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FeedPosted Jul 19th 2007 10:48AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the bell, Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Good news, Pfizer (PFE), Juniper Networks (JNPR)
MOST NOTEWORTHY: St. Jude Medical (STJ), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Satyam Computer (SAY), Clearwire (CLWR) and Citrix Systems (CTXS) were today's noteworthy upgrades:
- St. Jude Medical's (NYSE: STJ) upgrade to Outperform from Market Perform at Wachovia was based on signs of an ICD recovery and reasonable valuation.
- Baird upgraded shares of Juniper (NASDAQ: JNPR) to Outperform from Neutral following better-than-expected guidance; Goldman upgraded Juniper to Buy from Neutral.
- Satyam (NYSE: SAY) was upgraded to Positive from Neutral at Susquehanna citing better than expected growth.
- Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) was upgraded to Outperform from Peer Perform at Bear Stearns following the announcement that Sprint (S) and Clearwire will form a Nationwide 4G/Wimax Network.
- Citrix (NASDAQ: CTXS) was upgraded at Jefferies to Buy from Hold as they believe the strong customer response to Presentation Server Platinum Edition and the pipeline buildup related to NetScaler 8.0 bode well for the second half of 2007...
OTHER UPGRADES:
- Lehman raised DSW Inc (NYSE: DSW) to Overweight from Equal-Weight.
- Goldman upgraded shares of Labor Ready (NYSE: LRW) to Neutral from Sell.
- Raymond James upgraded Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) to Strong Buy from Market Perform.
Analyst summaries provided by TheFlyOnTheWall.com (subscription required).Posted Jul 6th 2007 9:50AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the bell, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Bad news, ,
MOST NOTEWORTHY: Ruth's Chris Steak House (RUTH), Hilton Hotels (HLT) and Champps Entertainment (CMPP) were today's noteworthy downgrades:
- Goldman cut shares of Ruth's Chris Steak House (NASDAQ: RUTH) to Sell from Neutral following the company's preliminary Q2 sales, as they expect relative underperformance over the near-term. Goldman believes macro headwinds could weigh on Ruth's client base and keep traffic negative for the rest of the year.
- Hilton Hotels (NYSE: HLT) was downgraded by a number of firms after the Blackstone Group (BX) takeout offer: Jefferies and Citigroup cut shares to Hold from Buy, Calyon downgraded shares to Neutral from Buy, Raymond James downgraded shares to Market Perform from Strong Buy, Suquehanna cut shares to Neutral from Positive and Bear Stearns downgraded Hilton Hotels to Peer Perform from Outperform.
- B. Riley downgraded shares of Champps Entertainment (NASDAQ: CMPP) to Neutral from Buy to reflect the buyout offer from F&H Acquisition Corp...
OTHER DOWNGRADES:
- B. Riley downgraded shares of ACR Group (AMEX: BRR) to reflect the company's merger agreement with Watsco Inc (WSO).
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