Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (BRL, BE, EDS, HPQ, IRM, MHP, MCO, RSH, SNH, SNN, SOV)

May 13, 2008 by Douglas A. McIntyre

These are not the only analyst calls this morning, but these are some of the impact calls we are seeing this Tuesday morning:

  • Barr Pharma (NYSE: BRL) raised to Outperform from Neutral at Cowen & Co.
  • Bearingpoint (NYSE: BE) Cut to Hold from Buy at Citigroup
  • Electronic Data Systems (NYSE: EDS) Cut to Sell from Hold at Citigroup; cut to Market Perform at FBR.
  • Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) was removed from the Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List, although its BUY rating was maintained.
  • Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • McGraw-Hill (NYSE: MHP) and Moody’s (NYSE: MCO) both started as Buy in new coverage at Jefferies.
  • RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) raised to Market Perform at RBC.
  • Senior Housing Properties (NYSE: SNH) Cut to Market Perform from Outperform at Raymond James.
  • Smith & Nephew (NYSE: SNN) Cut to Underweight from Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Sovereign Bancorp (NYSE: SOV) Raised to Market Perform at FBR.

Jon C. Ogg
May 13, 2008

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