Top Analyst Upgrades (ABMD, ALTR, SNP, JCI, MDAS, SQNM, ZNT)

247wallst — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:51:26 +0000

These are some of the top analyst upgrades and positive research calls we are seeing this Thursday morning with about two hours until the market opens:

Abiomed (ABMD) Raised to Hold at Jefferies.
Altera (ALTR) Started as Buy at Piper Jaffray.
China Petroleum (SNP) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Johnson Controls (JCI) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
MedAssets (MDAS) STarted as Buy at ThinkEquity.
Sequenom (SQNM) Started as Outperform at JMP Securities.
Zenith National Insurance (ZNT) Started as Buy at Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey.

JON C. OGG

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: ABMD, ALTR, JCI, MDAS, SNP, SQNM, ZNT

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ALL, AZN, ETFC, FITB, JNPR, QCOM, RF, RYAAY, SEPR, HOT, TKR, TWC, TROW, UA, VE, ZNT)

247wallst — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:01:16 +0000

These are some of the many pre-market downgrades and negative calls we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Friday morning:
Allstate (ALL) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
AstraZeneca (AZN) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
E*TRADE (ETFC) Cut to Underperform at Raymond James.
Fifth Third (FITB) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
Juniper Networks (JNPR) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Qualcomm (QCOM) Cut to Hold at Societe Generale.
Regions Financial (RF) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
Ryanair (RYAAY) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Sepracor (SEPR) Cut to Sell at Piper Jaffray.
Starwood Hotels (HOT) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Timken (TKR) Cut to Hold at KeyBanc.
Time Warner Cable (TWC) Cut to Sell at Collins Stewart.
T. Rowe Price (TROW) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
Under Armour (UA) Cut to Sell at Piper Jaffray.
Veolia Environnement (VE) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
Zenith National Insurance (ZNT) Cut to Market Perform at FBR; Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Jon C. Ogg
January 30, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: ALL, AZN, ETFC, FITB, HOT, JNPR, QCOM, RF, RYAAY, SEPR, TKR, TROW, TWC, UA, VE, ZNT

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Top Analyst Upgrades (ABMD, ALTR, SNP, JCI, MDAS, SQNM, ZNT)

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ALL, AZN, ETFC, FITB, JNPR, QCOM, RF, RYAAY, SEPR, HOT, TKR, TWC, TROW, UA, VE, ZNT)