Posts for Ticker ‘VAR’

The 52-Week Low Club (HELE)(ISRG)(VAR)

Sunset_3Helen of Troy (HELE) Bad quarter. Sells off to $`12.01 from 52-week high of $24.70.

Intuitive Surgical  (ISRG) Weak sales numbers. Drops to $99.75 from 52-week low of $357.98.

Varian (VAR) Healthcare equipment companies get hurt on spending drop expectations. Falls to $30.04 from 52-week high of $65.84.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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Posted on: January 8, 2009 – 4:04 pm in HI/LOW, , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALTR, AMZN, BCE, BIIB, LEAP, PDLI, CLUB, VAR, AUY)

Money_stack_pic_2It is still fairly thin in analyst upgrades and downgrades as this week marks the return of investment banking and research departments from what is nearly a two-week hiatus.  Here are the few stand-out calls we have seen early this morning with more than two hours to the open:

  • Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR) Raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
  • Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • BCE (NYSE: BCE) Cut to Sector Perform at Scotia.
  • Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Leap Wireless (NASDAQ: LEAP) Raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
  • PDL BioPharma (NASDAQ: PDLI) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan
  • Town Sports International (NASDAQ: CLUB) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
  • Yamana (NYSE: AUY) Cut to Buy at TD.

Jon C. Ogg
January 5, 2009

Posted on: January 5, 2009 – 7:36 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ADBE, AMB, BLKB, KO, EMCI, HSII, KFN, OMTR, PLD, VAR, VMW, VMC)

Down_arrow_redThese are some of the top downgrades we have seen this Monday morning with about 2 hours until the open:

  • Adobe Systems (ADBE) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
  • AMB Property (AMB) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Blackbaud (BLKB) Cut to Market Perform at Wachovia.
  • Coca-Cola (KO) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • EMC Insurance (EMCI) Cut to Underperform at KBW.
  • Heidrick & Struggles (HSII) Cut to Underperform at Baird.
  • KKR Financial (KFN) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Omniture (OMTR) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
  • ProLogis (PLD) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Varian Medical (VAR) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • VMware (VMW) Cut to Market Perform at Wachovia.
  • Vulcan Materials (VMC) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.

Jon C. Ogg
October 6, 2008

Posted on: October 6, 2008 – 6:36 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AEP, CLNE, HTZ, IHG, QLGC, SPWR, SYMM, VAR)

These are not all of the analyst downgrades or negative calls, but these are some of the calls we are seeing with a possible impact on shares early Monday morning:

  • American Electric Power (AEP) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) Cut to Buy from Strong buy at Broadpoint.
  • Hertz Global (HTZ) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • QLogic (QLGC) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
  • SunPower (SPWR) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • Symmetricom (SYMM) Cut to Market Perform at Morgan Keegan.
  • Varian Medical (VAR) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.

Jon C. Ogg
August 11, 2008

Posted on: August 11, 2008 – 6:09 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , ,

Earlybird Analyst Calls (June 11, 2007)

AGP raised to Hold at Jefferies.
ARAY started as Underperform at CIBC.
BE cut to Underperform at Jefferies.
BF/a raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
BOT cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
CAVM started as Buy at Deutsche bank.
CPS raised to Outperform at JMP Securities.
HRB raised to Buy at UBS.
JNJ raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
KFS raised to Outperform at CIBC.
MKTX cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
NKE raised to Overweight at HSBC.
NFLX cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
RKT raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
UST raised to Buy at UBS.
VAR raised to Outperform at CIBC.
VRUS started as Buy at UBS.
WB raised to Outperform at FBR.
WDC raised to Buy at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
June 11, 2007

Posted on: June 11, 2007 – 6:19 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,