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Analyst Upgrades

  • Expedia (EXPE) to buy from hold at Citigroup.
  • Weatherford (WFT) to outperform from market perform at Wells Fargo.
  • Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) to buy from neutral at BofA/Merrill.
  • MDC Holdings (MDC) to outperform from neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • AutoNavi (AMAP) to buy from neutral at Goldman.
  • Ciena (CIEN) and Nvidia (NVDA) to neutral from underweight at JPMorgan.
  • Canadian Pacific (CP) to outperform from market perform at Raymond James.
  • First Midwest (FMBI) and Quiksilver (ZQK) to buy from hold at Jefferies.
  • Sonic (SONC) to neutral from negative at Susquehanna.
  • MIPS Technologies (MIPS) to buy from hold at Benchmark Co.
  • Arrow Electronics (ARW) and Avnet (AVT) to buy from hold at Stifel Nicolaus.

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Analyst Upgrades

  • Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) to positive from neutral at Susquehanna.
  • tw telecom (TWTC) to outperform from neutral at Cowen.
  • Agree Realty (ADC) to buy from neutral at Janney Capital.
  • Millicom (MICC) to buy from neutral at Nomura.
  • BioMed Realty (BMR) to outperform from market perform at FBR Capital.
  • Realty Income (O) to buy from neutral at BofA/Merrill.

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Analyst Upgrades

  • Home Depot (HD) to buy from neutral at Goldman.
  • Delta Air Lines (DAL) to buy from neutral at BofA/Merrill.
  • Heico (HEI) to outperform from sector perform at RBC Capital.
  • Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A) to outperform from neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • MB Financial (MBFI) to outperform from neutral at RW Baird.
  • Quest Diagnostics (DGX) to equal weight from underweight at Morgan Stanley.
  • Oshkosh (OSK) to neutral from underweight at JPMorgan.
  • Volterra (VLTR) and Silicon Laboratories (SLAB) to buy from neutral at Roth Capital.
  • Ascena Retail Group (ASNA) to overweight from neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • Cytec Industries (CYT) to buy from hold at Deutsche Bank.

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Analyst Calls: DAL, CIEN, DGX, HD, IMAX, LOW, OSK, PENN, RDS.A, SWK ... originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow 10,733.67 +47.69 (0.45%)
S&P 500 1,166.19 +6.73 (0.58%)
Nasdaq 2,389.09 +11.08 (0.47%)

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Analyst upgrades:
  • Friedman Billings upgraded Synovus (NYSE: SNV) to Market Perform from Underperform on valuation following the recent weakness. BASF (OTC: BASFY) and Akzo Nobel (OTC: AKZOY) were upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS on valuation and believes cash flows can cover the company's dividend.
  • JP Morgan upgraded H.B. Fuller (NYSE: FUL) to Overweight from Neutral citing benefits from lower raw material costs.
  • CA, Inc (NASDAQ: CA) was added to Goldman's Conviction Buy List.
  • Goldman removed Boeing (NYSE: BA) from the Conviction Sell List.
  • WABCO Holdings (NYSE: WBC) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at KeyBanc.
Analyst downgrades:
  • Oppenheimer downgraded Giant Interactive (NYSE: GA) to Perform from Outperform following the company's Q3 results as they believe a recovery of revenue from ZT Online will take longer than expected.
  • Friedman Billings cut Walter Industries (NYSE: WLT) to Market Perform from Outperform as they believe the decline in steel demand will pressure met coal prices. The company's target was lowered to $30 from $53.
  • Citigroup downgraded shares of Atlas Pipeline (NYSE: AHD) Holdings to Sell from Hold as they believe the company could potentially be in violation of its debt covenants as early as Q1. The company's target was lowered to $4 from $31.
  • Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) was removed from Goldman's Conviction Buy List.
  • Dover (NYSE: DOV) and Emerson Electric (NYSE: EMR) were downgraded to Underweight from Neutral at JP Morgan.
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Analyst calls: SNV, BASFY, AKZOY, FUL, GA, WLT, AHD, OZM, HOG, MRK originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jim Cramer came onto MAD MONEY tonight saying he thinks that Total Systems Services Inc. (NYSE: TSS) is one that can be taken over next in a sector and $40 would be a fair price based on Alliance Data prices. Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE: SNV) is the parent and Third Point is now being an activist investor. The earnings growth of 18% is reason enough to own this. Cramer did note that he is concerned that Automatic Data Processing Inc. (NYSE: ADP) might be acquired first.

Before you trust Cramer, there are some other instances to look at: Alliance Data Systems (NYSE: ADS) was just acquired, First Data Corp. (NYSE: FDC) is going private, and even Bisys Group Inc. (NYSE: BSG) got gobbled up. Keep in mind that some of the premiums in this sector have been small. ADS was nearly a 20% stock jump, but BSG was a horrible low-premium buyout. In making any "buyout projections" you really need to make sure that these stocks are ones you want to own on your own. Picking a company for a buyout just "for the speculation of a buyout" is a strategy that can be more than painful regardless of how nutty private equity deals get.

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