Posts for Ticker ‘WAT’

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACN, ASCA, KMX, DNDN, FRO, MEOH, PGR, VRSN, WAT)

These are the top ten analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street early this Monday morning with more than two hours until the market opens:

  • Accenture (ACN) Raised to Positive at Susquehanna.
  • Ameristar Casinos (ASCA) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • CarMax (KMX) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • Dendreon (DNDN) Raised to Hold from Sell at McAdams Wright Ragen.
  • Frontline Ltd. (FRO) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
  • Methanex (MEOH) Cut to Outperform at Raymond James.
  • Progressive (PGR) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
  • VeriSign (VRSN) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Waters (WAT) Raised to Outperform at Robert W. Baird.

Jon C. Ogg
June 22, 2009

Posted on: June 22, 2009 – 6:23 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , ,

Earnings Warnings Hardly Affecting Many Stocks (LSCC, UTX, STLD, FUL, WAT)

Burning_money_pic_3Earnings warnings are generally bad omens that rarely have a one quarter impact.  But with many of these stocks already pricing in really bad scenarios.  So when companies come in and say that revenues are down 3% or 12%, in many cases these are being rewarded by bottom-fishing traders who are trying to get into the stocks when the shares have sold off in many cases 50% or 75% (or more).  Some companies which issued earnings warnings are Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC), United Technologies (NYSE: UTX), Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ: STLD), H.B. Fuller (NYSE: FUL) and Waters Corp. (NYSE: WAT)

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Posted on: December 12, 2008 – 10:40 am in Earnings Warning, Economy, Trading Alert, , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AXL, AXP, COF, DRYS, EXPD, FII, F, LEA, SAP, TRW, VE, WAT)

Burning_money_picThese are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and negative calls we are seeing this Friday morning:

  • American Axle (AXL) Cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.
  • American Express (AXP) Started as Sell at Deutsche Bank.
  • Capital One (COF) Started as Sell at Deutsche Bank.
  • DryShips (DRYS) Cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.
  • Expeditors International (EXPD) Cut to Sell at UBS.
  • Federated Investors (FII) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
  • Ford (F) Cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.
  • Lear (LEA) Cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.
  • SAP AG (SAP) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
  • TRW (TRW) Cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.
  • Veolia (VE) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
  • Waters (WAT) Downgraded at 3 firms: Baird, Deutsche Bank, & Leerink Swann.

Jon C. Ogg
December 12, 2008

Posted on: December 12, 2008 – 7:47 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (HD, ILMN, MFE, NAV, OMX, VTA, VRNM, WAT)

These are some of the top upgrades or positive calls we are seeing from analysts this Friday morning:

  • Home Depot (HD) Started as Outperform at FBR.
  • Illumina (ILMN) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
  • McAfee (MFE) Started as Buy at American Technology & Research.
  • Navistar (NAV) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • OfficeMax (OMX) Started as Outperform at FBR.
  • Van Kampe Dynamic Credit Fund (VTA) Started as Perform at Oppenheimer.
  • Verenium (VRNM) Started as Buy at Lazard.
  • Waters Corp. (WAT) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley.

Jon C. Ogg
September 5, 2008

Posted on: September 5, 2008 – 6:59 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AYR, ARST, GLS, HCBK, JRN, MAKO, PFCB, TLM, WAT, WW)

These are the top analyst upgrades and downgrades that 247WallSt.com is focusing on in pre-market trading this Wednesday morning:

  • Aircastle (NYSE: AYR) Downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • ArcSight (NASDAQ: ARST) started as Outperform at Wachovia; started as Equal Weight at Lehman Brothers.
  • Genesis Lease (NYSE: GLS) Downgraded to Neutral from overweight at JP Morgan.
  • Hudson City Banc (NASDAQ: HCBK) Downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at FBR.
  • Journal Commun (NYSE: JRN) started as Outperform at Bear Stearns.
  • MAKO Surgical (NASDAQ: MAKO) Started as Market Perform at Wachovia; Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • P.F. Chang’s (NASDAQ: PFCB) Downgraded to Underperform From Market Perform at FBR.
  • Talisman Energy (NYSE:TLM) raised to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.
  • Waters (NYSE: WAT) Raised To Overweight From Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Watson Wyatt (NYSE: WW) raised to Buy from Hold at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
March 26, 20008

Posted on: March 26, 2008 – 6:05 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (July 17, 2007)

AMR raised to Neutral at UBS.
BEAS raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
BHP cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
BTU cut to Neutral at HSBC.
COGN raised to Strong Buy at JMP Securities.
CPA raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
CRZO cut to Hold at Jefferies.
DAL raised to Neutral at UBS.
DK started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
EME started as Buy at KeyBanc/McDonald.
GFIG cut to Hold at Citigroup.
GSIC started as Hold at Jefferies.
IACI started as Neutral at B of A.
JEC started as Buy at KeyBanc/McDonald.
NLS cut to Sector Perform at RBC.
ORB raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
PWR started as Buy at KeyBanc/McDonald.
RCI started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
ROH raised to Buy at Citigroup.
SAPE raised to Outperform at FBR.
TWB raised to Outperform at FBR.
UAUA raised to Neutral at UBS.
VSCN cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.
WAT started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
WTSLA started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.

Jon C. Ogg
July 17, 2007

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

Posted on: July 17, 2007 – 6:43 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,