Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AAPL, MT, BLK, BRCM, CCL, RCL, DELL, LLTC, NSM, PSUN, JAVA)

May 23, 2008 by Douglas A. McIntyre

These are ten of the analyst calls we are keying in on this Friday morning:

  • Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) added to CONVICTION BUY LIST at Goldman Sachs; stock up 2% pre-market.
  • ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
  • BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) Raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Wachovia.
  • Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) started as Neutral at Robert W. Baird.
  • Carnival (NYSE: CCL) and Royal Caribbean (NYSE: RCL) downgraded at Morgan Stanley.
  • Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley; stock up 2% pre-market.
  • Linear Tech (NASDAQ: LLTC) cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • National Semi (NYSE: NSM) raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
  • Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ: PSUN) cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley; stock indicated down 1% pre-market.

Jon C. Ogg
May 23, 2008

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