Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (AMZN, AMAT, NILE, CECE, DCP, GPN, RHT, AUY, YRCW)

December 4, 2008 by Douglas A. McIntyre

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades we have seen this Thursday morning:

  • Amazon.com (AMZN) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
  • Applied Materials (AMAT) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
  • Blue Nile (NILE) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
  • CECO Environmental (CECE) Started as Buy at Cantor Fitzgerald.
  • DynCorp (DCP) Started as Buy at Stanford.
  • Global Payments (GPN) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
  • Red Hat (RHT) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
  • Yamana Gold (AUY) Started as Outperform ar Raymond James.
  • YRC Worldwide (YRCW) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
December 4, 2008

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