Analyst downgrades 5-21-07: AQNT, CCU, CI, CFC and WMG
Posted May 21st 2007 11:04AM by Kevin Shult
Filed under: Before the bell, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Bad news, Microsoft (MSFT), CIGNA Corp (CI), Clear Channel Commun (CCU), Countrywide Financial (CFC), Intuit Inc (INTU), aQuantive Inc (AQNT), ValueClick Inc (VCLK)
MOST NOTEWORTHY: ValueClick, Inc (VCLK), aQuantive, Inc (AQNT), Cigna Corp (CI), Warner Music Group (WMG), Clear Channel Communications, Inc (CCU) and Medtronic, Inc (MDT) were today's more notable downgrades:
- Baird cut ValueClick Inc (NASDAQ: VCLK) to Neutral from Outperform, citing the FTC inquiry.
- aQuantive (NASDAQ: AQNT) was downgraded to Sell from Buy after the company was acquired by Microsoft (MSFT) and because aQuantive no longer trades on fundamentals. Kaufman and Gabelli also cut aQuantive to Hold from Buy.
- Cigna (NYSE: CI) was downgraded at Prudential to Neutral from Overweight on valuation.
- Warner Music Group's (NYSE: WMG) downgrade to Sell from Neutral at Pali Research was based on the lower industry outlook, which Pali believes revenues are likely to fall at least 10% for the industry in 2007, along with the company's release schedule.
- Medtronic Inc (NYSE: MDT) was downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley...
OTHER DOWNGRADES:
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