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Analyst downgrades: INTC, European investment banks, AXP and IMCL

Posted Sep 14th 2007 10:20AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Intel (INTC), American Express (AXP)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Intel (INTC), European investment banks, American Express (AXP), and ImClone (IMCL) were today's noteworthy downgrades:

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Merrill Lynch, which cited valuation.
European investment banks were downgraded by Societe Generale on concerns that investment banking revenue will decline. Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB) was downgraded to Sell from Hold. Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS) was downgraded to Sell from Buy, and UBS AG (NYSE: UBS) was downgraded to Hold from Buy.
American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy by Merrill Lynch, which cited slower consumer spending.
ImClone Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: IMCL) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Friedman Billings, which lowered their estimates following feedback regarding the FLEX study announcement.

OTHER DOWNGRADES:

Business Objects ADS (NASDAQ: BOBJ) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy by First Albany.
Roper Industries Inc (NYSE: ROP) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform by Friedman Billings.
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) was downgraded to Hold from Buy by Citigroup.
National CineMedia Inc (NASDAQ: NCMI) was downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight by Morgan Stanley.

Analyst initiations 4-03-07: Wal-Mart, Kroger and Marvel Entertainment initated today

Posted Apr 3rd 2007 11:21AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Wal-Mart (WMT), Kroger Co (KR), Analyst Initiations

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Shutterfly, Inc (SFLY), Marvel Entertainment, Inc (MVL), National CineMedia, Inc (NCMI) and Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) were some of today's noteworthy initiations:

Cantor sees significant opportunities for growth at Shutterfly Inc (NASDAQ: SFLY), driven by new business lines, international expansion and new products, among other things, and started SFLY Shares with a Buy rating.

Stifel initiated Marvel Entertainment (NYSE: MVL) with a Buy rating and believes the impending film slate provides a long-term growth opportunity and serves as a catalyst.

Thomas Weisel started National CineMedia Inc (NASDAQ: NCMI) with an Overweight rating, as the firm still believes the company is among the fastest-growing, ad-supported media companies in the U.S. given its ownership in NCM LLC, which has established a leadership position in the cinema advertising market.

FTN Midwest started Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT) with a Neutral rating.

OTHER INITIATIONS:

Jefferies started Conexant Systems, Inc (NASDAQ: CNXT) with a Hold rating.

Wachovia initiated NYMEX Holdings, Inc (NYSE: NMX) with an Outperform rating.

Goldman Sachs started LSI Corp (NYSE: LSI) with a Neutral rating.

Citigroup started Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) with a Buy rating.

Stein Mart, Inc (NASDAQ: SMRT) was initiated Morgan Joseph with a Buy rating.

Citigroup started Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) with a Hold rating based on valuation.

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

IPO & secondary preview: week of Feb. 5, 2007

Posted Feb 5th 2007 11:30AM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: International Markets, SEC Filings, Competitive Strategy, Middle East

Wall Street's equity market maintains full-power boosters next week, with no less than 14 IPOs on the docket.

LM = The firm(s) lead managing the deal.
PD = The day of the week the deal is expected to price.

Those deals tentatively scheduled to price include:

IPOs:

Accuray (ARAY), a 13.3M-share IPO for this robotic radio-surgery device manufacturer. ARAY has $14.00-$16.00 filing range. LM: JP Morgan Chase & UBS Bank. PD: Thursday.

Cellcom Israel (CEL), an 18.975M-share IPO for this Israel-based cell phone service provider. CEL has a $16.00-$18.00 filing range. LM: Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, & Deutsche Bank. PD: Tuesday.

Fortress Investment Group (FIG), 34.3M-share IPO for this hedge fund. FIG has a $16.50-$18.50 filing range. LM: Goldman Sachs. PD: Friday.

JA Solar (JASO), a 15M-share IPO for this China-based solar cells manufacturer. JASO has a $12.50-$14.50 filing range. LM: CIBC World Markets & Piper Jaffrey. PD: Wednesday.

Mellanox Technologies (MLNX), a 6M-share IPO for this semiconductor manufacturer. MLNX has a $12.00-$14.00 filing range. LM: Credit Suisse & JP Morgan Chase. PD: Thursday.

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