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Analyst upgrades and downgrades

Posted Dec 24th 2007 10:50AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MOST NOTEWORTHY UPGRADES:

Hilliard Lyons upgraded Sypris Solutions (NASDAQ: SYPR) to Buy from Neutral on valuation, and expected improvements in the company's Industrial Group and Electronics Group.
TD Newcrest upgraded Quebecor World (NYSE: IQW) to Hold from Reduce, while UBS upgraded Quilmes Industrial (NYSE: LQU) to Neutral from Sell.

MOST NOTEWORTHY DOWNGRADES:

Respironics Inc. (NASDAQ: RESP) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform by BMO Capital, following the company's acquisition by Philips.
Think Equity downgraded Nanophase Technologies (NASDAQ: NANX) to Accumulate from Buy, citing checks that indicate sales for architectural coatings remain sluggish.
Golden Telecom (NASDAQ: GLDN) was lowered to Equal Weight from Overweight by Morgan Stanley.
First Horizon National Corp. (NYSE: FHN) was downgraded to Sell from Hold on Friday by Sandler, O'Neill & Partners.

Analyst upgrades 6-18-07: CI, CKFR, JSDA, PSUN and SYMC

Posted Jun 18th 2007 10:46AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Good news, CIGNA Corp (CI), Jones Soda (JSDA), Symantec Corp (SYMC)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Tektronix, Inc (TEK), GameStop Corp (GME) PrivateBancorp, Inc (PVTB), Quebecor World Inc (IQW) and CheckFree Corp (CKFR) were today's more noteworthy upgrades:

JP Morgan upgraded shares of Tektronix (NYSE: TEK) to Overweight from Underweight citing improving sector fundamentals.

JP Morgan also raised GameStop (NYSE: GME) to Overweight from Neutral based on the May sales data.

Oppenheimer upgraded PrivateBancorp (NASDAQ: PVTB) to Neutral from Sell based on valuation.

BMO Capital raised Quebecor World (NYSE: IQW) to Market Perform from Underperform on valuation.

CheckFree (NASDAQ: CKFR) was assumed with a Sector Outperformer from Sector Performer at CIBC citing a favorable risk/reward, solid secular underlying trends, and overblown concerns for its rating...

OTHER UPGRADES:

Symantec Corp (NASDAQ: SYMC) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman.

Ingersoll-Rand Co Ltd (NYSE: IR) was raised to Outperform from Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.

ThinkEquity upgraded shares of Jones Soda Co (NASDAQ: JSDA) to Buy from Accumulate.

BB&T upgraded Pacific Sunwear of California (NASDAQ: PSUN) to Buy from Hold.

Goldman added Cigna Corp (NYSE: CI) to its America's Conviction List.

Analyst summaries provided by TheFlyOnTheWall.com (subscription required).

Analyst initiations 1-12-07: Yahoo! is playing "catch-up" in search

Posted Jan 12th 2007 12:47PM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Yahoo! (YHOO), CBS Corp 'B' (CBS), ConocoPhillips (COP), Analyst Initiations

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Yahoo! (YHOO) and ConocoPhillips (COP) were the highlights in today's list of initiations.

Cantor initiated Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) with a Hold rating and $30 target; the firm believes Yahoo! is playing "catch-up" in the areas of Search and monetization and they expect shares to be range-bound until fixes are evident.

Credit Suisse re-initiated ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) with a Neutral rating.

OTHER INITIATIONS:

CBS Corp (NYSE: CBS) was initiated with a Buy rating and $38 target at Stifel; the firm believes CBS's TV business model is under-appreciated by the Street and shares are attractively valued.

RBC Capital Markets initiated shares of Quebecor World (NYSE: IQW) with an Underperform rating; the firm is cautious on shares due to the commoditization in print segments, valuation and low probability of a takeover.

Analyst summaries provided by TheFlyOnTheWall.com (subscription required).