Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades for Tuesday, August 1, 2006
posted on: August 01, 2006
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The following analyst upgrades/downgrades have been reported as of 9 AM
Upgrades:
| Jul 31
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| Ticker | Company | Brokerage | Old Rating | New Rating | Close
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| (ASMI) | ASM International NV | Needham & Co | Underperform | Hold | $15.54
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| (CHK) | Chesapeake Energy Co | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Buy | $32.90
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| (COF) | Capital One Financia | Morgan Stanley | Equal-weight | Overweight | $77.35
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| (CSCO) | Cisco Systems Inc. | Rochdale Securities | Sell | Hold | $17.88
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| (HYDL) | Hydril Co. | Citigroup | Hold | Buy | $69.27
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| (IGT) | International Game T | UBS | Neutral | Buy | $38.66
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| (LOJN) | LoJack Corp. | Matrix Research | Sell | Hold | $15.81
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| (NNI) | Nelnet Inc. | Matrix Research | Buy | Strong Buy | $30.67
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| (NOVN) | Noven Pharmaceutical | Jefferies & Co | Hold | Buy | $19.76
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| (NUS) | Nu Skin Enterprises | Stanford Research | Hold | Buy | $14.30
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| (POWI) | Power Integrations I | Citigroup | Sell | Hold | $15.90
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| (RLH) | Red Lion Hotels Corp | Friedman Billings | Mkt Perform | Outperform | $9.71
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| (SCT) | Scottish Re Group Lt | UBS | Reduce | Neutral | $3.99
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| (VPHM) | ViroPharma Inc. | Piper Jaffray | Market Perform | Outperform | $7.78 |
Downgrades:
| Jul 31
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| Ticker | Company | Brokerage | Old Rating | New Rating | Close
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| (AFFX) | Affymetrix Inc. | Thomas Weisel | Outperform | Peer Perform | $21.57
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| (ALL) | Allstate Corp. | Citigroup | Buy | Hold | $56.82
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| (BRLI) | Bio-Reference Labora | Jefferies & Co | Buy | Hold | $23.55
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| (BWA) | BorgWarner Inc. | Banc of America Sec | Buy | Neutral | $60.00
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| (CB) | Chubb Corp. | Citigroup | Hold | Sell | $50.42
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| (CNC) | Centene Corp. | Goldman Sachs | Buy | Neutral | $16.25
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| (COLM) | Columbia Sportswear | Matrix Research | Buy | Hold | $49.72
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| (CTL) | Centurytel Inc. | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Equal-weight | $38.57
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| (DTV) | DirecTV Group Inc. | Deutsche Securities | Buy | Hold | $17.05
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| (ECA) | EnCana Corp. | Goldman Sachs | Buy | Neutral | $54.01
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| (EEQ) | Enbridge Energy Mana | RBC Capital Mkts | Sector Perform | Underperform | $46.20
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| (EMC) | EMC Corp. | Morgan Keegan | Outperform | Mkt Perform | $10.15
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| (ESI) | ITT Educational Serv | Matrix Research | Buy | Hold | $67.42
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| (FLSH) | Msystems Ltd. | JP Morgan | Overweight | Neutral | $36.00
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| (HCR) | Manor Care Inc. | Jefferies & Co | Buy | Hold | $50.05
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| (LG) | Laclede Group Inc. | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Hold | $33.23
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| (MAN) | Manpower Inc. | UBS | Buy | Neutral | $59.48
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| (MRX) | Medicis Pharmaceutic | Matrix Research | Hold | Sell | $27.56
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| (NLS) | Nautilus Inc. | BB&T Capital Mkts | Buy | Hold | $12.56
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| (NTE) | Nam Tai Electronics | Bear Stearns | Outperform | Peer Perform | $17.11
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| (PUK) | Prudential plc | Bear Stearns | Outperform | Peer Perform | $21.26
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| (PWAV) | Powerwave Technologi | Oppenheimer | Buy | Neutral | $7.94
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| (PWAV) | Powerwave Technologi | Robert W. Baird | Outperform | Neutral | $7.94
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| (PWAV) | Powerwave Technologi | First Albany | Buy | Neutral | $7.94
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| (STA) | St. Paul Travelers C | Citigroup | Buy | Hold | $45.80
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| (TNL) | Technitrol Inc. | Matrix Research | Hold | Sell | $24.78 |
Coverage Initiated:
| Jul 31
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| Ticker | Company | Brokerage | New Rating | Close
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| (ADBE) | Adobe Systems Inc. | Prudential | Overweight | $28.51
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| (ADSK) | Autodesk Inc. | Prudential | Neutral | $34.11
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| (ARTG) | Art Technology Group | Prudential | Overweight | $2.67
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| (ATVI) | Activision Inc. | Prudential | Overweight | $11.95
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| (BEAS) | BEA Systems Inc. | Prudential | Neutral | $11.74
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| (CMLS) | Cumulus Media Inc. | Morgan Stanley | Underweight | $9.50
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| (CONN) | Conns Inc. | Morgan Keegan | Mkt Perform | $25.72
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| (CRM) | Salesforce.com | Prudential | Underweight | $25.70
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| (CXR) | Cox Radio Inc. | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | $14.65
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| (ERTS) | Electronic Arts Inc. | Prudential | Underweight | $47.11
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| (ETM) | Entercom Communicati | Morgan Stanley | Underweight | $25.35
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| (GRMN) | Garmin Ltd. | Am Tech/JSA Research | Sell | $94.99
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| (JDAS) | JDA Software Group I | Prudential | Overweight | $15.47
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| (MSFT) | Microsoft Corp. | Prudential | Overweight | $24.06
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| (ORCL) | Oracle Corp. | Prudential | Underweight | $14.97
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| (OZN) | Orezone Resources In | CIBC Wrld Mkts | Sector Outperform | $1.49
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| (RBAK) | Redback Networks Inc | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | $15.46
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| (RHAT) | Red Hat Inc. | Prudential | Overweight | $23.68
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| (RNOW) | Rightnow Technologie | Prudential | Underweight | $12.13
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| (ROIAK) | Radio One Inc. | Morgan Stanley | Equal-weight | $7.18
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| (RRI) | Reliant Energy Inc. | Lehman Brothers | Equal-weight | $12.58
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| (THQI) | THQ Inc. | Prudential | Overweight | $22.69
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| (TNOX) | Tanox Inc. | Prudential | Neutral | $14.26
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| (TWLL) | Techwell, Inc. | Cowen & Co | Outperform | $10.50
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| (WIT) | Wipro Ltd. | Lehman Brothers | Overweight | $12.47
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| (WYN) | Wynnstay Group plc | JP Morgan | Neutral | $4.07 |
Data: Briefing.com, CapitalIQ
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