Top Analyst Downgrades and Stocks to Sell: CVS, DaVita, Zillow and More
These are the top analyst downgrades, cautious research notes and stocks to sell from Wall Street for Wednesday, August 7, 2013. They include CVS Caremark, DaVita Healthcare, Zillow and Marathon Oil.
Investors frequently get to see the analyst upgrades and Buy ratings from Wall Street firms. What investors often do not get to see is when analyst downgrade stocks to sell or to avoid. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls each and every day to find great ideas from value stocks to growth stocks to dividend stocks, and we have broken out the negative analyst calls. These are this Wednesday’s top analyst downgrades and cautious research notes from Wall Street.
CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Cantor Fitzgerald.
DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc. (NYSE: DVA) was downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital Markets.
Endeavour International Corp. (NYSE: END) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Canaccord Genuity.
Endo Health Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: ENDP) was downgraded to Sell from an already cautious Neutral rating at Janney.
Five Oaks Investment Corp. (NYSE: OAKS) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Marathon Oil Corp. (NYSE: MRO) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Zillow Inc. (NASDAQ: Z) was downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital Markets.
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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.