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Closing Bell: Bears Barely Win on Friday the 13th (ADSK, LLY, JWN, NVDA, RMBS, PDLI, UNCA, IBM)

A tame CPI and a slightly better University of Michigan sentiment reading failed to greatly enthuse investors despite the crummy week we saw. A hawkish Fed president Hoenig out calling for higher rates might not have helped. We also never got that GM IPO Filing that was supposed to come. This was a day that honestly felt like the red or green signal for the markets were not certain until the bitter end.

Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow Jones 10,303.15 -16.80 (-0.16%)
S&P 500 1,079.25 -4.36 (-0.40%)
Nasdaq 2,173.48 -16.79 (-0.77%)

Continue reading Closing Bell: Bears Barely Win on Friday the 13th (ADSK, LLY, JWN, NVDA, RMBS, PDLI, UNCA, IBM)

Analyst Calls: AAPL, DWA, INTU, NFLX, PSYS, PVH, ROSE, TEVA, UNCA ...

Analyst Upgrades

  • Piper Jaffray upgraded Psychiatric Solutions (PSYS) to neutral from underweight on expectations the company's merger with Universal Health (UHS) will close.
  • Jefferies upgraded Intuit (INTU) to buy from neutral and has a $45 price target on the stock. The firm expects Intuit's 2011 tax season to be at least as good as 2010's and sees improvement in the SMB exposed businesses.
  • Wells Fargo upgraded Unica (UNCA) to outperform from market perform. The firm upgraded the stock due to what it sees as improving trends in marketing spending, upcoming enhancements in the company's products and long-term opportunity for marketing software to exceed expectations.
  • Textron (TXT) was upgraded to conviction buy from buy at Goldman.
  • RightNow (RNOW) was upgraded to outperform from market perform at FBR Capital.
  • Beazer Homes (BZH) was upgraded to buy from hold at Citigroup.

Continue reading Analyst Calls: AAPL, DWA, INTU, NFLX, PSYS, PVH, ROSE, TEVA, UNCA ...

Analyst upgrades 7-11-07: CPB, FRX, NYX and YUM

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Campbell Soup Co (CPB), Yum! Brands (YUM), NYSE Euronext (NYX), Forest Laboratories (FRX) and International Speedway Corp (ISCA) were some of today's noteworthy upgrades:
  • JP Morgan upgraded shares of Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) to Overweight from Neutral as they believe the company's entrance into Russia and China is not priced into shares. JP Morgan also added CPB to their Analyst Focus List.
  • UBS upgraded shares of Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) to Buy from Neutral based on higher estimates for international, potential debt leverage, and a potential minority spin-off of its China business.
  • Lehman upgraded NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) to Overweight from Equal Weight on valuation following the recent weakness. They believe Q2 earnings and a potential S&P 500 Index addition could be a catalyst for gains.
  • UBS upgraded Forest Labs (NYSE: FRX) to Buy from Neutral on valuation and their belief that the company will prevail in a patent dispute over Lexapro with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TEVA).
OTHER UPGRADES:
  • JMP Securities raised shares of Equifax (NYSE: EFX) to Outperform from Market Perform.
  • Ferris Baker Watts upgraded Unica Corp (NASDAQ: UNCA) to Neutral from Sell.
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Analyst downgrades 7-10-07: DCEL, FORM, GGG and RACK

MOST NOTEWORTHY: FormFactor, Inc (FORM), Graco Inc (GGG), China Telecom (CHA), Sempra Energy (SRE) and Unica Corp (UNCA) were today's noteworthy downgrades:
  • JP Morgan cut FormFactor (NASDAQ: FORM) to Underweight from Neutral citing expected competition from Micronics Japan, which has successfully ramped up production at its new advanced probe card factory.
  • CIBC's checks suggest that challenges still remain in Graco's (NYSE: GGG) contractor segment and is likely to impact results, downgrading shares to Sector Performer from Sector Outperformer.
  • Deutsche Bank downgraded shares of China Telecom (NYSE: CHA) to Hold from Buy to reflect slower user growth as the company added 77% fewer fixed-line customers in the first five months of 2007.
  • Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) was cut to Outperform from its Top Pick rating at RBC Capital following the company's JV announcement with the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBSPY).
  • Jefferies downgraded shares of Unica (NASDAQ: UNCA) to Hold from Buy after the company reported lower than expected Q3 licenses to reflect too much variance in execution...
OTHER DOWNGRADES:
  • Lehman assumed coverage of Extreme Networks (NASDAQ: EXTR) with an Equal Weight rating, downgrading shares from Overweight.
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Analyst downgrades 7-02-07: NFS, PWAV, SNDK, TGT and UNCA

MOST NOTEWORTHY: SanDisk Corp (SNDK), Nationwide Financial Services (NFS), Unica Corp (UNCA), International Paper Co (IP) and the Apartment REIT sector topped the day's noteworthy downgrades:
  • CIBC cut SanDisk Corp (NASDAQ: SNDK) to Sector Performer from Outperformer on valuation.
  • Ferris Baker cut Unica Corp (NASDAQ: UNCA) to Sell from Hold following the company's announcement that it has dismissed auditors Ernst & Young. Montgomery downgraded Unica to Hold from Buy on valuation.
  • International Paper (NYSE: IP) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse on valuation.
OTHER DOWNGRADES:
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Analyst initiations 2-14-07: Sepracor, ConAgra initiated today

MOST NOTEWORTHY: aQuantive Inc(AQNT) and Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc (VNDA) were today's most notable initiations:
  • CIBC initiated aQuantive Inc (NASDAQ: AQNT) with a Sector Performer rating and $30 target. The firm believes aQuantive's key challenge is margin pressure from the rising cost of talent, but they expect strong fourth-quarter results.
  • Friedman Billings is positive on Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc's (NASDAQ: VNDA) lead drug candidate, atypical antipsychotic iloperidone, which showed positive data in Ph III studies for schizophrenia; Friedman started the company with an Outperform rating and $40 target.
OTHER INITIATIONS:
  • Canaccord started Unica Corp (NASDAQ: UNCA) with a Buy rating and $15 target.
  • Oppenheimer initiated Community Bancorp NV (NASDAQ: CBON) with a Buy rating and $38 target.
  • Bank of America initiated ConAgra Foods Inc (NYSE: CAG) with a Neutral rating and $27 target based on valuation.
  • Stephens put a $20 target on ACA Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE: ACA) and started the company with an Overweight rating.
  • Friedman Billings says Sepracor Inc's (NASDAQ: SEPR) Lunesta faces generic challenges and that 2007 guidance may be hard to achieve; the firm started Sepracor with a Market Perform rating and $58 target.
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Symbol Lookup
IndexesChangePrice
DJIA-89.2312,801.23
NASDAQ-23.352,903.88
S&P 500-9.311,342.64

Last updated: February 11, 2012: 12:39 AM

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