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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CSCO, CRXL, ITW, LVS, NFLX, POT, PT, SUPM, WRI, XEL)

Administrator — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:07:26 +0000

These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms:

Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) Cut to Underperform at First Global.
Crucell NV (NASDAQ: CRXL) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) Target Raised to $22 at Citigroup.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Cut to Underperform at Morgan Keegan.
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) Target raised to $170 at UBS; Traget Raised to $160 at CIBC; Credit Suisse raised Target to $150.
Portugal Telecom SA (NYSE: PT) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
SuperMedia (NASDAQ: SUPM) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Weingarten Realty Investors Company (NYSE: WRI) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Xcel Energy Inc. (NYSE: XEL) Started as Neutral at JPMorgan.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: General Tagged: CRXL, CSCO, ITW, LVS, NFLX, POT, PT, SUPM, WRI, XEL

Top 10 Analyst Calls (CMG, FTO, GS, NTAP, OSG, SBUX, SYY, TK, WRI, YUM)

247wallst — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:58:57 +0000

These are the top 10 analyst calls we have seen early this Wednesday morning from Wall Street:

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Raised to Outperform at William Blair.
Frontier Oil (FTO) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Goldman Sachs (GS) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Network Appliance (NTAP) Raised to Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.
Overseas Shuipholding (OSG) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Starbucks (SBUX) Cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.
Sysco (SYY) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Teekay (TK) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Weingarten Realty (WRI) Raised to Market Perform at Wachovia.
YUM Brands (YUM) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
JON C. OGG

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: CMG, FTO, GS, NTAP, OSG, SBUX, SYY, TK, WRI, YUM

Stifel Nicolaus Slashes REIT Ratings

247wallst — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:38:51 +0000

The brokerage and research firm Stifel Nicolaus has decided that REITS are either at or are close to their inflection points. REITs have been very strong performers in light of many large mergers, although they have already taken a decent breather in the last two weeks or so as the pace of mergers in the group has quieted down.

Most of the analyst ratings out of Stifel Nicolaus today are a downgrade from “BUY” to “HOLD.” Here is a partial list of the liquid REIT stocks that saw downgrades today:

American Financial Realty Trust (AFR), Boston Properties (BXP), Brookfield Properties (BPO), BRT Realty Trust (BRT), Capital Trust (CT), Cedar Shopping Centers (CDR), Highwoods Properties (HIW), KIMCO Realty (KIM), Kite Realty (KRG), Newcastle Investment Corp. (NCT), Northstar Realty (NRF), ProLogis (PLD), Quadra Realty (QRR), Simon Properties (SPG), SL Green Realty (SLG), Washington REIT (WRE), Weingarten Realty (WRI).

Jon C. Ogg
Jun 11, 2007

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

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (June 5, 2007)

247wallst — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:37:56 +0000

AAP raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
ALDN cut to Mkt Perform at FBR.
ALY started as Outperform at Wachovia.
BEBE cut to Mkt Perform at FBR.
BEN cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
BHP raised to Buy at Citigroup.
CPO started as Buy at BB&T.
CRZO started as Buy at Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey.
FIF raised to Outperform at Piper Jaffray.
HAS cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
JNPR cut to Neutral at UBS.
OCNF started as Buy at Cantor Fitzgerald.
OHI started as Neutral at UBS.
OPWV cut to Underweight at JPMorgan; cut to Underperform at CIBC.
ORBC started as Mkt Perform at Piper Jaffray.
REG started as Neutral at Baird.
SFLY started as Strong Buy at JMP Securities.
SWIR raised to Outperform at CIBC.
SLR raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
TELK cut to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.
TRMP cut to Underperform at Bear Stearns.
WRI started as Outperform at Baird.
XEC cut to Neutral at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
June 5, 2007