Analyst upgrades 8-27-07: AMZN, GIS and WFMI

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MOST NOTEWORTHY: Amazon.com (AMZN), Luminent Mortgage (LUM), Whole Foods (WFMI), Tenet Healthcare (THC) and Pediatrix Medical (PDX) were today's noteworthy upgrades:
  • Bernstein upgraded Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) to Outperform from Market Perform, citing margins on 3rd party transactions that are close to eBay's (EBAY) and that the overseas merchants initiative will increase 3rd party units to 25% of sales. The move is expected to increase operating margins to 6.2% by 2011, above the previously expected improvement of 4.6% by the same time.
  • JMP Securities said Luminent Mortgage's (NYSE: LUM) $64.9M emergency financing from Arco Capital may preserve some value for shareholders, and upgraded shares to Market Underperform from Sell.
  • JP Morgan added Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFMI) to its Focus List, and expects the Wild Oats (NASDAQ: OATS) acquisition to be a catalyst for shares.
OTHER UPGRADES:
  • Rowan Co (NYSE: RDC) was upgraded to Outperform from Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.
  • BMO Capital upgraded General Mills (NYSE: GIS) to Outperform from Market Perform.
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Last updated: February 10, 2010: 03:25 AM

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