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Analyst downgrades: NCC, HST, PKTR and FTE

Posted Apr 22nd 2008 11:45AM by Eric Buscemi
Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Host Hotels, Packeteer and France Telecom were today's noteworthy downgrades:
  • Deutsche Bank downgraded shares of Host Hotels (NYSE: HST) to Hold from Buy and lowered their target to $19 from $22.50 on a lack of near-term catalysts and industry headwinds. Note the firm also downgraded Sunstone Hotel Investors (NYSE: SHO), Strategic Hotels (NYSE: BEE) and DiamondRock Hospitality (NYSE: DRH) to Hold from Buy.
  • Merriman downgraded shares of Packeteer (NASDAQ: PKTR) to Neutral from Buy following the acquisition bid by Blue Coat Systems (NASDAQ: BCSI) as they are not expecting additional suitors to emerge.
  • ABN Amro cut France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) to Hold from Buy as they see increased risk from the company's acquisitions strategy.
OTHER DOWNGRADES:
  • Keefe Bruyette downgraded Capitol Federal (NASDAQ: CFFN) to Underperform from Market Perform.
  • Omnicell (NASDAQ: OMCL) was lowered to Neutral from Strong Buy at Broadpoint.
  • National City (NYSE: NCC) was downgraded at Bear to Underperform from Outperform.

Analyst upgrades 7-20-07: BAESY, MDCO, STX and WDC

Posted Jul 20th 2007 11:04AM by Kevin Shult
Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Seagate Technology (STX), SAP AG (SAP), Western Digital (WDC), BAE Systems (BAESY) and Manpower (MAN) are today's noteworthy upgrades:
  • Hambrecht upgraded shares of Seagate Tech (NYSE: STX) on improving demand and second half of 2007 prospects. Bear Stearns upgraded shares to Outperform from Peer Perform based on stabilizing industry conditions.
  • ING upgraded shares of SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) to Buy from Hold shares to reflect the migration within the company's large installed base and growing opportunities in the small business market.
  • Hambrecht upgraded Western Digital (NYSE: WDC) to Buy from Hold on improving demand for 2H07 growth prospects.
  • HSBC raised BAE Systems (OTC: BAESY) off the ground, upgrading shares to Neutral from Underweight.
  • Banc of America upgraded Manpower (NYSE: MAN) to Buy from Neutral to reflect the change in French payroll tax subsidies, which they view as a positive change to the company's ongoing margin structure.
OTHER UPGRADES:
  • First Albany upgraded ATMI Inc (NASDAQ: ATMI) to Buy from Hold.
  • ThinkEquity upgraded Interwoven (NASDAQ: IWOV) to Accumulate from Source of Funds.
Analyst summaries provided by TheFlyOnTheWall.com (subscription required).

Analyst upgrades 6-13-07: BBI, BMY, SAPE and TAP

Posted Jun 13th 2007 11:22AM by Kevin Shult
Filed under: Before the bell, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Good news, Blockbuster Inc 'A' (BBI), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Blockbuster Inc (BBI), Molson Coors Brewing Co (TAP), Illumina, Inc (ILMN), and ARM Holdings plc (ARMHY) were today's more noteworthy upgrades:
  • Citigroup upgraded Blockbuster Inc (NYSE: BBI) to Buy from Hold based on valuation, improving box office visibility and their belief that the lower-priced online-only rental product will help improve costs.
  • Molson Coors Brewing (NYSE: TAP) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS based on valuation, volume strength and pricing.
  • Matrix believes strong demand for genetic analysis equipment is boosting profits for Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN), upgrading shares to Strong Buy from Sell; Matrix sees upside to their Intrinsic Value Calculation of $50/share.
  • ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMHY) was upgraded to Overweight from Underweight at JP Morgan to reflect the strength in the high-end handset market...
OTHER UPGRADES:
  • Piper Jaffray upgraded shares of Omnicell, Inc (NASDAQ: OMCL) to Outperform from Market Perform.
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