, 2008 – 7:38 am in Analyst Calls, , , , ,