Analyst initiations 4-04-07: F, GM, JPM and TWC initiated today
Posted Apr 4th 2007 11:11AM by Kevin Shult
Filed under: Before the Bell, Daimler (DAI), Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM), Toyota Motor Corp. (TM), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), AutoNation Inc (AN), Analyst Initiations, Johnson Controls (JCI), Time Warner Cable (TWC)
MOST NOTEWORTHY: The automotive sector was today's most noteworthy initiation:
- Prudential initiated the automotive manufacturers industry and automotive retail industry with Favorable ratings and the automotive parts and equipment industry with an Unfavorable rating. The firm initiated coverage on following stocks:
- Overweight-rated names included Autoliv Inc (NYSE: ALV), Group 1 Automotive, Inc (NYSE: GPI), Honda Motor Co, Ltd (NYSE: HMC), Johnson Controls, Inc (NYSE: JCI), Sonic Automotive, Inc (NYSE: SAH), & Toyota Motor Corp (NYSE: TM).
- Neutral Weight-rated names included AutoNation, Inc (NYSE: AN), DaimlerChrysler (NYSE: DCX), Magna International Inc (NYSE: MGA) and United Auto Group, Inc (NYSE: UAG).
- Underweight-rated names included Ford Motor Co (NYSE: F), General Motors Corp (NYSE: GM) and Gentex Corp (NASDAQ: GNTX).
OTHER INITIATIONS:
- Merriman initiated shares of Progressive Gaming International Corp (NASDAQ: PGIC) with a Buy rating, as the firm believes it is on the cusp of gaining meaningful market share of casino floors through its technologies and now is the time to get involved in shares.
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