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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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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