Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (MO, BBY, CFL, CEPH, GILD, LMT, TNDM, NOC, TLAB, MTN)

December 15, 2008 by Douglas A. McIntyre

Money_stack_pic_2These are the top pre-market upgrades and positive analyst calls we have seen from Wall Street this Monday morning:

  • Altria (NYSE: MO) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray.
  • Brink’s Home Security (NYSE: CFL) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
  • Cephalon (NASDAQ: CEPH) Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.
  • Gilead (NASDAQ: GILD) Started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.
  • Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Started as Buy at Societe Generale.
  • Neutral Tandem (NASDAQ: TNDM) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
  • Northrup Grumman (NYSE: NOC) Started as Buy at Societe Generale.
  • Tellabs (NASDAQ: TLAB) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
  • Vail Resorts (NYSE: MTN) Raised to Outperform at Wachovia.

Jon C. Ogg
December 15, 2008

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