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Analyst downgrades: Garmin, Express Scripts, ArQule

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Garmin, Express Scripts and ArQule were today's noteworthy downgrades:
  • Deutsche Bank downgraded shares of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) to Hold from Buy and lowered their target to $90 from $125 after channel checks at CES raised concerns about competitive pressure in the U.S. and pricing. Deutsche sees increasing uncertainty for 2008.
  • Express Scripts (NASDAQ: ESRX) was lowered to Market Perform from Outperform based on valuation and risk to 2008 guidance.
  • Banc of America downgraded shares of ArQule (NASDAQ: ARQL) to Neutral from Buy following the departure of CEO Dr. Stephen Hill, to reflect greater execution risk and uncertainty.
OTHER DOWNGRADES:
  • Keefe Bruyette downgraded IberiaBank (NASDAQ: IBKC) to Underperform from Market Perform.
  • JMP Securities lowered Red Lion Hotels (NYSE: RLH) to Market Outperform from Strong Buy.
  • Bear Stearns downgraded Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO) to Underperform from Peer Perform.

IPO & secondary weekly preview: Blackstone Group, Hertz, Omniture

Wall Street's equity market offers a solid slate this week - with five IPOs and ten Secondaries on the docket.

Those deals tentatively scheduled to price include:

IPOs:
  • Day Undetermined:
    • The Blackstone Group (BX), a 133.3M-share IPO. Morgan Stanley and Citigroup are the lead managers. Filing range: $29.00-$31.00.
  • Tuesday
    • Biofuel Energy (BIOF), a 9.5M-share IPO for this ethanol company. JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, and AG Edwards are the lead managers. Filing range: $16.00-$18.00.
  • Wednesday
    • Bway (BWY), an 11.765M-share IPO for this container company. Goldman Sachs and the Bank of America are the lead managers. Filing range: $16.00-$18.00.
    • GeoVera Insurance (GEOV), a 5.99M-share IPO for this residential insurance company. JP Morgan Chase and Merrill Lynch are the lead managers.
  • Thursday
    • Aegerion Pharmaceuticals (AEGR), a 5M-share IPO for this cardiovascular medicines company. Lehman Brothers is the lead manager. Filing range: $12.00-$14.00.

Continue reading IPO & secondary weekly preview: Blackstone Group, Hertz, Omniture

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Last updated: February 10, 2012: 11:45 PM

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