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Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: DELL, IBM, IPCR, NETL ...

Analyst upgrades:
  • Citigroup upgraded MEMC Electronic (NYSE: WFR) to Buy from Hold after channel checks indicated solar poly price pressures are easing. The firm added MEMC to its Top Picks Live list and raised its price target on shares to $24 from $15.
  • FBR Capital upgraded PHH Corp (NYSE: PHH) to Outperform from Market Perform to reflect an improvement in mortgage banking fundamentals and recent management changes at the company. The firm raised its target on shares to $23 from $13.
  • Deutsche Bank upgraded PerkinElmer (NYSE: PKI) to Hold from Sell on valuation, seeing a balanced risk/reward at current levels. The firm raised its target on shares to $19 from $14.
  • Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO) was upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) was upgraded to Conviction Buy from Neutral at Goldman.
  • Nymagic (NYSE: NYM) was upgraded to Market Perform from Underperform at Keefe Bruyette.

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Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: LSI, ESI, UBS, CS JBHT ...

Analyst upgrades:
  • Friedman Billings upgraded LSI Corp (NYSE: LSI) to Outperform from Market Perform as it believes the risk/reward is attractive at current levels as the company's near-term business trends are stabilizing. The firm maintains a $4 target on the stock.
  • Merriman upgraded shares of Medarex (NASDAQ: MEDX) to Neutral from Sell on valuation following the stock's 40% decline year-to-date.
  • Morgan Stanley upgraded ITT Educational (NYSE: ESI) to Overweight from Equal Weight. The firm believes valuation appropriately discounts risks from its internal lending program.
  • Noble (NYSE: NE) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman and added to the Conviction Buy List.
  • Energizer (NYSE: ENR) was raised to Neutral from Sell at UBS.
  • Arch Chemicals (NYSE: ARJ) was upgraded at KeyBanc to Hold from Underweight.

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Analyst initiations 8-08-07: CPRT, RIMM and SWIM

MOST NOTEWORTHY: HealthSpring (HS), CoPart (CPRT), Multi Fineline Electronix (MFLX) and Global Traffic Network (GNET) were today's noteworthy initiations:
  • HealthSpring (NYSE: HS) was initiated with a Neutral rating and $20 target at Banc of America, as the firm doesn't expect earnings growth to recover until 2009.
  • Rochdale Research started CoPark (NASDAQ: CPRT) with a Buy and $36 target yesterday. The firm said CoPark is in an excellent competitive position and expects growth to re-accelerate as the company integrates and expands its non-U.S. platform.
  • Needham reinstated shares of Multi Fineline Electronix (NASDAQ: MFLX) with a Buy rating and $13 target, as the firm believes the current valuation overly discounts the company's opportunities with Sony-Ericsson (SNE/ERIC), Apple (AAPL), and the likelihood of stability at Motorola (MOT).
  • Oppenheimer initiated shares of Global Traffic Network (NASDAQ: GNET) with a Buy rating and $9.50 target as the firm believes the company's expansion into new territories such as Canada and the UK should enable double-digit revenue and cash flow growth for the long term.
OTHER INITIATIONS:
  • Goldman Sachs reinstated shares of Qiagen (NASDAQ: QGEN) with a Neutral rating.
  • Raymond James initiated shares of Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) with an Outperform rating and $275 target.
  • BMO Capital initiated shares of INVESTools (NASDAQ: SWIM) with an Outperform rating.
Analyst summaries provided by TheFlyOnTheWall.com (subscription required).

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DJIA-93.7910,197.47
NASDAQ-17.882,149.02
S&P 500-11.271,087.24

Last updated: November 12, 2009: 11:48 PM

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