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Citigroup is upgrading Vistaprint (NASDAQ:VPRT) to a Buy from Hold with a $62 price target (prev. $55). Firm notes they are taking advantage of the recent 13% pullback in VPRT shares to upgrade what they have consistently viewed as a Core Internet Holding and one of the handful of ‘Net ...
Stocks
Citigroup
Barclays is upgrading Amylin Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMLN) to Overweight from Equal-Weight with a $22 price target (prev. $16). According to the firm, AMLN shares have been under pressure for several years, which they attribute to concerns regarding flattening Byetta trends, increasing ...
Other
Morgan Stanley is upgrading Deere (NYSE:DE) to Overweight from Equal-Weight with a $64 price target (prev. $48) According to the firm demand for US farm equipment is growing as customers add acreage, a secular phenomenon that is widely underestimated. Cyclical factors are also more favorable ...
Stocks
Morgan Stanley
Deutsche Bank is upgrading Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) to Buy from Hold with a $28 price target (prev. $13.50). Based on Dillard’s merchandising and cost control initiatives, improved inventory management and recent operating trends, the firm believes the company is better positioned than nearly all ...
Stocks
Dillard's
Deutsche Bank
Merrill Lynch/BAM is out with a rather significant Semicondutor sector downgrade , downgrading 4 large players to Neutral and 4 to Underperform: Firm notes they are downgrading their view on the sector given unfavorable indications from our cyclical framework suggesting a modest inventory ...
Stocks
Merrill Lynch
Smith International (NYSE:SII) is getting some interesting comments following yesterday's sell-off on the announced secondary: - Citigroup is upgrading SII to a Buy from Hold while raising their price target to $35 (prev. $29). Smith shares plunged nearly 13% as the company tried to place a ...
Stocks
Citigroup
J.P. Morgan is out with another major call on Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) raising their price target to $42 from $28 following earnings announcement out last night. AGO reported op EPS in line with the pre-announced $0.45 per share. Included in its Q was a premium amortization schedule that ...
Stocks
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Credit Suisse Telecommunication team is making a major call on Sprint (NYSE:S) upgrading the shares to Outperform from Neutral with a $6 price target (prev. $4) and adding it to their Focus List. Investment Thesis: CSFB notes that while they rarely add turnaround stories to the Focus List ...
Stocks
Credit Suisse
I think anyone who has been in the game agrees that trading has been extremely tough over the past several weeks. The indices have held up fairly well but the underlying action in single stocks has been very choppy. Most calls or news have very little if any follow-through, so one has had to be ...
Stocks
Genzyme
American Greetings
Goldman Sachs is making an interesting call on Goodyear Tire (NYSE:GT) upgrading it to a Buy from Neutral with a 6-month target of $19 (prev. $17). Goodyear shares have declined 20% (vs. an average increase of 12% for Goldman covered suppliers) since they reported 3Q09 results on Oct 28th based ...
Stocks
Goldman Sachs
J.P. Morgan is out defending Apollo Group (NASDAQ:APOL) following management meeting and campus visit. Firm notes they met Apollo Group’s co-CEO Greg Cappelli and visited the company’s campus in Jersey City. Overall, they came away reassured about APOL’s approach to accounting, student ...
Stocks
Apollo Group
Risk Management
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Merrill Lynch/BAM is out very positive on Palm (NASDAQ:PALM) this morning following meeting with management. Firm reiterates their Buy rating and $20 price target ahead of multiple catalysts. Management meeting reinforces Merrill's positive views Firm notes they had an encouraging meeting ...
Stocks
Palm
Merrill Lynch
Risk Management
Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) is getting two upgrades this morning: - Goldman Sachs upgrades ANF to Conviction Buy List from Neutral with a 6-month price target of $45. According to the analyst they view the story as increasingly attractive within the context of their investment ...
Stocks
Abercrombie & Fitch
Credit Suisse
Janney Capital Markets is out with an interesting call initiating Peet's Coffee (NASDAQ:PEET) with a Buy rating...and get this... $62-$87 fair value valuation range (official target stands at $62/sh). With the pending acquisition of Diedrich Coffee (DDRX-$25.99; NR), PEET now has access to ...
Commodities
Coffee
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN): Upgraded to Outperform at Sanford Bernstein; $160 target - New Street High
Sanford Bernstein is making a major call on Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) upgrading their rating to Outperform from Market Perform with a $160 target (prev. $125). Firm notes they believe that current valuations give Amazon insufficient credit in three areas. First, they think consensus revenue ...
Stocks
Amazon.com
TRW Automotive (NYSE:TRW) is getting positive commentary from two firms this morning following results out yesterday morning: - Keybanc Capital Markets is upgrading TRW to a Buy from Hold and is initiating a $29 price target on the name. According to the analyst the upgrade is based on their ...
Stocks
TRW Automotive Holdings
Wanted to highlight some comments on STEC Inc (NASDAQ:STEC) following results (stock was down 30% in after hours trading): - Needham says they remain positive about enterprise SSD opportunity in 2010 , but recognize that the EMC inventory overhang clouds the story temporarily. Despite this ...
Stocks
Travelers Group Inc
SimpleTech
EMC Corporation
Domtar (NYSE:UFS) is getting a lot of love from several tier-1 firms this morning after the co reported stronger than expected results Friday morning: - J.P. Morgan is upgrading DFS to Overweight from Neutral with a $50 price target (prev. $40) saying they are pleased with UFS’s robust cash ...
