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Analyst Upgrades

  • Akamai (AKAM) to overweight from neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • Las Vegas Sands (LVS) to buy from neutral at UBS.
  • Aetna (AET) to Outperform from market perform at Leerink.
  • Hot Topic (HOTT) to buy from neutral at Janney Capital.
  • Colonial Properties (CLP) upgraded to Outperform from market perform at FBR Capital and to buy from hold at Citigroup.
  • Altera (ALTR) to buy from hold at Citigroup.
  • American Reprographics (ARC), CarMax (KMX) and American Campus (ACC) to outperform from neutral at RW Baird.
  • Zebra Tech (ZBRA) to neutral from underweight at JPMorgan.
  • IMAX (IMAX) to buy from hold at Canaccord.
  • Basic Energy (BAS) to neutral from sell at Goldman.
  • Mednax (MD) to buy from neutral at BofA/Merrill.
  • UTi Worldwide (UTIW) to buy from hold at Stifel Nicolaus.

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Given that the markets continue to exhibit a choppy/consolidation pattern (or perhaps worse), it's best to consider including a few defensive stocks in your portfolio. Low-profile Harsco Corporation (NYSE: HSC) is worth a review.

Harsco is a diversified industrial services and engineering products company that caters to the steel/metals industry. The company offers metal reclamation, slag processing, scrap management and related services for steel/metal manufacturers. HSC's access services business rents/sells concrete-forming equipment, scaffolding, and bridge-decking products, primarily for industrial maintenance and commercial construction clients.

Typically, companies like Harsco would be more-sensitive to the business cycle, but that risk is lessened by HSC's revenue stream diversity, wide 5-continent geographic footprint, and a contemporary trend: recycling. Fortunately for Harso, recycling and reclaiming processes are likely to increase in popularity, for both cost and environmental reasons, in the years ahead. Harsco is well-positioned in this regard, and analysts generally project 13%-20% annual revenue growth for HSC for the immediate years ahead. The Reuters F2007/F2008 EPS consensus estimates for HSC are $2.97/$3.35.

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Harsco capitalizes on a contemporary trend originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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