MOST NOTEWORTHY: Small-cap banks, Garmin Ltd (GRMN), Force Protection, Inc (FRPT), D.R. Horton, Inc (DHI) and Ryland Group, Inc (RYL) were today's noteworthy initiations:
OTHER INITIATIONS:
- Clearwire Corp (NASDAQ: CLWR) was the most favored initiation today, with coverage started in at least nine firms: Merril, ThinkEquity, Jefferies and Stifel all started Clearwire with a Buy rating, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan started it with an Overweight rating, Raymond James and Wachovia started it with an Outperform rating and Bear Stearns started shares of Clearwire with a Peer Perform rating.
- Credit Suisse started Healthways, Inc (NASDAQ: HWAY) with an Outperform rating and $60 target.
- Wachovia started DCT Industrial Trust Inc (NYSE: DCT) with a Market Perform rating.
- Caris initiated Circuit City Stores, Inc (NYSE: CC) with an Average rating, as the firm believes Circuit City is still playing catch-up in the customer centered approach and services venues, and notes shares trade at premium earnings ratios to Best Buy Co, Inc (NYSE: BBY).
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MOST NOTEWORTHY: STMicroelectronics, Biogen Idec, American Community Bank and Crosstex Energy were today's notable downgrades:
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