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FeedPosted Dec 2nd 2008 11:11AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Daimler (DAI), , Palm Inc (PALM), Intuit Inc (INTU), Analyst initiations, EMC Corp (EMC), BHP Billiton Ltd ADR (BHP), Rio Tinto plc ADS (RTP)
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Analyst upgrades:
- Citigroup upgraded shares of Cadbury (NYSE: CBY) to Hold from Sell on the company's pricing initiatives and their expectations for margin expansion.
- Jefferies upgraded shares of Medicis (NYSE: MRX) to Buy from Hold and raised its target to $16 from $12.50 as they believe the company's settlement with Impax should lift valuation and drive higher earnings.
- Cowen upgraded Williams-Sonoma (NYSE: WSM) to Neutral from Underperform on valuation. Shares were also upgraded at Merrill Lynch to Buy from Underperform.
- Signet Group (NYSE: SIG) was raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman.
- EMC Corp (NYSE: EMC) was upgraded to Buy from Accumulate at ThinkPanmure.
- DSP Group (NASDAQ: DSPG) was upgraded at RBC Capital to Sector Perform from Underperform.
Analyst downgrades:
Continue reading Analyst calls: CBY, MRX, EMC, WSM, TSRA, DAI, PALM, RTP, INTU, BHP, RGC ...
Posted Apr 13th 2007 11:21AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Bad news, Lockheed Martin (LMT), Limited Brands (LTD), Hunt(J.B.) Transport (JBHT)
MOST NOTEWORTHY: Some of today's noteworthy downgrades were Medimmune Inc (MEDI), J.B. Hunt (JBHT), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Komag (KOMG) and Victor Corp (VICR):
- Freidman Billings cut Medimmune inc (NASDAQ: MEDI) to Market Perform from Outperform on valuation. Prudential downgraded shares to Neutral from Overweight and recommended investors take profits in the company.
- J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc (NASDAQ: JBHT) was downgraded to Peer Perform from Outperform at Bear Stearns citing valuation.
- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) was removed from Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List and prefers L-3 Communication (LLL) over the large-cap aerospace/defense company.
- Komag Inc (NASDAQ: KOMG) was downgraded to Sell from Neutral at American Technology as they believe industry fundamentals have weakened and that the Seagate (STX) preannouncement will increase pricing pressure.
OTHER DOWNGRADES:
Analyst summaries provided by TheFlyOnTheWall.com (subscription required).
United Technologies fires up a deal with GE
Cramer on BloggingStocks: Not much time left for downside 
Foreclosures fall, but are still higher than a year ago
