Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ABT, AEIS, AMSC, CREE, DRS, FORM, RAIL, NVS, PNSN, SOV)

May 9, 2008 by Douglas A. McIntyre

These are ten of the impact analyst calls we are seeing this Friday morning:

  • Abbott Labs (NYSE: ABT) started as Buy at UBS.
  • Advanced Energy (NASDAQ: AEIS) Raised To Overweight By JP Morgan.
  • American Superconductor (NASDAQ: AMSC) Cut to Hold from Buy at Jefferies.
  • Cree (NASDAQ: CREE) started as Hold Lazard Capital.
  • DRS Tech (NYSE: DRS) cut to Neutral at UBS; cut to market perform at FBR.
  • FormFactor (NASDAQ: FORM) Raised To Overweight From Neutral By JP Morgan.
  • FreightCar America (NASDAQ: RAIL) Raised to Buy from Hold at Jefferies.
  • Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS) raised to Outperform at Bernstein.
  • Penson Worldwide (NASDAQ: PNSN) Raised to Overweight at JP Morgan.
  • Sovereign Bancorp (NYSE: SOV) Raised To Market Perform at KBW.

Jon C. Ogg
May 9, 2008

Jon Ogg produces and edits the "10 Stocks Under $10" weekly newsletter for 247WallSt.com.

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