Tuesday’s Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BJ, GLW, DRI, DTSI, ITW, RBS, VIA, BHP, COF, FITB, MAT, STO)

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These are some of Tuesday morning’s top pre-market upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street analysts with more than two hours until the open:

  • BJ’s Wholesale (NYSE: BJ) Raised to Buy at UBS.
  • Corning (NYSE: GLW) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
  • Darden restaurants (NYSE: DRI) Started as Outperform at Baird.
  • Digital Theater Systems (NASDAQ: DTSI) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Illinois Toolworks (NYSE: ITW) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Royal Bank of Scotland (NYSE: RBS) Raised to Overweight at HSBC.
  • Viacom (NYSE: VIA) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
  • BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) Cut to Hold at ABN AMRO.
  • Capital One (NYSE: COF) Target cut by more than half to $18 at Goldman Sachs.
  • Fifth Third (NASDAQ: FITB) Target cut 75% down to $2.00 at Goldman Sachs.
  • Mattel (NYSE: MAT) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • StatoilHydro (NYSE: STO) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.

Jon C. Ogg
February 3, 2009

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

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A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

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McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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