Early Bird Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ENS, ERIC, SHW, UDR, BT, BLDR, PCAR, VE)

May 15, 2009 by Douglas A. McIntyre

It is looking a bit light on the analyst calls from Wall Street this morning.  Here are Friday’s top upgrades and downgrades seen with more than two hours until the market opens:

  • EnerSys (ENS) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
  • LM Ericsson (ERIC) Raised to Neutral from Sell at UBS.
  • Sherwin-Williams (SHW) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • UDR (UDR) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
  • BT Group (BT) Cut to Sell at UBS.
  • Builders Firstsource (BLDR) Cut to Neutral at Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey.
  • PACCAR (PCAR) Cut to Underweight at HSBC.
  • Veolia Environnement (VE) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.

JON C. OGG

May 15, 2009

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