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FeedPosted Mar 6th 2008 11:10AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades
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MOST NOTEWORTHY: Anworth Mortgage, MFA Mortgage, New Star Asset Management and Saks were today's noteworthy downgrades:
- Keefe Bruyette downgraded Anworth Mortgage (NYSE: ANH) and MFA Mortgage (NYSE: MFA) to Market Perform from Outperform to reflect lower book value estimates based on the widening in agency spreads.
- Deutsche Bank downgraded New Star Asset Management (OTC: NWSAF) to Sell from Buy, as they are negative on the company's business model and growth prospects in the current environment.
- Saks (NYSE: SKS) was cut to Neutral from Buy at Banc of America as they believe the high-end is slowing.
OTHER DOWNGRADES:
Posted Aug 1st 2007 11:34AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the bell, Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Bad news, Amgen Inc (AMGN)
MOST NOTEWORTHY: TDK Corp. (TDK), Maquire Properties (MPG), BankAtlantic Bancorp (BBX), ON Semiconductor (ONNN) and Amgen (AMGN) were today's noteworthy downgrades:
- UBS downgraded TDK Corp. (NYSE: TDK) to Reduce from Neutral after the company's operating profit missed estimates.
- Deutsche Bank cut Maguire Properties (NYSE: MPG) to Sell from Hold following the company's disappointing Q2 report.
- Valuation and debt levels pushed Unterberg to downgrade ON Semiconductor (NASDAQ: ONNN) to Market Perform from Buy.
- William Blair downgraded shares of Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) to Market Perform from Outperform as they believe the CMS decision on ESA reimbursement guidelines is extremely restrictive regarding Aranesp use in oncology...
OTHER DOWNGRADES:
- Stanford downgraded MoSys (NASDAQ: MOSY) to Hold from Buy.
- Buckingham cut Cephalon (NASDAQ: CEPH) to Accumulate from Strong Buy.
Analyst summaries provided by TheFlyOnTheWall.com (subscription required).Posted Feb 21st 2007 11:21AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the bell, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Bad news, Motorola (MOT), KB HOME (KBH), QUALCOMM Inc (QCOM), Palm Inc (PALM), Hasbro Inc (HAS), China Life Insurance ADS (LFC)
MOST NOTEWORTHY: Motorola Inc (MOT), Maguire Properties Inc (MPG), China Life Insurance Co Ltd (LFC) and Palm, Inc (PALM) were some of today's most notable downgrades:
- Lehman Bros downgraded shares of Motorola Inc (NYSE: MOT) to Equal Weight from Overweight with a $20 target citing a slower recovery in handset margins.
- Stifel downgraded Maguire Properties Inc (NYSE: MPG) to Sell from Hold. Friedman Billings removed Maguire from its Top Picks list, citing the $2.9 billion acquisition of California assets for the removal.
- Bear Stearns downgraded China Life Insurance Co Ltd (NYSE: LFC) to Underperform from Peer Perform based on valuation.
- ThinkEquity cut Palm, Inc (NASDAQ: PALM) to Accumulate from Buy with an $18 target citing valuation driven by takeover speculation as well as lack of execution improvements.
OTHER DOWNGRADES:
- UBS downgraded shares of both CSX Corp (NYSE: CSX) and Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) to Neutral from Buy on valuation. The broker raised CSX's target to $45 from $41 and raised Kansas City's target to $38 from $33.
- AG Edwards downgraded Qualcomm, Inc (NASDAQ: QCOM) to Hold from Buy on valuation.
- Lehman downgraded Hasbro Inc (NYSE: HAS) to Equal Weight from Overweight with a $30 target.
- Matrix USA downgraded KB Home (NYSE: KBH) to Hold from Strong Buy based on valuation.
Analyst summaries provided by TheFlyOnTheWall.com (subscription required).Posted Feb 8th 2007 11:06AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the bell, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Good news, Cisco Systems (CSCO), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), McDonald's (MCD), Alcoa Inc (AA), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), EMC Corp (EMC)
MOST NOTEWORTHY: Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO) and Cheesecake Factory Inc (CAKE) were today's most notable upgrades:
- Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CSCO) was upgraded at DA Davidson to Neutral from Sell with a $32 target, following better-than-expected second-quarter results.
- Piper Jaffray upgraded Cheesecake Factory Inc (NASDAQ: CAKE) from Market Perform from Underperform on valuation.
OTHER UPGRADES:
- Goldman Sachs added both Hewlett Packard Co (NYSE: HPQ) and McDonald's Corp (NYSE: MCD) to its Conviction Buy List.
- JP Morgan upgraded Quest Communications Int'l Inc (NYSE: Q) to Overweight from Neutral based on valuation.
- Citigroup upgraded Alcoa Inc (NYSE: AA) and Alcan Inc (NYSE: AL) to Buy from Hold to reflect a favorable outlook for metal prices.
- Raymond James upgraded EMC Corp (NYSE: EMC) to Outperform from Market Perform following VMware's IPO announcement.
- Wachovia upgraded Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) to Outperform from Market Perform citing the company's withdrawal from the Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE: EOP) bid process.
- Baird upgraded Maguire Properties Inc (NYSE: MPG) to Neutral from Underperform with a $42 target.
- Brean Murray upgraded Aeropostale Inc (NYSE: ARO) to Hold from Sell.
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