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Analyst downgrades: EDO, GM, CAM, GYI and MEND

Posted Sep 18th 2007 11:10AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, General Motors (GM)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: EDO Corp, General Motors, Cameron, Getty Images and Micrus Endovascular were today's noteworthy downgrades:

EDO Corporation (NYSE: EDO) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse following the acquisition by ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT). Shares were also downgraded to Market Weight from Overweight at Thomas Weisel and to Hold from Buy at B&T Capital.
Goldman downgraded shares of General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM) to Neutral from Buy to reflect risk to the company's international and the slowing U.S. economy. Further, Goldman believes expectations for a deal over healthcare costs with unions are now priced into the stock.
Wachovia downgraded Cameron International (NYSE: CAM) to Market Perform from Outperform on valuation.
Kaufman Bros. downgraded shares of Getty Images Inc (NYSE: GYI) to Sell from Hold to reflect reduced expectations following the company's announced price reductions.
CIBC downgraded shares of Micrus Endovascular Corporation (NASDAQ: MEND) to Sector Performer from Outperformer following the company's lowered guidance..

OTHER DOWNGRADES:

BB&T downgraded Champion Enterprises (NYSE: CHB) and Palm Harbor Homes (NASDAQ: PHHM) to Hold from Buy.
Stifel downgraded HCP Inc (NYSE: HCP) and Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE: MPW) to Hold from Buy.
Goldman downgraded E-Trade Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) to Neutral from Buy.
Kellwood Company (NYSE: KWD) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Broadpoint.

Analyst upgrades 5-24-07: CSG, HNZ, IP, NYT and OVEN

Posted May 24th 2007 11:17AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Good news, New York Times'A' (NYT)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: New York Times Co (NYT), New York Community Bancorp, Inc (NYB), Cadbury Schweppes plc (CSG), International Paper Co (IP) and TurboChef Technologies, Inc (OVEN) were today's noteworthy upgrades:

JP Morgan upgraded shares of the New York Times Co (NYSE: NYT) to Neutral from Underweight to reflect easier advertising sales comparisons the rest of the year and the possibility for a stepped-up buyback program.

Friedman Billings upgraded New York Community Bancorp (NYSE: NYB) to Market Perform from Underperform with an $18 target.

Bernstein upgraded shares of Cadbury Schweppes (NYSE: CSG) to Outperform from Market Perform and revised its sum-of-the-parts and "real options" analysis. The firm still sees major upside and limited downside at these levels.

Matrix believes higher selling prices and lower costs are improving profit margins at International Paper (NYSE: IP).

TurboChef Technologies (NASDAQ: OVEN) was upgraded to Sector Perform from Underperform following Q1 results...

OTHER UPGRADES:

Citigroup upgraded H.J. Heinz Co (NYSE: HNZ) to Buy from Hold with a $52 target.

AG Edwards raised Corporate Office Properties Trust (NYSE: OFC) to Buy from Hold.

Baird transitioned coverage of Pike Electric Corp (NYSE: PEC) with an Outperform rating, up from Neutral.

Medical Properties Trust, Inc (NYSE: MPW) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Stifel.

Buckingham raised Eaton Corp (NYSE: ETN) to Strong Buy from Accumulate.

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

Analyst initiations 3-20-07: Nokia, Teva Pharma & Texas Insturments initiated today

Posted Mar 20th 2007 11:21AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Nokia Corp. (NOK), Texas Instruments (TXN), Analyst Initiations, Teva Pharm Indus ADR (TEVA), CKE Restaurants (CKR)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: CKE Restaurants. Inc (CKR), Texas Instruments Inc (TXN), SurModics, Inc (SRDX), Nokia Corp (NOK) and DirecTV Group, Inc (DTV) were today's notable initiations:

Wedbush initiated CKE Restaurants (NYSE: CKR) with a Buy rating and $25 target.

Wachovia resumed coverage of Texas Instruments Inc (NYSE: TXN) with an Outperform rating, as the firm believes that TXN's fundamentals have bottomed and the valuation is attractive.

SurModics Inc (NASDAQ: SRDX) was initiated with an Underperform rating and $28 target at Piper Jaffray. Piper doesn't see a near-term catalyst to move shares higher given a lack of visibility regarding new licenses.

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) was initiated at Nollenberger with a Neutral rating.

HSBC started DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) with an Underweight rating and $21 target.

OTHER INITIATIONS:

Stanford initiated Armor Holdings, Inc (NYSE: AH) with a Buy rating and $80 target.

Wedbush initiated Jack in the Box Inc (NYSE: JBX) with a Hold rating and $68 target, citing the company's operational improvements and benefits from ongoing refranchising and share repurchases are fully reflected in the stock price.