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Analyst upgrades 8-30-07: ATE, BIG, MOT and TASR

Posted Aug 30th 2007 10:45AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Good news, Motorola (MOT), Taser Intl Inc (TASR), Stocks to Buy

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Taser Int'l (TASR), Motorola (MOT), Advantest (ATE), STMicroelectronics (STM) and Joy Global (JOYG) were today's noteworthy upgrades:

Merriman upgraded shares of Taser Int'l (NASDAQ: TASR) to Buy from Hold on valuation following the 25% decline in price since late July, accelerating law enforcement demand and upside potential from the recently launched personal TASER C2.

Lehman upgraded shares of Motorola (NYSE: MOT) to Overweight from Equal Weight as they believe increased production and opex progress in Q3 could signal a turnaround at the company's phone unit.

Jefferies upgraded Advantest (NYSE: ATE) to Hold from Underperform on valuation.

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) was upgraded to Market Perform from Underperform on valuation at Bernstein.

Stifel upgraded shares of Joy Global (NASDAQ: JOYG) to Buy from Hold following the in line Q3 report as they believe bad news is reflected in valuation...

OTHER UPGRADES:

Idacorp (NYSE: IDA) was upgraded to Market Perform from Under Perform at Wachovia.

UBS upgraded TDK Corp (NYSE: TDK) to Neutral from Sell.

Wedbush raised Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) to Buy from Hold, with a $35 target, and DSW Inc. (NYSE: DSW) to Hold from Sell, with a $29 target.

LabCorp (NYSE: LH) was upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Cowen.

Analyst summaries provided by TheFlyOnTheWall.com (subscription required).

Analyst downgrades 8-01-07: AMGN, CEPH, LYO and TDK

Posted Aug 1st 2007 11:34AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Bad News, Amgen Inc (AMGN)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: TDK Corp. (TDK), Maquire Properties (MPG), BankAtlantic Bancorp (BBX), ON Semiconductor (ONNN) and Amgen (AMGN) were today's noteworthy downgrades:

UBS downgraded TDK Corp. (NYSE: TDK) to Reduce from Neutral after the company's operating profit missed estimates.

Deutsche Bank cut Maguire Properties (NYSE: MPG) to Sell from Hold following the company's disappointing Q2 report.

Sandler cut BankAtlantic Bancorp (NYSE: BBX) to Sell from Hold on valuation.

Valuation and debt levels pushed Unterberg to downgrade ON Semiconductor (NASDAQ: ONNN) to Market Perform from Buy.

William Blair downgraded shares of Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) to Market Perform from Outperform as they believe the CMS decision on ESA reimbursement guidelines is extremely restrictive regarding Aranesp use in oncology...

OTHER DOWNGRADES: