Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (NLY, CTV, ENDP, FSLR, HOV, JNY, OIIM, PDGI, V, YUM)

May 1, 2008 by Douglas A. McIntyre

These are not all of the analyst calls affecting shares but these are ten that we are focused on this Thursday morning:

  • Annaly Mortgage (NYSE: NLY) cut to Hold at Citigroup.
  • CommScope (NYSE: CTV) Raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
  • Endo Pharmaceuticals Cut to Neutral at R.W. Baird.
  • First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) cut to Perform at Oppenheimer
  • Hovnanian (NYSE: HOV) cut to Sell at UBS.
  • Jones Apparel (NYSE: JNY) Raised to Buy from Hold at Lazard.
  • O2Micro (NASDAQ: OIIM) raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray.
  • PharmaNet Development (NASDAQ: PDGI) downgraded to Hold at Jefferies; downgraded to Neutral at R.W. Baird.
  • Visa (NYSE: V) Started as Equal-weight at Lehman Brothers.
  • YUM! Brands (NYSE: YUM) cut to Neutral at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
May 1, 2008

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