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Analyst downgrades 7-02-07: NFS, PWAV, SNDK, TGT and UNCA

Posted Jul 2nd 2007 10:36AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Bad News, Target Corp. (TGT), SanDisk Corp (SNDK)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: SanDisk Corp (SNDK), Nationwide Financial Services (NFS), Unica Corp (UNCA), International Paper Co (IP) and the Apartment REIT sector topped the day's noteworthy downgrades:

CIBC cut SanDisk Corp (NASDAQ: SNDK) to Sector Performer from Outperformer on valuation.

Nationwide Financial (NYSE: NFS) was downgraded to Underweight from Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley on valuation.

Ferris Baker cut Unica Corp (NASDAQ: UNCA) to Sell from Hold following the company's announcement that it has dismissed auditors Ernst & Young. Montgomery downgraded Unica to Hold from Buy on valuation.

International Paper (NYSE: IP) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse on valuation.

UBS downgraded the Apartment REIT sector to Underweight and downgraded BRE Properties (NYSE: BRE), Camden Property Trust (NYSE: CPT) and Meruelo Maddux Properties (NASDAQ: MMPI) to Neutral from Buy...

OTHER DOWNGRADES:

JP Morgan cut Moody's Corp (NYSE: MCO) to Neutral from Overweight.

Lehman downgraded Powerwave Technologies (NASDAQ: PWAV) to Equal-Weight from Overweight.

Goldman downgraded Target Corp (NYSE: TGT) to Neutral from Buy.

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

Analyst upgrades 2-15-07: JetBlue takes off into the skies

Posted Feb 15th 2007 10:58AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Good news, United Parcel'B' (UPS), QUALCOMM Inc (QCOM)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: JetBlue Airways Corp (JBLU), Nationwide Financial (NFS) and Deere & Co (DE) were today's notable upgrades:

Goldman Sachs upgraded JetBlue Airways Corp (NASDAQ: JBLU) to Buy from Neutral with a $16 target and added shares to their America's Buy List, as they believe management initiatives should bring improved margins.
Nationwide Financial Services Inc (NYSE: NFS) was upgraded to Peer Perform from Underperform at Bear Stearns.

Deere (DE) was upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Longbow.

OTHER UPGRADES:

United Parcel Service Inc (NYSE: UPS) was added to Citigroup's Recommended List based on valuation.

Morgan Stanley upgraded Baidu.com Inc ADS (NASDAQ: BIDU) to Equal Weight from Underweight.

Bear Stearns upgraded Office Depot Inc (NYSE: ODP) to Outperform from Peer Perform with a $43 target based on valuation and the potential upside to lowered guidance.

AG Edwards upgraded American Eagle Outfitters inc (NASDAQ: AEOS) to Buy from Hold with a $41 target on valuation.

Oppenheimer upgraded Qualcomm Inc (NASDAQ: QCOM) to Buy from Neutral with a $50 target citing the impact of MediaFlo mobile TV services, GSM Association 3G initiatives, and WDCMA deployment in the U.S. at AT&T/Cingular (NYSE: T).