Analyst upgrade 4-15-07: ABFS, ALU, AMZN and CAKE upgraded today
Posted Apr 25th 2007 11:33AM by Kevin Shult
Filed under: Before the bell, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Good news, Amazon.com (AMZN), Alcatel-LucentADS (ALU), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Arkansas Best (ABFS)
MOST NOTEWORTHY: Whirlpool Corp (WHR), Amazon.com, Inc (AMZN), Arkansas Best Corp (ABFS) and Capital One Financial Corp (COF) were today's more noteworthy upgrades:
- Citigroup upgraded Whirlpool Corp (NYSE: WHR) to Hold from Sell with a $107 target after better-than-expected Q1 results.
- Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) was upgraded to Market Perform from Underperform at Piper Jaffray, to Hold from Sell at Citigroup, to Neutral from Underperform at Cowen, to Sector Perform from Underperform at Pacific Crest and to Buy from Hold at BWS Financial.
- Elsewhere, Stephens raised Arkansas Best Corp (NASDAQ: ABFS) to Equal Weight from Underweight with a $30 target.
OTHER UPGRADES:
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