Analyst downgrades: PRTS, TRAK and APPY

MOST NOTEWORTHY: U.S. Auto Parts, DealerTrack and AspenBio Pharma were today's noteworthy downgrades:

Piper downgraded shares of U.S. Auto Parts (NASDAQ: PRTS) to Neutral from Buy following the company's Q4 results.
JMP Securities cut DealerTrack (NASDAQ: TRAK) to Market Perform from Strong Buy as they believe future market share losses to RouteOne are more significant than previously believed.
Oppenheimer has concerns that most of AspenBio Pharma's (NASDAQ: APPY) market value is tied to the AppyScore test for appendicitis, while available clinical data may not be sufficient to drive adoption. The firm lowered APPY to Perform from Outperform.

OTHER DOWNGRADES:

Wachovia cut Reddy Ice (NYSE: FRZ) to Market Perform from Outperform.
Deutsche Bank lowered its rating on Valspar (NYSE: VAL) and Airgas (NYSE: ARG) to Hold from Buy.
Goldman downgraded Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW) to Neutral from Buy.

Tags: airgas, appy, arg, aspenbio, dealertrak, frz, orbitz, oww, prts, reddy ice, ReddyIce, trak, us auto parts, UsAutoParts, val, valspar

#	Blogger	Posts	Cmts
1	Joseph Lazzaro	53	0
2	Connie Madon	49	0
3	Steven Mallas	46	0
4	Steven Halpern	43	0
5	Mark Fightmaster	42	0
6	Zac Bissonnette	40	0
7	Tom Taulli	37	0
8	Sheldon Liber	27	0
9	Tom Johansmeyer	25	0
10	Brian White	25	0
11	Trey Thoelcke	22	0
12	Melly Alazraki	21	0
13	Paul Foster	21	0
14	Jim Cramer	21	0
15	Jamie Dlugosch	19	0
16	Eric Buscemi	19	0
17	Jon Ogg	18	0
18	Elizabeth Harrow	18	2
19	Brent Archer	18	0
20	Michael Fowlkes	11	0

Find out why more people track their portfolios on AOL Money & Finance then anywhere else.

Other Weblogs Inc. Network blogs you might be interested in:

Investors pressure private equity funds to cut fees Will an IPO bring more transparency to KKR? Will FDIC's new rules for buying failed banks deter private-equity investors?	Microsoft must be innovative with Hohm to avoid being an also-ran Q2 to be tough on earnings, but some improvement My Activision Blizzard trade
Removing duplicates from your iPhoto library Manage your iPhone's clipboard with Snippets Shoot steady iPhone video with Zgrip iPhone PRO	Twitter's new frontier: World of Warcraft?! Enthusiast posts source code for 13 Atari classics...legally? New threat targets DirectShow component via Internet Explorer
Small Splurge: More Delicious Summer Wines 901 Silver Tequila, Founded by Justin Timberlake Jean-Georges Steakhouse Opening In Washington DC	Q2 to be tough on earnings, but some improvement Google argues that it isn't really that big after all Dell developing a pocket Web pal?