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FeedPosted Mar 6th 2011 5:10PM by Jason Raznick (RSS feed)
Filed under: Major Movement, Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), Chipotle Mexican Grill'A' (CMG), Stocks to Buy
Sometimes, a big market washout like we had on Friday, when the S&P 500 fell 10 points and the Dow was down 170 points at its worst level, can reveal an awful lot about individual stocks. It's days like these when the winners stick out like sore thumbs and reveal just how much demand there is for their shares. On Friday, there was a collection of such stocks.
All the following names have had astounding gains in the past year, and it sure looks like they are prepared to continue on that same trajectory. These stocks stuck out like a sore thumb on Friday because of significant buying interest in a terrible broad market tape. None of the moves in these names was driven by news
Continue reading Netflix, Chipotle and Other Stocks Poised for Additional Gains
Posted Mar 2nd 2011 11:20AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Google (GOOG), Yahoo! (YHOO), Ciena Corp (CIEN), Chipotle Mexican Grill'A' (CMG), Family Dollar Stores (FDO), Texas Instruments (TXN), Analyst Initiations, Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Juniper Networks (JNPR), salesforce.com inc (CRM)
Analyst Upgrades
- SINA (SINA) to overweight from neutral at Piper Jaffray.
- Texas Instruments (TXN), ON Semiconductor (ONNN), Xilinx (XLNX) and Valassis (VCI) to overweight from neutral at JPMorgan.
- Salesforce.com (CRM) to buy from hold at Canaccord.
- Peet's Coffee (PEET) to buy from neutral at Janney Capital.
- Invesco Mortgage (IVR) to overweight from equal weight at Barclays.
- BTU International (BTUI) to buy from hold at Wunderlich.
- Coca-Cola Femsa (KOF) to overweight from neutral at HSBC.
- Chipotle (CMG) to market perform from underperform at Morgan Keegan.
Continue reading Analyst Calls: AKAM, CIEN, CMG, CRM, FDO, GOOG, JNPR, MCC, TXN, YHOO ...
Posted Jul 15th 2010 11:20AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Amazon.com (AMZN), Motorola (MOT), International Business Machines (IBM), Boeing Co (BA), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Analyst Initiations, Juniper Networks (JNPR), General Dynamics Corp (GD), AOL (AOL)
Analyst upgrades:
- Citigroup assumed coverage of Boeing (BA) and upgraded the stock to Buy from Hold due to its positive view on the aerospace cycle and valuation. The firm raised its target for shares to $80 from $73.
- Morgan Stanley upgraded Motorola (MOT) to Overweight from Underweight citing expectations for higher handset margins driven by Android. The analyst raised Android unit shipping estimates and earnings estimates. The firm raised its price target on shares to $9.75 from $8.75.
- Susquehanna upgraded SINA Corporation (SINA) to Positive from Neutral and has a $50 target on the stock. The firm said Sina'a Twitter like service called 'Sina Weibo' has seen exponential growth and will crate huge value for the company.
- AOL (AOL) was upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at Credit Suisse.
- Frontier Communications (FTR) was upgraded to Sector Perform from Underperform at RBC Capital and to Buy from Hold at Hudson Square.
- Canadian Solar (CSIQ) was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Continue reading Analyst Calls: BA, MOT, AOL, AMZN, JNPR, IBM, LMT, PCLN, MFE
Posted Apr 8th 2010 11:10AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Microsoft (MSFT), eBay (EBAY), Analyst Initiations
Analyst Upgrades
- BMO Capital upgraded EOG Resources (EOG) to market perform from underperform. The firm has a $100 target on the stock.
- Morgan Joseph upgraded Glimcher Realty (GRT) to buy from neutral with a $6.50 target. The firm believes the company has solved most of its liquidity problems while its dividend yield is very attractive.
- Citigroup upgraded AmerisourceBergen (ABC) to buy from hold.
- Lincoln Electric (LECO) was upgraded to gradually accumulate from hold at Soleil.
- BMC Software (BMC) was upgraded to outperform from neutral at Credit Suisse.
- Mercer (MERC) was upgraded to outperform from market perform at Raymond James.
Continue reading Analyst Calls: BUD, EBAY, EOG, FRX, GRT, MON, MSFT, SINA ...
Posted Feb 10th 2010 8:50AM by Paul Foster (RSS feed)
Filed under: Options
NetEase (NTES) closed at $34.17. NTES is expected to report Q4 in late February. March put option implied volatility is at 53, June is at 48; near its 26-week average according to Track Data, suggesting non-directional price fluctuations.
SINA Corp (SINA) closed at $36.09. March option implied volatility is at 47, June is at 45; verses its 26-week average of 45 according to Track Data, suggesting non-directional price movement.
Sohu.com (SOHU) closed at $48.35. SOHU March put option implied volatility is at 48, June is at 47; near its 26-week average of 47, according to Track Data, suggesting non-directional price movement.
Shanda Interactive (SNDA) closed at $47.76. SNDA is expected to report Q4 EPS in late February. March put option implied volatility is at 55, June is at 53; verses its 26-week average of 45, according to Track Data, suggesting larger price movement.
Option Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com
Posted Sep 30th 2009 8:20AM by Michael Fowlkes (RSS feed)
Filed under: Major Movement, International Markets, Earnings Reports, Deals, Good news, Press Releases, Time Warner (TWX), Pfizer (PFE), Market Matters, Walgreen Co (WAG), Whole Foods Market (WFMI), Xerox Corp (XRX), Staples Inc (SPLS), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO)

All three of the major indexes finished Tuesday in the red, but there were several big names that moved up to new 52-week highs in Tuesday's trading.
Walgreen Co. (NYSE:
WAG): The drugstore giant had a really good day on Wall Street after posting
better than expected earnings in the morning before the market opened. The company posted earnings of 44 cents per share versus analyst estimates of 39 cents. The stock set a new 52-week high of $38.44 and closed the day up 9.2% at $37.35.
Continue reading Some big names set new 52-week highs Tuesday: WAG, ACS, WYE ...
Posted May 4th 2009 12:00PM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Intel (INTC), Adobe Systems (ADBE), MasterCard Inc'A' (MA), Research in Motion (RIMM), Burger King Hldgs (BKC), Analyst Initiations, Urban Outfitters (URBN)
Analyst upgrades:
- Jefferies upgraded Cytec Industries (NYSE: CYT) to Buy from Hold on valuation and believes liquidity concerns are overdone. The firm raised its target on the stock to $27 from $20.
- Morgan Stanley upgraded Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) to Overweight from Equal Weight and raised its price target to $19 from $15. Morgan Stanley's survey indicates positive trends in the business supply chain and the analysts expects estimates to move higher from increased server MPU sales and growth in Windows 7.
- Pali upgraded Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ: URBN) to Buy from Neutral on valuation and believes the company's tough Q2 compares are already priced into the stock. The firm has a $25 target on shares.
- Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) was upgraded to Conviction Buy from Buy at Goldman.
- MasterCard (NYSE: MA) was lifted to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank.
- Burger King (NYSE: BKC) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Banc of America/Merrill.
Continue reading Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: INTC, RIMM, BKC, MA, ADBE ...
Posted Jan 20th 2009 12:10PM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Analyst Initiations
Analyst upgrades:
- Jefferies upgraded Check Point Software (NASDAQ: CHKP) to Buy from Hold as they believe the recently acquired Nokia security appliance business should drive 2009 revenue and EPS meaningfully higher. The firm raised their target price to $27 from $20.
- Goldman upgraded Motorola (NYSE: MOT) to Buy from Neutral and added shares to its Conviction Buy List. The firm expects shares to outperform even if phones don't given the overly negative value for the business.
- Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) was upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital. The firm cites improving margin visibility and execution, and lowered expectations for the upgrade.
- Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) was upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at JP Morgan.
- Canadian Pacific (NYSE: CP) was raised at Canaccord to Buy from Hold.
- Lloyds TSB (NYSE: LYG) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
Analyst downgrades:
- JP Morgan downgraded Venoco (NYSE: VQ) to Underweight from Overweight based on valuation and debt concerns.
- UBS downgraded MEMC Electronic (NYSE: WFR) to Neutral from Buy, added shares to the Short-Term Sell List and lowered their target to $14.50 from $20. The firm believes 2009 wafer sales will be much worse than expected.
- Deutsche Bank downgraded SINA (NASDAQ: SINA) to Hold from Buy to reflect integration risks from the recent acquisition of Focus Media's digital OOH assets as they see little room for near-term upside.
- Palm (NASDAQ: PALM) was lowered to Neutral from Overweight at JP Morgan.
- Polo Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL) was cut to Sell from Neutral at Goldman.
- Telus (NYSE: TU) was downgraded at Banc of America/Merrill to Underperform from Neutral.
Analyst initiations:
- Societe Generale believes HSBC (NYSE: HBC) will need to cut its dividend and raise additional capital in order to strengthen its capital base. Shares were initiated with a Sell rating.
- Citigroup initiated United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) with a Hold rating and $55 target. The firm sees downside risk to the company's guidance and believes consensus estimates could be too high.
- B. Riley assumed Matrixx Initiatives (NASDAQ: MTXX) with a Buy rating and $22 target. The firm finds shares attractively valued and sees limited downside risk from current levels.
- ASML Holding (NASDAQ: ASML) was initiated at Deutsche Bank with a Hold rating.
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