Analyst upgrades 6-27-07: FIRE, JBHT, KSS and TM
Posted Jun 27th 2007 10:35AM by Kevin Shult
Filed under: Before the bell, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Good news, Toyota Motor Corp. (TM), Kohl's Corp (KSS), Hunt(J.B.) Transport (JBHT)
MOST NOTEWORTHY: Toyota Motor Corp (TM), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), SourceFire (FIRE), Kohl's Corp (KSS) and Millennium Pharmaceuticals (MLNM) were today's noteworthy upgrades:
- Goldman upgraded shares of Toyota Motor Corp (NYSE: TM) to Buy from Neutral to reflect expectations for greater operating profits and margin expansion in 2007.
- Keybanc upgraded shares of J.B. Hunt Transport (NASDAQ: JBHT) to Buy from Hold based on increased conviction in JBHT's ability to increase intermodal volumes, easier 2H and 2008 comps, buybacks and valuation.
- Jefferies upgraded SourceFire Inc (NASDAQ: FIRE) to Buy from Hold after their checks indicated better Federal IT spending and solid sales activity.
- Kohl's Corp (NYSE: KSS) was raised to Outperform from Neutral at Baird on valuation.
- Millennium Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: MLNM) was upgraded to Market Perform from Underperform at Friedman Billings, citing recent monthly Velcade prescription trends for the move higher...
OTHER UPGRADES:
- Morgan Keegan raised Cost Plus Inc (NASDAQ: CPWM) to Market Perform from Underperform.
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