Analyst Ratings
Upgrades
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | Previous Close | |
| RBC Capital | Upgrade | LON:ADN | Aberdeen Asset Management plc | Outperform | $5.85 | N/A | ||||
| Robert W. Baird | Upgrade | NYSE:ANF | Abercrombie & Fitch | Neutral | Outperform | $48.00 | $55.00 | 18.6% Upside | $46.39 | |
| Robert W. Baird | Upgrade | NYSE:APC | Anadarko Petroleum | Neutral | Outperform | $103.00 | $105.00 | 37.6% Upside | $76.32 | |
| Sterne Agee | Upgrade | NASDAQ:ATHN | AthenaHealth | Underperform | Neutral | $72.00 | 2.6% Downside | $73.89 | ||
| Topeka Capital | Upgrade | NYSE:CAS | A M Castle & Co | Hold | Buy | $12.75 | ||||
| Macquarie | Upgrade | NASDAQ:CINF | Cincinnati Financial | Underperform | Neutral | $36.00 | $39.00 | 3.7% Downside | $40.50 | |
| JPMorgan Chase | Upgrade | NASDAQ:CMTL | Comtech Telecom | Neutral | Overweight | $30.00 | 24.3% Upside | $24.13 | ||
| Wunderlich | Upgrade | NASDAQ:CNQR | Concur Technologies | Hold | Buy | $84.00 | 35.9% Upside | $61.82 | ||
| UBS AG | Upgrade | NASDAQ:CRRFY | CARREFOUR SA S/ADR | Sell | Neutral | $4.89 | ||||
| KeyBanc | Upgrade | NYSE:CSL | Carlisle Companies | Hold | Buy | $56.79 | ||||
| Stephens | Upgrade | NYSE:ELX | Emulex | Equal Weight | Overweight | $9.00 | 42.4% Upside | $6.32 | ||
| Cowen | Upgrade | NYSE:FRX | Forest Laboratories | Neutral | Outperform | $35.72 | ||||
| Credit Suisse | Upgrade | NASDAQ:ISLE | Isle of Capri | Underperform | Neutral | $5.00 | $5.50 | 10.7% Upside | $4.97 | |
| Deutsche Bank | Upgrade | NASDAQ:MDIUY | Mediaset | Hold | Buy | $5.20 | ||||
| Citigroup | Upgrade | NYSE:MDU | MDU Resources Group | Neutral | Buy | $29.00 | 39.7% Upside | $20.76 | ||
| KeyBanc | Upgrade | NASDAQ:MINI | Mobile Mini | Hold | Buy | $28.00 | 35.5% Upside | $20.66 | ||
| Robert W. Baird | Upgrade | NYSE:NBL | Noble Energy | Neutral | Outperform | $112.00 | $120.00 | 18.3% Upside | $101.45 | |
| Global Hunter Securities | Upgrade | NYSE:NBL | Noble Energy | Accumulate | Buy | $106.00 | $115.00 | 13.4% Upside | $101.45 | |
| Bank of America | Upgrade | NASDAQ:PLXS | Plexus | Underperform | Neutral | $25.00 | 9.1% Upside | $22.91 | ||
| Credit Suisse | Upgrade | NYSE:QRE | QR Energy LP | Neutral | Outperform | $22.00 | $20.00 | 23.1% Upside | $16.25 | |
| Deutsche Bank | Upgrade | NYSE:RHI | Robert Half | Hold | Buy | $33.00 | $45.00 | 53.8% Upside | $29.26 | |
| Investec | Upgrade | LON:SN | Smith & Nephew | Buy | $11.70 | N/A | ||||
| Investec | Upgrade | NYSE:SNN | Smith & Nephew plc | Hold | Buy | $53.45 | ||||
| Wunderlich | Upgrade | NASDAQ:SWFT | Swift Transportation | Hold | Buy | $8.87 | ||||
| Dahlman Rose | Upgrade | NASDAQ:SWFT | Swift Transportation | Hold | Buy | $12.00 | 35.3% Upside | $8.87 | ||
| Deutsche Bank | Upgrade | NASDAQ:TRIP | TripAdvisor | Hold | Buy | $37.00 | $50.00 | 29.6% Upside | $38.59 | |
| Sterne Agee | Upgrade | NYSE:UPL | Ultra Petroleum Corp. | Underperform | Neutral | $19.75 | ||||
| Deutsche Bank | Upgrade | NYSE:WBS | Webster Financial Corp | Hold | Buy | $24.00 | 21.1% Upside | $19.82 |
Downgrades
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | Previous Close | |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Downgrade | NASDAQ:ACGL | Arch Capital | Buy | Hold | $44.73 | ||||
| Robert W. Baird | Downgrade | NYSE:APA | Apache | Outperform | Neutral | $113.00 | $102.00 | 33.3% Upside | $76.51 | |
| Deutsche Bank | Downgrade | NYSE:APA | Apache | Buy | Hold | $110.00 | $90.00 | 17.6% Upside | $76.51 | |
| Jefferies Group | Downgrade | LON:ATK | WS Atkins | Hold | $12.82 | N/A | ||||
| Goldman Sachs | Downgrade | NYSE:CME | CME Group | Neutral | Sell | $48.00 | 12.7% Downside | $54.96 | ||
| Cowen | Downgrade | NASDAQ:CORT | Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated | Outperform | Neutral | $1.58 | ||||
| Citigroup | Downgrade | NYSE:FBR | Fibria Celulose S.A. | Neutral | Sell | $7.80 | $10.50 | 8.1% Downside | $11.42 | |
| Jefferies Group | Downgrade | NYSE:GTI | GrafTech International | Buy | Hold | $15.00 | $9.00 | 6.5% Downside | $9.63 | |
| Sterne Agee | Downgrade | NASDAQ:GWAY | Greenway Medical Technologies | Neutral | Underperform | $14.00 | 21.1% Downside | $17.75 | ||
| Lazard | Downgrade | NYSE:MHP | Mcgraw-Hill | Buy | Hold | $56.53 | ||||
| Stifel Nicolaus | Downgrade | NYSE:MSW | Mission West Properties | Buy | Hold | $9.12 | ||||
| Sterne Agee | Downgrade | NYSE:NBL | Noble Energy | Buy | Neutral | $101.45 | ||||
| Deutsche Bank | Downgrade | NYSE:OMC | Omnicom | Buy | Hold | $58.00 | $52.00 | 4.4% Upside | $49.82 | |
| Deutsche Bank | Downgrade | NASDAQ:PCLN | Priceline | Buy | Hold | $659.10 | ||||
| Deutsche Bank | Downgrade | NASDAQ:PUBGY | Publicis Groupe S.A. | Hold | Sell | $14.71 | ||||
| Deutsche Bank | Downgrade | NYSE:SM | SM Energy | Buy | Hold | $50.07 | ||||
| Jefferies Group | Downgrade | LON:TT | TUI Travel | Hold | $4.81 | N/A | ||||
| Deutsche Bank | Downgrade | NASDAQ:WPPGY | WPP PLC | Buy | Hold | $69.60 | ||||
| Longbow Research | Downgrade | NYSE:X | U.S. Steel | Neutral | Underperform | $17.00 | 21.9% Downside | $21.77 | ||
| Oppenheimer | Downgrade | NASDAQ:ZGNX | Zogenix | Outperform | Perform | $3.00 | 27.1% Upside | $2.36 | ||
| Stifel Nicolaus | Downgrade | NASDAQ:ZGNX | Zogenix | Buy | Hold | $2.36 |
Price Target Changes
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | Previous Close | |
| Goldman Sachs | Boost Price Target | NASDAQ:CSCO | Cisco Systems | Conviction Buy | $24.00 | $25.00 | 29.3% Upside | $19.34 | ||
| Argus | Boost Price Target | NASDAQ:EBAY | eBay | Buy | $58.00 | $65.00 | 25.6% Upside | $51.74 | ||
| Jefferies Group | Boost Price Target | NASDAQ:FCFS | First Cash Financial Services | $48.00 | $56.00 | 15.3% Upside | $48.58 | |||
| FBR Capital | Boost Price Target | NYSE:FCS | Fairchild Semiconductor International | Outperform | $16.00 | $17.00 | 25.5% Upside | $13.55 | ||
| Nomura | Boost Price Target | NYSE:MA | MasterCard | $611.00 | 28.3% Upside | $476.09 | ||||
| Leerink Swann | Boost Price Target | NASDAQ:PBYI | Puma Biotechnology | Outperform | $20.00 | $27.00 | 39.3% Upside | $19.38 | ||
| Benchmark Co. | Lower Price Target | NASDAQ:PSMT | PriceSmart | Hold | $86.00 | $80.00 | 6.3% Upside | $75.27 |
New Coverage
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | Previous Close | |
| Cowen | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:ACTG | Acacia Research | Outperform | $24.89 | |||||
| Bank of America | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:BBY | Best Buy Co. | Buy | Underperform | $9.00 | 24.9% Downside | $11.99 | ||
| Morgan Stanley | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:DUK | Duke Energy | Overweight | $64.32 | |||||
| Bank of America | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:FCX | Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold | Neutral | $31.70 | |||||
| Wells Fargo & Co. | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:LUFK | Lufkin Industries | Market Perform | $57.72 | |||||
| Wells Fargo & Co. | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:NXST | Nexstar Broadcasting | Outperform | $9.47 | |||||
| Deutsche Bank | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:PWR | Quanta Services | Buy | $26.02 | |||||
| Lazard | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:RKUS | Ruckus Wireless | Buy | $17.60 | |||||
| Morgan Stanley | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:SWN | Southwestern Energy | Underweight | $34.38 | |||||
| Needham & Company | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:TER | Teradyne | Buy | $20.00 | 26.3% Upside | $15.84 |
Ratings Reiterations
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | Previous Close | |
| Jefferies Group | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:AAPL | Apple | Buy | $900.00 | $800.00 | 50.0% Upside | $533.25 | ||
| Investec | Reiterated Rating | LON:AHT | Ashtead Group | Buy | $7.61 | N/A | ||||
| Jefferies Group | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:AIMC | Altra Holdings | Hold | $20.10 | |||||
| Robert W. Baird | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:ALXN | Alexion Pharmaceuticals | Outperform | $125.00 | 36.6% Upside | $91.50 | |||
| Oppenheimer | Reiterated Rating | NYSE:ANF | Abercrombie & Fitch | Outperform | $46.39 | |||||
| Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:ASHM | Ashmore Group | Equalweight | $5.93 | N/A | ||||
| Exane BNP Paribas | Reiterated Rating | LON:BARC | Barclays PLC | Outperform | $5.45 | N/A | ||||
| Benchmark Co. | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:BCOR | Blucora | Buy | $23.00 | 62.5% Upside | $14.15 | |||
| Investec | Reiterated Rating | LON:BD15 | Tate & Lyle | Buy | $13.62 | N/A | ||||
| Sanford C. Bernstein | Reiterated Rating | LON:BG | BG Group | Outperform | $30.45 | N/A | ||||
| RBC Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:BLT | BHP Billiton | Outperform | $33.66 | N/A | ||||
| HSBC | Reiterated Rating | LON:BWNG | N Brown Group | Overweight | $6.73 | N/A | ||||
| Jefferies Group | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:CLDX | Celldex Therapeutics | Buy | $5.52 | |||||
| Brean Murray | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:CLDX | Celldex Therapeutics | Buy | $14.00 | 153.6% Upside | $5.52 | |||
| JPMorgan Chase | Reiterated Rating | LON:CNE | Cairn Energy | Neutral | $5.13 | N/A | ||||
| Piper Jaffray | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:DECK | Deckers Outdoor | Neutral | $35.00 | 18.1% Downside | $42.76 | |||
| Jefferies Group | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:DMND | Diamond Foods | Underperform | $14.81 | |||||
| Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:EMG | Man Group | Equalweight | $1.22 | N/A | ||||
| Piper Jaffray | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:EQIX | Equinix | Overweight | $225.00 | 18.6% Upside | $189.69 | |||
| Jefferies Group | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:FCFS | First Cash Financial Services | Buy | $48.58 | |||||
| Evercore Partners | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:GRPN | Groupon | Underweight | $4.69 | |||||
| Oriel Securities Ltd | Reiterated Rating | LON:HFD | Halfords Group | Buy | $6.73 | N/A | ||||
| Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:HGG | Henderson Group Plc | Underweight | $1.80 | N/A | ||||
| Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:HL | Hargreaves Lansdown | Overweight | $12.82 | N/A | ||||
| Canaccord Genuity | Reiterated Rating | LON:HRG | Hogg Robinson Group | Buy | $1.44 | N/A | ||||
| Exane BNP Paribas | Reiterated Rating | LON:HSBA | HSBC Holdings | Outperform | $12.02 | N/A | ||||
| Piper Jaffray | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:INVN | Invensense | Overweight | $27.00 | 167.6% Upside | $10.09 | |||
| Canaccord Genuity | Reiterated Rating | LON:KAZ | Kazakhmys | Hold | $12.58 | N/A | ||||
| Exane BNP Paribas | Reiterated Rating | LON:LLOY | Lloyds Banking Group PLC | Outperform | $0.88 | N/A | ||||
| Goldman Sachs | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:MNST | Monster Beverage Corp | Buy | $58.00 | 9.9% Upside | $52.78 | |||
| FBR Capital | Reiterated Rating | NYSE:NE | Noble Corp | Outperform | $48.00 | 37.7% Upside | $34.85 | |||
| Oppenheimer | Reiterated Rating | NYSE:NOK | Nokia | Perform | $3.85 | |||||
| Cowen | Reiterated Rating | NYSE:OCR | Omnicare | Outperform | $35.52 | |||||
| Dahlman Rose | Reiterated Rating | NYSE:PDH | PetroLogistics LP | Buy | $16.00 | 31.3% Upside | $12.19 | |||
| Exane BNP Paribas | Reiterated Rating | LON:RBS | Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc | Neutral | $4.81 | N/A | ||||
| Societe Generale | Reiterated Rating | LON:RIO | Rio Tinto | Buy | $58.66 | N/A | ||||
| RBC Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:RSL | Resolution Ltd | Outperform | $4.81 | N/A | ||||
| Exane BNP Paribas | Reiterated Rating | LON:SDR | Schroders plc | Neutral | $24.36 | N/A | ||||
| Oriel Securities Ltd | Reiterated Rating | LON:SMDS | DS Smith | Buy | $4.33 | N/A | ||||
| Jefferies Group | Reiterated Rating | NYSE:SON | Sonoco Products | Hold | Hold | $33.00 | $29.76 | |||
| Robert W. Baird | Reiterated Rating | NYSE:SON | Sonoco Products | Outperform | $35.00 | 17.6% Upside | $29.76 | |||
| Exane BNP Paribas | Reiterated Rating | LON:STAN | Standard Chartered PLC | Neutral | $24.84 | N/A | ||||
| RBC Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:WOS | Wolseley | Outperform | $51.95 | N/A | ||||
| Wells Fargo & Co. | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:ZGNX | Zogenix | Outperform | $2.36 |
Earnings Results
Earnings For Monday, December 10| Ticker | Company | EPS | Estimate | YoY Revenue Growth | |
| NASDAQ:JW.A | John Wiley Sons Cl A | $0.77 | $0.00 | ||
| NASDAQ:MILL | Miller Petroleum | ($0.15) | $0.00 | ||
| NASDAQ:TCCO | Technical Communications Corp. | ($0.27) | $0.00 | ||
| NYSE:UEC | Uranium Energy | ($0.09) | $0.00 |
Earnings For Friday, December 7
| Ticker | Company | EPS | Estimate | YoY Revenue Growth | |
| NYSE:BNS | Bank of Nova Scotia | $1.21 | $1.18 | ||
| NASDAQ:DMND | Diamond Foods | $0.05 | $0.00 | ||
| NYSE:KMG | KMG Chemicals | $0.36 | $0.00 | -8.7% | |
| NYSE:PLM | Polymet Mining | ($0.01) | $0.00 | ||
| NASDAQ:VIRC | Virco Mfg. | $0.20 | $0.00 |
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