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Analyst upgrades 7-27-07: GPS, JWN, NYX and ODFL

Posted Jul 27th 2007 10:55AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Good news, NYSE Euronext (NYX), Gap Inc (GPS), , Nordstrom, Inc (JWN), Stocks to Buy

MOST NOTEWORTHY: AU Optronics (AUO), RightNow Tech (RNOW), Alaska Air (ALK), Nordstrom (JWN), Gap (GPS) and Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) were today's noteworthy upgrades:

HSBC upgraded AU Optronics (NYSE: AUO) to Overweight from Neutral following the company's Q2 results.

Jefferies raised RightNow Technology (NASDAQ: RNOW) to Buy from Hold, believing low expectations have created a buying opportunity and that fundamentals remain intact.

JP Morgan upgraded shares of Alaska Air (NYSE: ALK) to Overweight from Netural on valuation.

Citigroup upgraded Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) to Buy from Hold on valuation; they consider the recent pullback a buying opportunity.

Citigroup upgraded Gap (NYSE: GPS) to Buy from Hold from valuation and expects for better execution and cost savings in 2008 under the new CEO.

Credit Suise upgraded Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ: ODFL) to Outperform from Neutral on valuation...

OTHER UPGRADES:

Merriman upgraded MicroTune (NASDAQ: TUNE) to Buy from Neutral.

Citirgroup raised Aeropostale (NYSE: ARO) to Hold from Sell.

Merrill upgraded Cathay General (NASDAQ: CATY) to Neutral from Sell.

The NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) was upgraded to Neutral from Sell.

Wachovia raised shares of Wendy's (NYSE: WEN) to Market Perform from Underperform.

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

Analyst downgrades 1-25-07: L-1 Identity could lose contract, gets downgraded

Posted Jan 25th 2007 11:34AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Bad News,

MOST NOTEWORTHY: WCI Communications Inc (WCI) and L-1 Identity Solutions Inc (ID) topped today's list of downgrades:

JMP Securities downgraded shares of WCI Communications Inc (NYSE: WCI) to Underperform from Market Perform to reflect the negative Q4 pre-announcement and lower-than-expected traditional home net orders.

L-1 Identity Solutions Inc (NYSE: ID) was downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Oppenheimer, noting that the Transportation Security Administration is prepared to award the Transportation Worker Identification Card contract to Lockheed instead of L-1.

OTHER DOWNGRADES:

General Dynamics Corp (NYSE: GD) was downgraded to Hold from Buy by AG Edwards, citing valuation.

Matrix USA downgraded Microtune Inc (NASDAQ: TUNE) to Strong Sell from Sell on valuation.

Convergys Corp (NYSE: CVG) was downgraded to Sell from Hold, with a $22 target, based on valuation.

BancFirst Corp (NASDAQ: BANF) was downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform, with a $45 target, at Keefe Bruyette following the disappointing Q4 report.

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