Posts for Ticker ‘WSH’

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (COG, COCO, INTC, RSH, SOHU, SE, TXN, HTM, VZ, WSH)

These are the top ten analyst calls for upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen early this Tuesday morning from Wall Street:

Cabot Oil & Gas (NYSE: COG) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Corinthian Colleges (NASDAQ: COCO) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) Started as Buy at Kaufman Bros.
RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) Raised to Hold (from Underweight) at KeyBanc.
Sohu.com (NASDAQ: SOHU) Cut to Sector Perform at RBC Capital Markets.
Spectra Energy (NYSE: SE) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) Raised to Outperform at FBR Capital Markets; Started as Hold at Kaufman Bros.
US Geothermal Inc. (AMEX: HTM) Started as Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Willis Group (NYSE: WSH) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.

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Jon C. Ogg
October 27, 2009

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AZN, BAS, BRNC, BCS, DB, PCS, MYL, PTEN, PDC, WSH)

These are the top 10 early bird analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen in Wall Street research calls early this Thursday morning with over two hours until the market opens:

AstraZeneca (AZN) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies.
Basic Energy Services (BAS) Cut to Sell at UBS.
Bronco Drilling (BRNC) Cut to Sell at UBS.
Barclays (BCS) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Deutsche Bank (DB) Raised to Overweight at MOrgan Stanley.
MetroPCS (PCS) remains Sell at Auriga.
Mylan Labs (MYL) Cut to Underperform at Bernstein.
Patterson-UTI (PTEN) Cut to Sell at UBS.
Pioneed Drilling (PDC) Cut to Sell at UBS.
Willis Group (WSH) Started as Buy at Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey.

JON C. OGG

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ACAD, ACE, AACC, RATE, GYMB, KIM, MMC, MVL, NCR, WSH)

These aren’t all of the analyst calls out there today, but these are ten of the calls impacting shares early this Tuesday morning:

  • ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (ACAD) Raised to Neutral at Banc of America.
  • ACE Limited (ACE) Raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
  • Asset Acceptance Capital (AACC) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies.
  • Bankrate (RATE) Cut to Hold from Buy at Collins Stewart.
  • Gymboree (GYMB) Cut to Market Perform from Outperform at FBR.
  • Kimco Realty (KIM) Cut to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
  • Marsh & McLennan (MMC) Raised to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.
  • Marvel Entertainment (MVL) Started as Market Weight at Thomas Weisel.
  • NCR (NCR) Raised to Outperform from Neutral at Baird.
  • Willis Group (WSH) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.

Jon C. Ogg
July 8, 2008