MOST NOTEWORTHY: Canadian Solar, Qimonda and Eagle Test Systems were today's noteworthy upgrades:
- Oppenheimer upgraded shares of Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) to Outperform from Perform after channel checks indicated the company's internal cell ramp is proceeding on plan. They are more positive on shares following the recent pullback.
- Qimonda (NYSE: QI) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS, as they expect the DRAM supply/demand to balance out in the second quarter 2008 followed by undersupply.
- Broadpoint raised Eagle Test Systems (NASDAQ: EGLT) to Buy from Neutral after the company reported Q1 results.
OTHER DOWNGRADES:
- EADS (OTC: EADSY) was upgraded to Buy from Sell at ABN Amro.
- Jefferies upgraded Unisys (NYSE: UIS) to Hold from Underperform.
- BEA Systems (NASDAQ: BEAS) was upgraded to Market Perform from Underperform at Bernstein.