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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BHP, DF, ENER, HEV, VTIV, JCP, LVLT, PRI, TSN, VISN)

Administrator — Tue, 11 May 2010 12:03:11 +0000

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

BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Dean Foods Co. (NYSE: DF) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENER) Raised to Neutral at Macquarie.
Ener1, Inc. (NASDAQ: HEV) Raised to Neutral at Janney.
inVentiv Health (NASDAQ: VTIV) Cut to Hold/$26 Target at Auriga.
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Level 3 Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) Raised to Buy (late Monday) at D.A. Davidson.
Primerica, Inc. (NYSE: PRI) Started as Neutral at KBW; Started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Tyson Foods Inc. (NYSE: TSN) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Visionchina Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: VISN) Raised to Hold with $3.50 Target at Auriga.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: BHP, DF, ENER, HEV, JCP, LVLT, PRI, TSN, VISN, VTIV

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAPL, ARMH, BIDU, CIT, DRIV, VTIV, OXGN, PSYS, RIMM, WLP)

Administrator — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:25:54 +0000

These are this Wednesday’s top ten analyst calls for upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in early Wall Street research calls:

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Started as Outperform at BNP Paribas (overseas).
ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) Reiterated Buy at Deutsche Bank, but target raised to $752 per share.
CIT Group, Inc. (NYSE: CIT) Started as Market Perform at KBW.
Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV) Raised to Outperform at FBR Capital Markets.
inVentiv Health (NASDAQ: VTIV) target raised to $27 from $20 and Maintained Buy at Auriga.
Oxigene Inc. (NASDAQ: OXGN) Started as Buy at Roth Capital.
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSYS) Cut to Underweight at Piper Jaffray.
Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Started as Outperform at BNP Paribas; R-I-M was Suspended from coverage at Auriga, but kept at Hold and $71 price target.
WellPoint Inc. (NYSE: WLP) Raised to Outperform at BMO Capital.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AAPL, ARMH, BIDU, CIT, DRIV, OXGN, PSYS, RIMM, VTIV, WLP

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACM, AXYS, CTAS, CVD, GILD, PPDI, VISN, EPG, VTIV)

247wallst — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:38:35 +0000

It is getting pretty thin in major analyst coverage as firms are encouraged to go easy on major year-end calls barring anything unexpected. These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and new coverage calls we have seen this Tuesday morning:

AECOM (ACM) Started as Outperform at Baird.
Axsys Technologies (AXYS) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Cintas (CTAS) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
Covance (CVD) Started as Buy at Piper Jaffray.
Gilead (GILD) Started as Buy at Stanford Group.
PPD Inc. (PPDI) STarted as Buy at Piper Jaffray.
VisionChina Media (VISN) Strated as Buy at Piper Jaffray.
Environmental Power Corp. (EPG) Cut to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford.
inVentiv Health (VTIV) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.

Jon C. Ogg
December 23, 2008

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: ACM, AXYS, CTAS, CVD, EPG, GILD, PPDI, VISN, VTIV

Earlybird Analyst Calls (June 14, 2007)

247wallst — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:29:07 +0000

ACL started as Buy at Jefferies.
AMGN started as Mkt Perform at Rodman & Renshaw.
B started as Outperform at CIBC.
CBB started as Buy at UBS.
CHE started as Buy at Jefferies.
CTL raised to Neutral at UBS.
CYTX started as Mkt Perform at Piper Jaffray.
DJ cut to Reduce at UBS.
EQ raised to Buy at UBS.
ESI cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.
EYE started as Underperform at Jefferies.
GNLB started as Buy at Oppenheimer.
ILMN raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.
ISIL raised to Buy at B of A.
MFA started as Outperform at JMP Securities.
MNKD started as Buy at B of A.
OPTT started as Outperform at Bear Stearns.
PT raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
RACK started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.
RBC started as Sector Perform at CIBC.
SLM cut to Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.
SNY cut to Neutral at HSBC; cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
THI raised to Outperform at CIBC.
VDSI cut to Hold at Jefferies.
VTIV raised to Strong Buy at First Albany.
WIN started as Neutral at UBS.
ZGEN started as Neutral at Oppenheimer.

Jon C. Ogg
June 14, 2007

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