Analyst upgrades: Countrywide Financial, AstraZeneca, Massey Energy, International Coal
Posted Mar 19th 2008 11:23AM by Eric Buscemi
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Bank of America (BAC), Countrywide Financial (CFC)
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MOST NOTEWORTHY: Countrywide Financial, AstraZeneca, Massey Energy and International Coal were today's noteworthy upgrades:
- Wachovia upgraded Countrywide (NYSE: CFC) to Market Perform from Underperform, as they do not expect any other bidders to emerge and for the acquisition by Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) to close.
- HSBC upgraded AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) to Overweight from Neutral on valuation and their belief that an agreement with Ranbaxy on Nexium is possible.
- Massey Energy (NYSE: MEE) and International Coal (NYSE: ICO) were upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at JP Morgan citing higher coal price forecasts.
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