- Amazon.com (AMZN) was upgraded to buy from neutral at BofA/Merrill.
- Netflix (NFLX) was upgraded to outperform from perform at Oppenheimer and to neutral from sell at Janney Montgomery.
- Janney Montgomery also upgraded BJ's Wholesale (BJ) to buy from neutral.
- RW Baird upgraded Kforce.com (KFRC), SFN Group (SFN) and Young Innovations (YDNT) to outperform from neutral.
- NetSuite (N) was upgraded to neutral from underweight and Select Comfort (SCSS) was upgraded to overweight from neutral at Piper Jaffray.
- Flushing Financial (FFIC) was upgraded to outperform from market perform at Keefe Bruyette.
- National Instruments (NATI) was upgraded to buy from hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
- RBC Capital upgraded MDS Inc. (MDZ) to outperform from sector perform.
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Analyst upgrades:- HSBC upgraded Royal Bank of Scotland (NYSE: RBS) to Overweight from Neutral as it believes the risk of immediate nationalization has been removed.
- JP Morgan upgraded DTS Inc (NASDAQ: DTSI) to Overweight from Neutral to reflect accretion from the Neural acquisition and its expectation the company can generate strong cash flow during the downturn. The firm raised its target to $18.
- Cowen upgraded Coach (NYSE: COH) to Outperform from Neutral citing the recent sell-off in shares.
- BJ's Wholesale (NYSE: BJ) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
- First Horizon (NYSE: FHN) was upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
- Spartech (NYSE: SEH) was raised to Hold from Underweight at KeyBanc.
Analyst downgrades 8-27-07: DLIA, HTV and SWY
MOST NOTEWORTHY: dELiA's Inc. (DLIA), Hearst-Argyle TV (HTV) and Safeway (SWY) were today's noteworthy downgrades: - Friedman Billings downgraded dELiA's Inc (NASDAQ: DLIA) to Market Perform from Outperform citing the difficult near-term environment.
- Deutsche Bank would use Hearst-Argyle TV's (NYSE: HTV) tender offer for the remaining shares of HTV at $23.50 as an opportunity to sell shares and cut the stock to Hold from Buy.
- Merrill cut Safeway (NYSE: SWY) shares to Sell from Neutral citing the slowing California economy and the potential threat from Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) entering the California market with its new Tesco (OTC: TSCDY) format...
- BB&T downgraded Green Bankshares (NASDAQ: GRNB) to Hold from Buy.
- Citigroup downgraded Samsung to Hold and Hynix Semiconductor to Sell.
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