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Analyst upgrades 8-27-07: AMZN, GIS and WFMI

Posted Aug 27th 2007 10:52AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Good news, Amazon.com (AMZN), Whole Foods Market (WFMI), General Mills (GIS), Stocks to Buy

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Amazon.com (AMZN), Luminent Mortgage (LUM), Whole Foods (WFMI), Tenet Healthcare (THC) and Pediatrix Medical (PDX) were today's noteworthy upgrades:

Bernstein upgraded Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) to Outperform from Market Perform, citing margins on 3rd party transactions that are close to eBay's (EBAY) and that the overseas merchants initiative will increase 3rd party units to 25% of sales. The move is expected to increase operating margins to 6.2% by 2011, above the previously expected improvement of 4.6% by the same time.

JMP Securities said Luminent Mortgage's (NYSE: LUM) $64.9M emergency financing from Arco Capital may preserve some value for shareholders, and upgraded shares to Market Underperform from Sell.

JP Morgan added Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFMI) to its Focus List, and expects the Wild Oats (NASDAQ: OATS) acquisition to be a catalyst for shares.

Deutsche Bank upgraded Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC) to Hold from Sell.

Matrix USA raised Pediatrix Medical (NYSE: PDX) to Buy from Hold, citing valuation...

OTHER UPGRADES:

AGL Resources (NYSE: ATG) and Atmos Energy (NYSE: ATO) were upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Calyon.

Rowan Co (NYSE: RDC) was upgraded to Outperform from Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.

Goldman raised O'Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ: ORLY) to Buy from Neutral.

BMO Capital upgraded General Mills (NYSE: GIS) to Outperform from Market Perform.

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

Analyst downgrades 3-23-07: Palm & Take-Two Interactive downgraded today

Posted Mar 23rd 2007 11:11AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Bad News, Palm Inc (PALM), Liz Claiborne (LIZ)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Palm, Inc (PALM), Reliant Energy, Inc (RRI) and Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO) topped today's more notable downgrades:

UBS cut Palm, Inc (NASDAQ: PALM) to Reduce from Neutral citing valuation. Bank of America downgraded shares to Neutral from Buy with an $18 target and considers the risk/reward less favorable at these levels.

Bank of America also downgraded Reliant Energy (NYSE: RRI) to Sell from Neutral on valuation.

Hillard Lyons cut Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ: TTWO) to Neutral from Outperform.

OTHER DOWNGRADES:

CIBC downgraded Jabil Circuit, Inc (NYSE: JBL) to Sector Performer from Outperformer following the company's disappointing outlook. Bear Stearns cut Jabil to Peer Perform from Outperform. BMO cut the company to Market Perform from Outperform.

Friedman, Billings, Ramsey downgraded shares of FormFactor, Inc (NASDAQ: FORM) to Market Perform from Outperform to reflect increased risks in the logic market and long-term growth concerns.

Matrix USA downgraded Knight Transportation (NYSE: KNX) to Hold from Buy.

American Technology downgraded shares of Comverse Technology, Inc (NASDAQ: CMVT) to Neutral from Buy as the firm believes a retreat to the $17 range is likely given the company's disappointing margin trends.