Analyst Calls: AMAT, AMRI, BP, BUCY, DB, FDO, GS, ISIL, THO ...

Eric Buscemi — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:30:00 EST

Analyst Upgrades

Soleil upgraded Thor Industries (THO) to buy from hold after the company said its accounting review will not lead to changes to previously taken accounting positions. The firm raised its target for shares to $45 from $28.
Citigroup upgraded Family Dollar (FDO) to buy from hold, citing valuation and its positive view on the dollar store industry. The firm upped its target for shares to $47 from $44.
Wells Fargo upgraded Albany Molecular (AMRI) to outperform from market perform, citing valuation and a stabilizing core business.
Goldman Sachs (GS) upgraded to overweight from neutral at JPMorgan.
Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN) was upgraded to equal weight from underweight at Barclays.
BP (BP) was raised to buy from hold at RBS.

Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: GLW, A, BHP, MJN, AET ...

Eric Buscemi — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST

Analyst upgrades:

Citigroup upgraded shares of Corning (NYSE: GLW) to Buy from Hold as it believes LCD glass production and sales have bottomed and will pick-up in Q2. The firm raised its target price to $16 from $11.25.
Thomas Weisel upgraded Celera (NASDAQ: CRA) to Overweight from Market Weight based on valuation and its strong business model.
ThinkEquity upgraded Varian Semi (NASDAQ: VARI) to Buy from Accumulate and raised its target to $32 from $20 based on valuation and weakness at its sole competitor.
Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY) was upgraded to Hold from Underperform at Jefferies.
Agilent (NYSE: A) was raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Liberty Interactive (NASDAQ: LINTA) was upgraded at JP Morgan to Neutral from Underweight.