MOST NOTEWORTHY UPGRADES:

• Hilliard Lyons upgraded Sypris Solutions (NASDAQ: SYPR) to Buy from Neutral on valuation, and expected improvements in the company's Industrial Group and Electronics Group.
  
• TD Newcrest upgraded Quebecor World (NYSE: IQW) to Hold from Reduce, while UBS upgraded Quilmes Industrial (NYSE: LQU) to Neutral from Sell.

• Respironics Inc. (NASDAQ: RESP) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform by BMO Capital, following the company's acquisition by Philips.
  
• Think Equity downgraded Nanophase Technologies (NASDAQ: NANX) to Accumulate from Buy, citing checks that indicate sales for architectural coatings remain sluggish.
  
• Golden Telecom (NASDAQ: GLDN) was lowered to Equal Weight from Overweight by Morgan Stanley.
  
• First Horizon National Corp. (NYSE: FHN) was downgraded to Sell from Hold on Friday by Sandler, O'Neill & Partners.

Analyst upgrades and downgrades originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

MOST NOTEWORTHY:

• JP Morgan upgraded shares of Tektronix (NYSE: TEK) to Overweight from Underweight citing improving sector fundamentals.

• JP Morgan also raised GameStop (NYSE: GME) to Overweight from Neutral based on the May sales data.

• Oppenheimer upgraded PrivateBancorp (NASDAQ: PVTB) to Neutral from Sell based on valuation.

• BMO Capital raised Quebecor World (NYSE: IQW) to Market Perform from Underperform on valuation.

• CheckFree (NASDAQ: CKFR) was assumed with a Sector Outperformer from Sector Performer at CIBC citing a favorable risk/reward, solid secular underlying trends, and overblown concerns for its rating...

• Symantec Corp (NASDAQ: SYMC) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman.

• Ingersoll-Rand Co Ltd (NYSE: IR) was raised to Outperform from Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.

• ThinkEquity upgraded shares of Jones Soda Co (NASDAQ: JSDA) to Buy from Accumulate.

• BB&T upgraded Pacific Sunwear of California (NASDAQ: PSUN) to Buy from Hold.

• Goldman added Cigna Corp (NYSE: CI) to its America's Conviction List.

Analyst upgrades 6-18-07: CI, CKFR, JSDA, PSUN and SYMC originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

MOST NOTEWORTHY:

• Cantor initiated Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) with a Hold rating and $30 target; the firm believes Yahoo! is playing "catch-up" in the areas of Search and monetization and they expect shares to be range-bound until fixes are evident.

• Credit Suisse re-initiated ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) with a Neutral rating.

• CBS Corp (NYSE: CBS) was initiated with a Buy rating and $38 target at Stifel; the firm believes CBS's TV business model is under-appreciated by the Street and shares are attractively valued.

• RBC Capital Markets initiated shares of Quebecor World (NYSE: IQW) with an Underperform rating; the firm is cautious on shares due to the commoditization in print segments, valuation and low probability of a takeover.

Analyst initiations 1-12-07: Yahoo! is playing "catch-up" in search originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.