Analyst downgrades: Alcoa, Publicis Groupe, Fresenius

Posted Jun 11th 2008 12:24PM by Eric Buscemi
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Alcoa Inc (AA)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Alcoa, Publicis Groupe and Fresenius were today's noteworthy downgrades:

JP Morgan downgraded shares of Alcoa (NYSE: AA) to Neutral from Overweight as they do not believe the company is a takeover target. The firm thinks investors could be disappointed with the new CEO's strategic direction as well as near-term earnings.
Societe Generale cut Publicis (OTC: PUBGY) to Sell from Buy on valuation following the recent rally and macroeconomic concerns.
UBS downgraded Fresenius (NYSE: FMS) to Neutral from Buy citing valuation, but added shares to its Short-Term Buy list citing potential upward EPS revisions when the company reports on July 3.

OTHER DOWNGRADES:

Annaly Capital (NYSE: NLY) and Microchip (NASDAQ: MCHP) were lowered to Neutral from Overweight at JP Morgan.
Soleil downgraded Steris (NYSE: STE) to Sell from Hold.
Goldman added National Grid (NYSE: NGG) and Marshall & Ilsley (NYSE: MI) to its Conviction Sell List and removed Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) from the Conviction Buy List.

Tags: AA, FMS, LVS, MCHP, MI, NGG, NLY, PUBGY, STE

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6-11-2008 @ 1:47PM

gumbo koontz said...

Any of you BHP, Rio Tinto, or other big miner fans who thinks that ALCOA is a bait for takeover ought to go home and suck a bottle!!!
alcoa aint for sale today until aluminum hit $5 a pound and alcoa goes up 500% first beforre I will entertain any offer with a premium of 30% on top of it...
thank you for reading this, crybabies!!