MOST NOTEWORTHY:

• JP Morgan cut Eaton Vance (NYSE: EV) to Underweight from Neutral on the significant drop in municipal bond performance and valuation.

• Raymond James cut American Woodmark (NASDAQ: AMWD) to Underperform from Market Perform following the weak Q1 report and guidance.

• Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman based on valuation.

• Talbots (NYSE: TLB) was cut to Hold from Buy at Stifel following the weak Q2 report and guidance...

• Zumiez (NASDAQ: ZUMZ) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Piper Jaffray.

• JP Morgan cut Broadridge (NYSE: BR) to Neutral from Overweight.

• Sandler downgraded Flushing Financial (NASDAQ: FFIC) to Sell from Hold and TriCo Bancshares (NASDAQ: TCBK) to Hold from Buy.
  

• RBC Capital downgraded Tween Brands (NYSE: TWB) to Sector Perform from Outperform.

Analyst downgrades 8-23-07: AMWD, DB, EV and TLB originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

MOST NOTEWORTHY:

• RBC Capital upgraded Alcoa Inc (NYSE: AA) to Sector Perform from Underperform following the bid by Alcan Inc (NYSE: AL).

• Marvell Technology Group Ltd (NASDAQ MRVL) was upgraded to buy from Neutral with a $23 target at Oppenheimer based on valuation and the improvements made to HDD PC/Desktop.

• Morgan Stanley raised shares of Under Armor Inc (NYSE: UA) to Equal Weight from Underweight with a $47 target, based on valuation and long-term growth.

• Stifel upgraded shares of Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) to Buy from Hold with a $100 target citing valuation.

• Morgan Keegan upgraded shares of QLogic Corp (NASDAQ: QLGC) to Outperform from Market Perform on valuation and expectations for strong sequential growth to resume in 2H07.

• Friedman Billings upgraded shares of Sonic Corp (NASDAQ: SONC) to Outperform from Peer Perform.

• JP Morgan added Sara Lee Corp (NYSE: SLE) to its Focus List.

• CRT upgraded Forest Oil Corp (NYSE: FST) to Buy from Fair Value with a $45 target.

• Wachovia raised Eagle Rock Energy Partners, LP (NASDAQ: EROC) to Outperform from Market Perform.

• Gabeili upgraded New York-based Flushing Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: FFIC) to Buy from Hold.

Analyst upgrades 5-08-07: AA, LVS, MRVL, SLE and UA originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 08 May 2007 10:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.