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Analyst upgrades: TEVA, WFMI, CTAS, BCSI and AIG

Posted Jul 21st 2008 11:00AM by Eric Buscemi
Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Cintas Corp (CTAS), Whole Foods Market (WFMI), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Teva Pharm Indus ADR (TEVA)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Teva Pharmaceutical, Blue Coat Systems and American International Group were today's noteworthy upgrades:
  • Deutsche Bank upgraded shares of Teva Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ: TEVA) to Buy from Hold to reflect the company's greater growth prospects following the acquisition of Barr (NYSE: BRL). The firm raised the target to $56 from $47.
  • ThinkPanmure upgraded Blue Coat Systems (NASDAQ: BCSI) to Buy from Source of Funds based on the company's growth prospects following positive channel checks.
  • American International Group (NYSE: AIG) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Banc of America on valuation, as they find the risk/reward attractive at current levels.
OTHER UPGRADES:
  • Goldman upgraded the Semiconductor Production Equipment sector to Neutral from Cautious and added Verigy (NASDAQ: VRGY) to its Conviction Buy List.
  • Morgan Stanley upgraded Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFMI) and Cintas (NASDAQ: CTAS) to Equal Weight from Underweight.
  • Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ: ROCK) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Piper.

Tags: aig, bcsi, brl, ctas, inthenews, rock, teva, vrgy, wfmi

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