Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.…
The pace of stock buyback announcements in the month of August was almost unbelievable. The pace was stronger at the start of the month when earnings were still coming in droves, but…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ARCO) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley;…
America’s core infrastructure is falling apart. Roads are sinking, bridges have collapsed, dams are old, power plants and the power grid are substandard, rail systems are ancient, the levees are ancient as…
So much for a double-dip recession, or at least that is what the waves of new share buybacks and dividend hikes from big key companies are saying. In recent days we have…
When everyone else is ducking for cover, it often pays to stick your neck out. That seems to be what Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) is doing with the announcement of a new business…
KBR Inc. (NYSE:KBR) reported third quarter earnings before the market opened today. The company posted EPS of $0.44 on revenue of $3 billion, virtually on target with analysts’ estimates of $0.43 EPS…
Douglas A. McIntyre Western Refining (WNR) Snag at one of the company’s units and falling oil prices gang up. Drops to $6.47 from 52-week high of $58.95. KBR (KBR) Rough earnings numbers. Down to $22.94…
These are not the only impact analyst calls this morning, but these are the ones that 24/7 Wall St. is focusing on: American Axle (AXL) & Johnson Controls (JCI) both downgraded to…
Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) plans to release its second quarter earnings on Monday morning, and as of the end of the week the First Call estimates are $0.56 EPS on nearly $3.5 Billion in…
Heavy construction and engineering giant Foster Wheeler (NASDAQ:FWLT) got some bad news today: it was beaten out by KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR) for a project management and front-end engineering and design contract on…
ASML raised to Outperform at Bernstein.CENT cut to Neutral at B of A.COBZ raised to Outperform at KBW.DCP raised to Outperform at CIBC.DGX raised to Buy at UBS.ECL raised to Buy at…
