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Analyst upgrades 6-19-07: CDL, CI, DTV, LCC and LFC

Posted Jun 19th 2007 10:56AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Good news, CIGNA Corp (CI), US Airways Group (LCC), China Life Insurance ADS (LFC)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: US Airways (LCC), Cigna Corp (CI), Gentex Corp (GNTX) and China Life Insurance (LFC) were today's more noteworthy upgrades:

UBS upgraded US Airways (NYSE: LCC) to Neutral from Reduce based on valuation.

Cigna Corp (NYSE: CI) was upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Banc of America to reflect the company's market share gains and share buybacks.

Banc of America also raised Gentex Corp (NASDAQ: GNTX) to Buy from Neutral to reflect increased penetration of the company's new rear-camera display product.

Deutsche Bank upgraded shares of China Life Insurance (NYSE: LFC) to Hold from Sell on valuation and the continued strong equity markets...

OTHER UPGRADES:

Morgan Stanley raised DirecTV Group (NYSE: DTV) to Overweight from Equal Weight.

Citigroup upgraded Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) to Buy from Hold.

Acorda Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ACOR) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Banc of America.

Merrill Lynch raised Citadel Broadcasting Corp's (NYSE: CDL) rating to Buy from Neutral.

CyberSource Corp (NASDAQ: CYBS) was upgraded to Buy from Accumulate at ThinkEquity.

Analyst summaries provided by TheFlyOnTheWall.com (subscription required).

Analyst downgrades 2-21-07: Motorla, Palm, CSX downgraded today

Posted Feb 21st 2007 11:21AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Bad News, Motorola (MOT), KB HOME (KBH), QUALCOMM Inc (QCOM), Palm Inc (PALM), Hasbro Inc (HAS), China Life Insurance ADS (LFC)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Motorola Inc (MOT), Maguire Properties Inc (MPG), China Life Insurance Co Ltd (LFC) and Palm, Inc (PALM) were some of today's most notable downgrades:

Lehman Bros downgraded shares of Motorola Inc (NYSE: MOT) to Equal Weight from Overweight with a $20 target citing a slower recovery in handset margins.

Stifel downgraded Maguire Properties Inc (NYSE: MPG) to Sell from Hold. Friedman Billings removed Maguire from its Top Picks list, citing the $2.9 billion acquisition of California assets for the removal.

Bear Stearns downgraded China Life Insurance Co Ltd (NYSE: LFC) to Underperform from Peer Perform based on valuation.

ThinkEquity cut Palm, Inc (NASDAQ: PALM) to Accumulate from Buy with an $18 target citing valuation driven by takeover speculation as well as lack of execution improvements.

OTHER DOWNGRADES:

UBS downgraded shares of both CSX Corp (NYSE: CSX) and Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) to Neutral from Buy on valuation. The broker raised CSX's target to $45 from $41 and raised Kansas City's target to $38 from $33.