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Analyst upgrades 4-24-07: CAH, HAL, SNDK and TXN upgraded today

Posted Apr 24th 2007 11:21AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Good news, Halliburton (HAL), Texas Instruments (TXN), , SanDisk Corp (SNDK)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE: GSK), Express Scripts, Inc (ESRX), SanDisk Corp (SNDK), Halliburton Co (HAL) and Texas Instruments (TXN) were some of today's noteworthy upgrades.

Deutsche Bank upgraded GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE: GSK) to Buy from Hold.

Express Scripts Inc (NASDAQ: ESRX) was upgraded to Strong Buy from Buy with a $113 target at First Albany, following the stronger-than-expected first quarter results.

SanDisk Corp (NASDAQ: SNDK) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.

Halliburton Co (NASDAQ: HAL) was added to AG Edwards Focus Portfolio. The firm believes Halliburton trades at a great discount to its largest peer, Schlumberger Ltd (SLB), despite an improved earnings outlook and progress on several issues.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Gabelli to reflect strong first quarter results and valuation. Piper Jaffray upgraded shares of Texas Instruments to Outperform from Market Perform...

OTHER UPGRADES:

Keefe Bruyette upgraded shares of BancFirst Corp (NASDAQ: BANF) to Market Perform from Underperform following its first quarter report.

Raymond James raised Cardinal Health, Inc (NYSE: CAH) to Outperform from Market Perform.

Matrix USA raised H.B. Fuller Co (NYSE: FUL) to Hold from Sell based on the company's sales growth.

Baird raised Snap-on Inc (NYSE: SNA) rating to Outperform from Neutral with a $55 target.

Bear Stearns upgraded shares of Cummins Inc (NYSE: CMI) to Peer Perform from Underperform.

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

Analyst downgrades 1-25-07: L-1 Identity could lose contract, gets downgraded

Posted Jan 25th 2007 11:34AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Bad News,

MOST NOTEWORTHY: WCI Communications Inc (WCI) and L-1 Identity Solutions Inc (ID) topped today's list of downgrades:

JMP Securities downgraded shares of WCI Communications Inc (NYSE: WCI) to Underperform from Market Perform to reflect the negative Q4 pre-announcement and lower-than-expected traditional home net orders.

L-1 Identity Solutions Inc (NYSE: ID) was downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Oppenheimer, noting that the Transportation Security Administration is prepared to award the Transportation Worker Identification Card contract to Lockheed instead of L-1.

OTHER DOWNGRADES:

General Dynamics Corp (NYSE: GD) was downgraded to Hold from Buy by AG Edwards, citing valuation.

Matrix USA downgraded Microtune Inc (NASDAQ: TUNE) to Strong Sell from Sell on valuation.

Convergys Corp (NYSE: CVG) was downgraded to Sell from Hold, with a $22 target, based on valuation.

BancFirst Corp (NASDAQ: BANF) was downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform, with a $45 target, at Keefe Bruyette following the disappointing Q4 report.

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