- BB&T (BBT) and Aflac (AFL) to buy from hold at Deutsche Bank.
- Kodiak Oil & Gas (KOG) to outperform from neutral at RW Baird.
- Zhongpin (HOGS) to neutral from reduce at Global Hunter.
- Marathon Oil (MRO), Noble Energy (NBL) and Manulife Financial (MFC) to buy from neutral at UBS.
- Carrizo Oil & Gas (CRZO) to buy from hold at Canaccord.
- Comerica (CMA) to buy from neutral at Rochdale.
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- U.S. Steel (X) to buy from neutral and Barnes & Noble (BKS) to neutral from sell at Goldman.
- Salesforce.com (CRM) to buy from hold at Jefferies.
- Dollar Tree (DLTR) to overweight from equal weight at Barclays.
- Edison International (EIX) to hold from sell at Citigroup.
- Analog Devices (ADI) to overweight from neutral at JPMorgan.
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- NYSE Euronex (NYX) to conviction buy from neutral at Goldman.
- General Dynamics (GD) to buy from hold at Citigroup.
- Deere (DE), Parker-Hannifin (PH) and ExlService (EXLS) to overweight from neutral at JPMorgan.
- Aflac (AFL) to outperform from market perform at FBR Capital.
- Wynn Resorts (WYNN) to buy from neutral at Janney Capital.
- Amdocs (DOX) to buy from neutral at UBS.
- Juniper (JNPR) to buy from hold at ThinkEquity.
- Rudolph Tech (RTEC) and KLA-Tencor (KLAC) to perform from underperform at Oppenheimer.
- Hershey (HSY) and Pinnacle Entertainment (PNK) to outperform from market perform at Wells Fargo.
- Spirit AeroSystems (SPR) to equal weight from underweight at Morgan Stanley.
- Micron (MU) to outperform from neutral at RW Baird.
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- JPMorgan upgraded Smith Micro (SMSI) to overweight from neutral and raised its price target to $15 from $9, citing the release of a WiFi iPad with MiFi from Verizon and Apple.
- Jefferies upgraded Whole Foods (WFMI) to buy from hold and raised its price target to $45 from $36, citing checks that indicate sales are accelerating and the company has been focused on expense control.
- Wells Fargo upgraded Ensco (ESV) and raised its price target to $54 to $56 from $46 to $47, citing valuation, the lifted deepwater drilling ban and higher oil prices.
- Gran Tierra Energy (GTE) was upgraded to buy from hold at Wunderlich, citing the company's Moqueta oil discovery as well as other near-term exploration opportunities, and raised its price target to $12.50 from $7.00.
- Chico's FAS (CHS) was upgraded to buy from hold at KeyBanc and set a $13 price target.
- UR-Energy (URE) was upgraded to buy from hold at KeyBanc.
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Market highlights for next week: Earnings releases continue...
Monday October 29- VNUS Medical Technologies (NASDAQ: VNUS) patent infringement lawsuit against Angiodynamics (NASDAQ: ANGO), Diomed Holdings (AMEX: DIO), Vascular Solutions (NASDAQ: VASC) begins.
- Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) to report Q3 earnings; conference call at 8:30am.
- Sirius Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) to report Q3 earnings; conference call at 8am.
- MGM Mirage (NYSE: MGM) to report Q3 earnings; conference call at 11am.
- U.S. Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) to report Q3 earnings; conference call at 2pm.
- Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) to report Q3 earnings; conference call at 8am.
- Smith Micro Software (NASDAQ: SMSI) to report Q3 earnings; conference call at 2pm.
- PDUFA date for Forest Laboratories (NYSE: FRX) and Mylan Laboratories' (NYSE: MYL) Nebivolol for hypertension.
- Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) to report October sales at 1pm.
- General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM) to report October sales at 2pm.
- PDUFA Date for Sciele Pharma's (NASDAQ: SCRX) Sular formulation
- PDUFA Date for GlaxoSmithKline's (NYSE: GSK) Variza for major depression disorder
Analyst initiations 6-26-07: AAPL, CMG, GOOG, YHOO and VCLK
MOST NOTEWORTHY: Google (GOOG), Yahoo! (YHOO), Apple (AAPL), Cash Systems (CKNN) and Citrix (CTXS) were today's noteworthy initiations: - Oppenheimer believes Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) is the largest beneficiary of the secular growth trends in Internet advertising and transitioned coverage with a Buy rating and $625 target.
- Oppenheimer also believes the current price of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) is an attractive entry point given the company's number one position in display advertising and the recent successful launch of Panama. The firm transitioned coverage of Yahoo! with a Buy rating and $34 target.
- RBC Capital sees continued upside for Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) based on achieving its 10M goal for iPhone, upside from Mac momentum and maintaining iPod/iTunes dominance helped by new products, and started shares with an Outperform rating and $160 target.
- Merriman believes Cash Systems (NASDAQ: CKNN) is positioned to gain meaningful share in the casino cash access industry through the near-term introduction of powercash and started shares with a Buy rating.
- Friedman Billings believes Citrix's (NASDAQ: CTXS) latest Presentation Server product release has some near-term risk given raised prices and initiated shares with a Market Perform rating and $35 target...
- ValueClick (NASDAQ: VCLK) was initiated at Oppenheimer with a Buy rating.
- Lehman started Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) with an Equal Weight rating and $82 target.
- JP Morgan initiated Smith Micro Software (NASDAQ: SMSI) with an Overweight rating.
- Banc of America initiated coverage of Jefferies Group (NYSE: JEF) with a Buy rating and $34 target.
Analyst downgrades 4-19-07: BBI, BP, CPWR, DPZ and NFLX downgraded today
MOST NOTEWORTHY: Netflix, Inc (NFLX), Blockbuster Inc (BBI), The Mosaic Company (MOS) and Domino's Pizza, Inc (DPZ) were some of today's noteworthy downgrades: - First Albany cut Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) to Neutral from Buy to reflect weak industry subscriber additions.
- Blockbuster Inc (NYSE: BBI) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Soleil.
- Citigroup cut The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) to Sell from Hold on expectations for a sharp DAP price decline and valuation.
- Domino's Pizza Inc (NYSE: DPZ) was downgraded to Peer Perform from Outperform at Bear Stearns, citing valuation.
- Smith Micro Software, Inc (NASDAQ: SMSI) was cut to Hold from Buy with a $21 target.
- Pacific Crest downgraded Linear Technology Corp (NASDAQ: LLTC) to Sector Perform from Outperform based on secular headwinds and an increase in DOI to 82 days.
- Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd (NYSE: TNP) was downgraded to Sell from Hold at Citigroup on valuation.
- Piper Jaffray downgraded Compuware Corp (NASDAQ: CPWR) to Market Perform from Outperform following the disappointing Q4 guidance.
- Brean Murray downgraded Komag, Inc (NASDAQ: KOMG) to Hold from Buy.
Analyst initiations 12-26-06: KBR Inc started at Wachovia with a buy
MOST NOTEWORTHY: - Wachovia(NYSE:WB) initiated KBR Inc (NYSE: KBR) with a Market Perform rating based on valuation, with a target range of $26-$29.
- Lehman Brothers (NYSE:LEH) initiated Constellation Energy Group (NYSE: CEG) with a Sector Performer rating and $26 target.
- Hansen Medical (NASDAQ: HNSN) was initiated at JP Morgan(NYSE:JPM), as the firm believes Hansen's Sensei robotic remote catheter navigation system has potential to be a platform technology that could be used in a variety of procedures. The firm also considers Hansen's shares attractive at these levels.
- UBS (NYSE:UBS) initiated Smith Micro Software (NASDAQ: SMSI) with a Buy rating and $18 target; the firm expects Smith Micro to continue to benefit from growth at Verizon Wireless and for the company to continue to further divest its customer base.
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