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Analyst upgrades 7-30-07: INTC, MOT, PEP and XOM

MOST NOTEWORTHY: MGM Mirage (MGM), Motorola (MOT), Navteq (NVT), ExxonMobil (XOM) and Intel (INTC) were today's noteworthy upgrades:
  • Lehman upgraded shares of MGM Mirage (NYSE: MGM) to Overweight from Equal-Weight on valuation as they believe the market is currently undervaluing the company's growth prospects.
  • Motorola (NYSE: MOT) was raised to Market Perform from Underperform at JMP Securities on valuation.
  • Following the acquisition of competitor Tele Atlas by TomTom, CIBC believes Navteq (NYSE: NVT) is well positioned to gain share, upgrading the stock to Sector Outperformer from Sector Performer, and believes Garmin (GRMN) should consider buying the company for its exclusive map content.
  • AG Edwards believes the recent pullback in ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) has created a buying opportunity, upgrading shares to Buy from Hold.
  • Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) was added to American Technology's Focus List following its recent sell-off...
OTHER UPGRADES:
  • Cox Radio (NYSE: CXR) was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Wachovia.
  • PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Matrix USA.
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Analyst initiations 5-18-07: BNI, CSX, ITT, NSC and UNP

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Select railroads were popular initiations today:
  • Morgan Keegan started shares of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp (NYSE: BNI) with an Outperform rating and believes the stock should trade at a premium to Class 1 railroad peers, as the company consistently ranks above its peers in terms of operating ratio and return on invested capital.
  • Morgan Keegan believes Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) de Mexico provides KSU a tremendous growth opportunity, starting shares with an Outperform rating.
  • Morgan Keegan also believes Norfolk Southern Corp (NYSE: NSC) is undervalued, despite having some of the best operating metrics in the industry, initiating shares with an Outperform rating.
  • Union Pacific Corp (NYSE: UNP) was started with an Outperform rating as Morgan Keegan believes earnings estimates and management guidance may be conservative.
  • Finally, CSX Corp (NYSE: CSX) was initiated with a Market Perform rating at Morgan Keegan as the firm believes there is more risk to the current share price than the potential upside...
OTHER INITIATIONS:
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Analyst initiations 5-08-07: AHM, CSX, MA, UNP and SKS

MOST NOTEWORTHY: American Home Mortgage Investment Corp (AHM), MasterCard Inc (MA) and the selective railroad companies were today's more notable initiations:
  • JMP Securities started American Home Mortgage (NYSE: AHM) with a Market Perform frating citing the challenging mortgage market.
  • UBS started MasterCard (NYSE: MA) with a Buy and doesn't believe margin upside is fully reflected in the stock's valuation.
OTHER INITIATIONS:
  • Saks Inc (NYSE: SKS) was started at Bear Stearns with a Peer Perform rating.
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Last updated: November 14, 2009: 08:28 PM

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