Not a good morning for Digital River (DRIV) holders. Shares of the e-commerce software provider are under assault this morning, after Stanford Group analyst Rod Ratliff cut his rating on the stock to Sell from Hold, slicing his price target to $17, from $26. Ratliff trimmed his 2008 EPS estimate to $1.83, from $1.84, while reducing his ‘09 forecast to $1.83, from $2.15. “Data from s...
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Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Coca-Cola (KO), Kellogg Co (K), Analyst initiationsAnalyst upgrades: Cowen upgraded Aaron Rents (NYSE: RNT) to Outperform from Neutral and believes the company's business model is gaining momentum despite the difficult environment. The firm views valuation as attractive. Citigroup upgraded shares of MedCath (NASDAQ: MDTH) to Hold fr...
The Street has become increasingly cautious on the near-term prospects for Google (GOOG), a company once considered nearly invulnerable to a downturn in the economy. Following recent estimate cuts from Barlcays and Goldman Sachs, the stock today was hit with three more negative research notes from the Street. Citigroup’s Mark Mahaney today cut his Q4 EPS estimate for the company to $5.03,...
Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Analyst initiationsAnalyst upgrades: Goldman upgraded Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) to Buy from Neutral based on valuation and a potential margin rebound at Linens N' Things. Citigroup upgraded Rockwell Automation Inc. (NYSE: ROK) to Hold from Sell on valuation and believes expectations have been reset to a reasonable level. ...
Bidz.com (BIDZ) shares have taken a big hit today, on investor disappointment with both Q3 results and the company’s full year guidance. As I noted in a post yesterday, the company reported Q3 profits that were ahead of guidance, while revenues were toward the low end of the forecast range. But the company cut its full-year revenue forecast to $215 million to $225 million, from its previo...
Emcore (EMKR) shares, already on a week-long slide, today have accelerated in the wrong direction. The stock today is down 71 cents, or 28.3%, to $1.80. Over the last five sessions, the stock has crumbled $2.04, or 53%. Why? Well, that’s not entirely clear. The slide began November 5, triggered by a downgrade by Merriman Curhan Ford analyst Brion Tanous, who cited weakness in the company&...
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Risk management is a concept that surprisingly few investors spend time to understand.This is unfortunate.The paradigm of effective investing rests upon the idea that investors look at the expected returns from an investment compared to the potential risks.Investors try to get as much expected return as they can for bearing a certain level of risk.Along with this, investors must determine how m...
Here’s the good news about October: It’s over. The dreadful results need no embellishment and do not deserve sugarcoating. The Dow industrials dropped by nearly 14% for the month, the worst-monthly performance for the average since August of 1998, and the fourth-worst month since 1950. The S&P 500’s decline ranks as its eighth-worst month since 1930. Investors small and ...
Top Pre-Market analyst Upgrades (AUTH, CBRL, CAKE, DRI, KR, LGF, PNRA, PMC, VLTR)
Tue, Oct 21, 7:03 AM ET
These are some of the top upgrades and positive calls we are seeing this Tuesday morning on Wall Street: AuthenTec (AUTH) Started At Buy at Stanford Group. CBRL Group (CBRL) Raised to Outperform at Raymond James. Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) Raised to Outperform at Raymond James. Darden Restaurants (DRI) Raised to Outperform at Raymond James. Kroger (KR) Raised to Buy at Jefferies. Lions Gate (LGF...