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Analyst upgrades 8-30-07: ATE, BIG, MOT and TASR

Posted Aug 30th 2007 10:45AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Good news, Motorola (MOT), Taser Intl Inc (TASR), Stocks to Buy

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Taser Int'l (TASR), Motorola (MOT), Advantest (ATE), STMicroelectronics (STM) and Joy Global (JOYG) were today's noteworthy upgrades:

Merriman upgraded shares of Taser Int'l (NASDAQ: TASR) to Buy from Hold on valuation following the 25% decline in price since late July, accelerating law enforcement demand and upside potential from the recently launched personal TASER C2.

Lehman upgraded shares of Motorola (NYSE: MOT) to Overweight from Equal Weight as they believe increased production and opex progress in Q3 could signal a turnaround at the company's phone unit.

Jefferies upgraded Advantest (NYSE: ATE) to Hold from Underperform on valuation.

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) was upgraded to Market Perform from Underperform on valuation at Bernstein.

Stifel upgraded shares of Joy Global (NASDAQ: JOYG) to Buy from Hold following the in line Q3 report as they believe bad news is reflected in valuation...

OTHER UPGRADES:

Idacorp (NYSE: IDA) was upgraded to Market Perform from Under Perform at Wachovia.

UBS upgraded TDK Corp (NYSE: TDK) to Neutral from Sell.

Wedbush raised Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) to Buy from Hold, with a $35 target, and DSW Inc. (NYSE: DSW) to Hold from Sell, with a $29 target.

LabCorp (NYSE: LH) was upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Cowen.

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

Analyst upgrades 8-23-07: CFC, TOL, TSN and UPS

Posted Aug 23rd 2007 10:24AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Good news, , United Parcel'B' (UPS), Toll Brothers (TOL), Tyson Foods'A' (TSN), Stocks to Buy

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Countrywide Financial (CFC), Toll Brothers (TOL), United Parcel Service (UPS) and OSI Pharma (OSIP) were today's noteworthy upgrades:

Both Friedman Billings and Wachovia upgraded Countrywide Financial (NYSE: CFC) to Market Perform from Underperform following the $2 billion investment by the Bank of America (BAC).

JMP Securities upgraded Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) to Market Perform from Underperform and believes the worst news on housing is reflected and that fears over a disappearing jumbo loan market are overblown.