Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ATHN, BBBY, CNQ, CCU, COCO, EL, ESI, CRM, PCU, URBN)

April 9, 2008 by Douglas A. McIntyre

Below are the top analyst calls we are focusing on this Wednesday morning in pre-market trading:

  • AthenaHealth (NASDAQ: ATHN) started as Outperform at JMP Securities.
  • Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) cut to Sell at Piper Jaffray.
  • Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE: CNQ) raised to overweight at Lehman Brothers.
  • Clear Channel (NYSE: CCU) cut to Hold at Stanford Research.
  • Corinthian Colleges (NASDAQ: COCO) cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray
  • Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL) cut to Sell at Piper Jaffray.
  • ITT Educational (NYSE: ESI) cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • Salesforce.com     (NYSE: CRM) cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
  • Southern Copper (NYSE: PCU) started as Sell at Citigroup.
  • Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ: URBN) cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.

Jon C. Ogg
April 9, 2008

Jon Ogg produces the Special Situation Investing Newsletter.  He can be reached at [email protected] and he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

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