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Analyst upgrades 7-24-07: CMLS, DFG, PBY and RNOW

Posted Jul 24th 2007 10:52AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Good news, Stocks to Buy

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Lee Enterprises (LEE), The Pep Boys (PBY), Cumulus Media (CMLS), VeraSun Energy (VSE) and Acuity Brands (AYI) were today's more noteworthy upgrades:

Wachovia upgraded Lee Enterprises (NYSE: LEE) to Market Perform from Underperform on valuation.

RBC Capital raised Pep Boys (NYSE: PBY) to Sector Perform from Underperform citing upside potential from its real estate monetization strategy.

Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) was upgraded to Hold from Sell at Citigroup based on the proposed buyout offer.

VeraSun Energy (NYSE: VSE) was upgraded to Hold from Sell at Soleil based on the acquisition of three 110mgy ethanol projects from ASAlliance.

Gabelli upgraded Acuity Brands (NYSE: AYI) to Hold from Sell following the company's announcement that it will pursue a tax-free spin-off of its specialty products business...

OTHER UPGRADES:

Keefe Bruyette upgraded Delphi Financial Group (NYSE: DFG) to Outperform from Market Perform.

RightNow Technologies (NASDAQ: RNOW) was upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Pacific upgraded Secure Computing (NASDAQ: SCUR) to Outperform from Sector Perform.

Lehman raised Xcel Energy (NYSE: XEL) to Equal Weight from Underweight.

Stanford upgraded Amylin Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AMLN) to Buy from Hold.

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

Analyst downgrades 5-23-07: AMD, AZO, CVX and VCLK

Posted May 23rd 2007 11:20AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Bad News, Advanced Micro Dev (AMD), AutoZone Inc (AZO), Chevron Corp (CVX), ValueClick Inc (VCLK)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: AutoZone, Inc (AZO), Blue Nile, Inc (NILE), MetLife, Inc (MET), Analog Devices, Inc (ADI) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) topped out today's list of noteworthy downgrades:

Citigroup cut AutoZone (NYSE: AZO) to Hold from Buy with a $145 target based on valuation.Gabelli also downgraded shares of AutoZone to Hold from Buy.

Lehman downgraded shares of Blue Nile (NASDAQ: NILE) to Equal Weight from Overweight, citing valuation and competitive concerns from Amazon.com (AMZN), which may look to strengthen their position in the diamond engagement market.

MetLife (NYSE: MET) was cut to Neutral from Buy on valuation.

Analog Devices Inc (NYSE: ADI) was cut by Credit Suisse and JP Morgan to Neutral from Outperform, by Sanders Morris to Neutral from Buy and by Merrill Lynch to Sell from Neutral after the company reported weak Q2 results.

Matrix downgraded Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) to Strong Sell from Hold based on the loss of market share to Intel Corp's (INTC) new products...

OTHER DOWNGRADES: