Posts for Ticker ‘WOOF’

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (GLW, CPN, DYN, DE, EIX, IR, LM, STX, SLM, WOOF)

These are this Thursday’s top ten independent analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street brokerage firms with more than two hours until the market opens:

Corning (GLW) Started as Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Calpine (CPN) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies.
Dynegy (DYN) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies.
Deere (DE) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Edison (EIX) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Ingersol-Rand (IR) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Legg Mason (LM) Raised to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Seagate Tech (STX) Raised to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
SLM Corp. (SLM) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
VCA Antech (WOOF) Raised to Buy at Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey.

Jon C. Ogg
June 25, 2009

Posted on: June 25, 2009 – 6:37 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (ASML, ATMI, WFR, PALM, PFCB, PRAA, RAH, TXN, WOOF, XEL)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst calls we have seen this Friday morning…. Friday the 13th:

  • ASML (ASML) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
  • ATMI (ATMI) Raised to Buy at UBS.
  • MEMC Electronics (WFR) Raised to Buy at UBS.
  • Palm (PALM) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
  • PF Chang’s (PFCB) Raised to Outperform at William Blair.
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates (PRAA) Raised to Market Perform at KBW.
  • Ralcorp Holdings (RAH) Raised to Buy at UBS.
  • Texas Instruments (TXN) Raised to Buy at UBS.
  • VCA Antech (WOOF) Raised to Hold at Jefferies.
  • Xcel Energy (XEL) Started as Outperform at Wachovia.

Jon C. Ogg
February 13, 2009

Posted on: February 13, 2009 – 7:45 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Downgrades (AMSF, SQM, TRI, TSCO, WOOF, VOLVY)

There were not as many analysts calls today, and you will see that the upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street analysts are just not as robust as some might have expected.  Here are this Wednesday’s early bird downgrades:

  • Amerisafe (NASDAQ: AMSF) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
  • Sociedad Quimica (NYSE: SQM) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI) Cut To Sector Perform By Scotia
  • Tractor Supply (NASDAQ: TSCO) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • VCA Antech (NASDAQ: WOOF) Cut to Market Perform at Morgan Keegan.
  • Volvo (NASDAQ: VOLVY) Cut to Sell at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
January 7, 2009

Posted on: January 7, 2009 – 7:44 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (ANN, CVC, COF, CELG, GME, PPDI, STJ, STI, THQI, WOOF, WU)

These are some of the many research upgrades we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Monday morning with more than two hours to the open:

  • Ann Taylor (ANN) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs
  • Cablevision (CVC) Raised to Hold at S&P Equity Research
  • Capital One Financial (COF) Raised to Market Perform at KBW
  • Celgene (CELG) Raised to Outperform at Baird
  • GameStop (GME) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray
  • Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPDI) Raised to Outperform at Baird
  • St. Jude Medical (STJ) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan
  • SunTrust Banks (STI) Raised to Market Perform at KBW
  • THQ (THQI) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray
  • VCA Antech (WOOF) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray
  • Western Union (WU) Raised to Buy at S&P Equity Research

Jon C. Ogg
October 13, 2008

Posted on: October 13, 2008 – 6:18 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ANF, ASTI, ASMI, NILE, CHU, CSX, DPS, LLTC, QCOM, WOOF )

These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this Tuesday morning in pre-market trading:

  • Abercrombie (NYSE: ANF) cut to Market Perform at FBR.
  • Ascent Solar (NASDAQ: ASTI) started as Neutral at Jefferies.
  • ASM Intl NV (NASDAQ: ASMI) started as Underperform at Jefferies.
  • Blue Nile (NASDAQ: NILE) Started as Underweight at Thomas Weisel.
  • China Unicom (NYSE: CHU) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • CSX Corp (NYSE: CSX) cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • Dr Pepper Snapple (NYSE: DPS) started as Underweight at JP Morgan.
  • Linear Tech (NASDAQ: LLTC) cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.
  • VCA Antech (NASDAQ: WOOF) Started as Neutral at Piper Jaffray.

Jon C. Ogg
June 3, 2008

Posted on: June 3, 2008 – 6:48 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

The 52-Week Low Club (MPG)(MTG)(WLP)(APOL)(WOOF)

Maguire (MPG) Possible sale of the company fails. Shares sell down to $12.42 from 52-week high of $38.08.

MGIC (MTG) Company closes common stock offering, dilution. Stock off to $9.60 from 52-week high of $67.05.

Wellpoint (WLP) Dowgrade from Lehman. Sells down to $43.02 from 52-week high of $90.

Apollo Group (APOL) Misses quarterly numbers. Down to $39.41 from 52-week high of $81.68.

VCA Antech (WOOF) No real news. Just drifting down. Hits low of $26.55 from 52-week high of $46.23.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Posted on: March 28, 2008 – 3:01 pm in HI/LOW, , , , ,

The 52-Week Low Club (SIRF)(RMKR)(WOOF)

Primus Guaranty (NYSE: PRS) Bad quarterly earnings. Shares drop to $3.64 from 52-week high of $12.96.

SiRF Technology (NASD: SIRF) Big miss on earnings takes half of stock’s value in one day. Trades down to $6.97 from 52-week high of $34.15.

Rainmaker Systems (NASD: RMKR) Company loses biggest client and is downgraded. Drops to $2.81 from 52-week high of $11.08.

ARM Holdings (NASD: ARMHY) Weak quarterly numbers.Down to $5.57 from 52-week high of $10.07.

VCA Antech (NASD: WOOF) Quarterly guidance is off the mark. Falls to $31.40 from 52-week high of $46.23.

Douglas A. McIntyre:

Posted on: February 5, 2008 – 4:10 pm in HI/LOW, , , , ,