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BP, ProSight and Carlyle Group Make Key Acquisitions

Posted Jul 15th 2010 3:00PM by Wade Hansen (RSS feed)
Filed under: Deals, BP p.l.c. ADS (BP)

As the economy begins to gain some traction, we are starting to see more M&A activity. This is a good sign as it shows credit markets are thawing.

Today, we saw three key acquisition announcements.

BP (BP) is making a move to try and polish up its tarnished reputation by going green. BP announced it will be buying Verenium Corporation's (VRNM) cellulosic biofuels business-- fuels made from grasses, canes, softwoods and other biomass -- including the company's facilities in Jennings, LA and San Diego, CA for $98.3 million.

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Analyst calls: CNB, ERIC, ASML, TRMB, BCS, DISCA, JNS, RGEN, GPS and NTY

Posted Oct 24th 2008 10:20AM by Laurie Pasternack (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Gap Inc (GPS), Analyst Initiations, Barclays plc ADS (BCS)

Analyst upgrades:

Keefe Bruyette upgraded shares of Colonial Bancgroup (NYSE: CNB) to Outperform from Market Perform on valuation following the recent weakness and believes the company will be eligible to receive TARP funds. Morgan Stanley believes the company's valuation adequately reflects risk to the loan portfolio; the firm raised shares to Equal Weight from Underweight.
Merrill upgraded Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and ASML Holding (NASDAQ: ASML) to Buy from Underperform and believes their valuation reflects the worst-case for bad news.
Oppenheimer upgraded Trimble Navigation to Outperform from Perform on valuation as they believe the company's long-term growth story is intact.
Celestica (NYSE: CLS) was upgraded to Sector Outperformer from Sector Performer at CIBC.
KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) was added to Goldman's Conviction Buy List.
Wachovia raised EastGroup Properties (NYSE: EGP) to Outperform from Market Perform.

Analyst downgrades:

UBS cut Barclays (NYSE: BCS) to Neutral from Buy as they believe capital raises could negatively impact earnings and that the dividend is likely to be cut.
JP Morgan downgraded Discovery Holdings (NASDAQ: DISCA) to Underweight from Neutral based on valuation and the deteriorating economic outlook.
Friedman Billings downgraded shares of Janus Capital (NYSE: JNS) to Underperform from Market Perform and lowered its target to $7 from $23 as they see further risk to the downside following the company's weaker-than-expected results.
LKQ Corp (NASDAQ: LKQX) was cut to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital.
Affymetrix (NASDAQ: AFFX) was lowered to Sell from Hold at Deutsche Bank.
RightNow Tech (NASDAQ: RNOW) was downgraded at Baird to Neutral from Outperform.

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Analyst upgrades: AA, FFIV, MAT, UNH and SUN

Posted Aug 9th 2007 10:33AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Good news, Alcoa Inc (AA), Mattel, Inc (MAT), Stocks to Buy

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Mattel (MAT), UnitedHealth (UNH), Alcoa (AA), 1-800-Flowers.com (FLWS) and Marathon Oil (MRO) were today's noteworthy upgrades:

Piper upgraded shares of Mattel (NYSE: MAT) to Outperform from Peer Perform on valuation and improving fundamentals and notes that product recalls have historically not had a lasting impact on sales.

Goldman upgraded UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH) to Neutral from Sell on valuation and expectations for improved profitability in 2H07.

Alcoa (NYSE: AA) was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Friedman Billings on valuation and expectations for a favorable report next week.

JMP Securities has increased confidence in 1-800-Flowers.com's (NASDAQ: FLWS) management initiatives to drive leverage and operating margins following the Q4 report, upgrading shares to Outperform from Market Perform.

Lehman upgraded shares of Marathon Oil (NYSE: MRO) to Overweight from Equal-Weight on valuation and expectations for strong oil and gas production growth...

OTHER UPGRADES:

NBTY Inc (NYSE: NTY) was upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at JP Morgan.

ThinkEquity upgraded F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) to Buy from Accumulate.

Goldman upgraded the oil services sector to Attractive from Neutral based on the recent pullback; Sunoco (NYSE: SUN) and Hess (NYSE: HES) were also upgraded to Buy from Neutral.

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