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Analyst Calls: AONE, AVB, BSX, LVS, MDRX, RRC, SAP, TIVO, WIN ...

Analyst Upgrades

  • Las Vegas Sands (LVS) to outperform from neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • Boston Scientific (BSX) to outperform from sector perform at RBC Capital.
  • Windstream (WIN) to buy from hold at Citigroup.
  • Expeditors (EXPD) to buy from neutral at UBS.
  • A123 Systems (AONE) to neutral from underperform and Chesapeake Midstream (CHKM) to buy from neutral at BofA/Merrill.
  • AvalonBay (AVB) to outperform from neutral and Post Properties (PPS) to neutral from underperform at Cowen.

Continue reading Analyst Calls: AONE, AVB, BSX, LVS, MDRX, RRC, SAP, TIVO, WIN ...

Closing Bell: Pre-Holiday stocks, oil, dollar all on their own (RUTH, RIMM, RHT, ACHN, CGEN, PFE)

Today was a mixed trading day on somewhat light trading pre-holiday volume throughout most of the trading day and there was no real feeling for a positive or negative close until the afternoon. A drop of 11% in new house sales in November added concerns over the housing recovery. This was in contrast to personal income and spending rising 0.4% and 0.5%, respectively, in November. Oil had a solid day with a $2.22 gain to $76.62 close on big inventory draw-downs.

Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow 10,466.44 +1.51 (0.01%)
S&P 500 1,120.59 +2.57 (0.23%)
Nasdaq 2,269.64 +16.97 (0.75%)

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Continue reading Closing Bell: Pre-Holiday stocks, oil, dollar all on their own (RUTH, RIMM, RHT, ACHN, CGEN, PFE)

Closing Bell: Give and take on FOMC Day (TMH, ACHN, INTC, AMD, NVDA, FNM, FRE, DPTR, PLA)

The markets were very mixed going into the close and which direction the closing bell was going to be was not known until right at the close. Core consumer inflation seems to still be contained, although oil rose sharply today on supply and refining concerns. Even the FOMC decision to keep rates at the near-zero policy and keeping the "extended time" phrase on for extremely low fed funds rates did not hurt the markets today.

Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow 10,441.12 -10.88 (-0.10%)
S&P 500 1,109.18 +1.25 (0.11%)
Nasdaq 2,206.91 +5.86 (0.27%)

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Continue reading Closing Bell: Give and take on FOMC Day (TMH, ACHN, INTC, AMD, NVDA, FNM, FRE, DPTR, PLA)

Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: LEN, RDC, FFIN, SII, AN, ACHN, UA, LULU, JST

Analyst upgrades:
  • Citigroup upgraded Lennar (NYSE: LEN) to Buy from Hold as it believes the company's near-term liquidity profile is improved following the $400M debt issuance. The firm raised its target price to $12 from $11.
  • Jefferies upgraded Rowan Companies (NYSE: RDC) to Buy from Hold as it believes jack-up drillers will continue to outperform deepwater names. The firm raised its target price to $27 from $20.
  • Keefe Bruyette upgraded First Financial (NASDAQ: FFIN) to Market Perform from Underperform to reflect more positive loan data for the Texas banks. The firm raised its target price on shares to $44 from $38.
  • MGM Mirage (NYSE: MGM) was upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan.
  • Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at JMP Securities.
  • Brinker (NYSE: EAT) was upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays.

Continue reading Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: LEN, RDC, FFIN, SII, AN, ACHN, UA, LULU, JST

Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: GYMB, BP, CVX, COP, TOL

Analyst upgrades:
  • Banc of America/Merrill upgraded Gymboree (NASDAQ:GYMB) to Buy from Underperform and raised their target to $33 from $15 following the company's Q1 comparable store sales guidance.
  • Oppenheimer upgraded Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) to Outperform from Perform after channel checks indicated the company's shipments are gaining momentum. The firm raised their price target on the stock to $35 from $20.
  • Owens & Minor (NYSE:OMI) was raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse. The firm upgraded shares but lowered their target to $45 from $46 citing underappreciated earnings growth and valuation.
  • Albermarle (NYSE:ALB) was upgraded to Conviction Buy from Neutral at Goldman.
  • Protective Life (NYSE:PL) was upgraded to Neutral from Sell at UBS.
  • Maxim (NASDAQ:MXIM) was lifted to Buy from Hold at Canaccord.

Continue reading Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: GYMB, BP, CVX, COP, TOL

Analyst calls: LM, FSLR, KEY, HIG, PPO, ASH, VRTX, MKL, CX ...

Analyst upgrades:
  • Jefferies upgraded Legg Mason (NYSE: LM) to Buy from Hold on valuation following the recent sell-off, as they find the risk/reward attractive at current levels. However, the firm lowered their target to $23 from $44.
  • Merriman raised First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) to Buy from Neutral after the company showed "industry leading growth" in Q3. The firm has a 12-month price target range of $185 to $195 per share.
  • Ladenburg upgraded KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) to Buy from Neutral.
  • Citigroup upgraded shares of Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ: SLAB) to Buy from Hold on valuation and expects the company to post above average industry growth in 2009.
  • Janus Capital (NYSE: JNS) was upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at JP Morgan.
  • Associated Estates Realty (NYSE: AEC) was upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Baird.
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Continue reading Analyst calls: LM, FSLR, KEY, HIG, PPO, ASH, VRTX, MKL, CX ...

Symbol Lookup
IndexesChangePrice
DJIA-89.2312,801.23
NASDAQ-23.352,903.88
S&P 500-9.311,342.64

Last updated: February 10, 2012: 10:53 PM

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