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FeedPosted Jan 27th 2009 10:55AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Caterpillar (CAT), American Express (AXP), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Analyst initiations
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Analyst upgrades:
- Societe Generale upgraded shares of Veolia Environment (NYSE: VE) to Buy from Hold as they believe the company's new finance chief implement additional cost savings.
- Citigroup upgraded shares of Sun Healthcare (NASDAQ: SUNH) to Buy from Hold and added the stock to their Top Picks Live List as they believe the market is pricing in a more severe Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement outlook than is probable. The firm has a $14 target on the stock.
- Calyon believes in 2010, American Express (NYSE: AXP) will have easy comps, reserve releases, and income statement leverage. The firm upgraded shares to Outperform from Underperform.
- Societe Generale (OTC: SCGLY) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.
- Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) was raised to neutral from Sell at UBS.
- Goldman upgraded Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) to Buy from Neutral and added shares to the Conviction Buy List; Goldman also added Bristol-Myers (NYSE: BMY) to the Conviction Buy List.
Continue reading Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: AXP, CAT, BMY, GNK, TXCO ...
Posted Oct 2nd 2008 11:28AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgrades, eBay (EBAY), BP p.l.c. ADS (BP), Analyst initiations, Juniper Networks (JNPR)
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Analyst upgrades:
- Deutsche Bank upgraded shares of UBS (NYSE: UBS) to Buy from Hold following the company's Q3 update as they believe the quarter marks a turning point.
- Merill raised BP Plc (NYSE: BP) and Total SA (NYSE: TOT) to Neutral from Underperform.
- DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) was lifted to Hold from Sell at Soleil.
- Friedman Billings upgraded Sovereign Bancorp (NYSE: SOV) to Market Perform from Underperform as they believe the company's deposits are showing stability despite the massive sell-off.
- Kaufman Bros. raised Longtop Financial (NYSE: LFT) to Buy from Hold on valuation as they believe Chinese software service stocks now reflect the investment risks.
- Lear (NYSE: LEA) was upgraded to Hold from Sell at Citigroup.
Analyst downgrades:
- Morgan Stanley downgraded eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) to Equal Weight from Overweight citing checks that indicate deteriorating trends are worst than expected.
- Juniper (NASDAQ: JNPR) and Pediatrix Medical (NYSE: PDX) were downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
- Merrill cut StatoilHydro (NYSE: STO) to Underperform from Neutral.
- HSBC (NYSE: HBC) was lowered to Market Perform from Outperform at Keefe Bruyette.
Continue reading Analyst calls: UBS, BP, TOT, DISH, EBAY, JNPR, HBC, HBAN ...
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