Analyst Ratings
Upgrades
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | |
| Goldman Sachs | Upgrade | NYSE:A | Agilent Technologies | Neutral | Buy | $49.00 | 37.1% Upside | ||
| RBC Capital | Upgrade | NYSE:AEM | Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited | Sector Perform | Outperform | $69.00 | 33.6% Upside | ||
| Sterne Agee | Upgrade | NYSE:AF | Astoria Financial | Underperform | Neutral | $9.00 | 0.6% Downside | ||
| Nomura | Upgrade | NASDAQ:AGPPY | Anglo American Platinum Limited | Reduce | Neutral | ||||
| Longbow Research | Upgrade | NYSE:AKS | AK Steel Holding | Buy | Neutral | ||||
| Societe Generale | Upgrade | NASDAQ:ASBFY | Associated British Foods plc | Hold | Buy | ||||
| Raymond James | Upgrade | NASDAQ:ATHN | AthenaHealth | Market Perform | Strong-Buy | $75.00 | 23.5% Upside | ||
| KeyBanc | Upgrade | NYSE:ATU | Actuant | Hold | Buy | $34.00 | 30.0% Upside | ||
| Global Hunter Securities | Upgrade | NYSE:ATW | Atwood Oceanics | Accumulate | Buy | $54.00 | $56.00 | 24.9% Upside | |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Upgrade | NYSE:BAC | Bank of America | Hold | Buy | $11.00 | 21.0% Upside | ||
| Goldman Sachs | Upgrade | NYSE:BCS | Barclays Capital | Neutral | Buy | ||||
| Raymond James | Upgrade | NASDAQ:BGCP | BGC Partners | Underperform | Strong-Buy | $6.50 | 104.4% Upside | ||
| Goldman Sachs | Upgrade | NASDAQ:BRKR | Bruker | Neutral | Buy | $19.00 | 39.7% Upside | ||
| Deutsche Bank | Upgrade | NYSE:CSC | Computer Sciences | Hold | Buy | $38.00 | $46.00 | 33.4% Upside | |
| Goldman Sachs | Upgrade | NYSE:DF | Dean Foods | Neutral | Buy | $20.00 | $22.00 | 31.9% Upside | |
| RBC Capital | Upgrade | NYSE:ERF | Enerplus Resources Fund | Sector Perform | Outperform | ||||
| Evercore Partners | Upgrade | NASDAQ:ETFC | E TRADE Financial | Underweight | Equal Weight | ||||
| KeyBanc | Upgrade | NYSE:FLO | Flowers Foods | Hold | Buy | $25.00 | 23.4% Upside | ||
| Citigroup | Upgrade | NASDAQ:GMLP | Golar LNG Partners | Neutral | Buy | $33.50 | 28.3% Upside | ||
| RBC Capital | Upgrade | NASDAQ:GOLD | Randgold Resources | Sector Perform | Outperform | ||||
| MKM Partners | Upgrade | NYSE:H | Hyatt Hotels | Buy | |||||
| Macquarie | Upgrade | NYSE:HAL | Halliburton | Neutral | Outperform | $38.00 | 25.2% Upside | ||
| Jefferies Group | Upgrade | NASDAQ:IFNNY | Infineon Technologies AG | Underperform | Hold | ||||
| Sterne Agee | Upgrade | NASDAQ:ISBC | Investors Bancorp | Neutral | Buy | $19.00 | 19.6% Upside | ||
| Guggenheim | Upgrade | NASDAQ:LBAI | Lakeland Bancorp | Neutral | Buy | $11.50 | 36.1% Upside | ||
| UBS AG | Upgrade | NYSE:MO | Altria Group | Neutral | Buy | $35.00 | $36.00 | 18.1% Upside | |
| Sterne Agee | Upgrade | NASDAQ:OCFC | OceanFirst Financial Corp. | Neutral | Buy | $14.50 | 15.1% Upside | ||
| Raymond James | Upgrade | NYSE:ONB | Old National Bancorp | Outperform | Strong-Buy | $14.00 | 27.0% Upside | ||
| Sandler O'Neill | Upgrade | NYSE:ONB | Old National Bancorp | Hold | Buy | ||||
| Drexel Hamilton | Upgrade | NYSE:OSK | Oshkosh Truck | Hold | |||||
| Barclays Capital | Upgrade | NASDAQ:PETM | Petsmart | Equal Weight | Overweight | ||||
| Sterne Agee | Upgrade | NYSE:PFS | Provident Financial Services | Neutral | Buy | $15.00 | 12.2% Upside | ||
| Citigroup | Upgrade | NYSE:PNG | PAA Natural Gas Storage | Neutral | Buy | $18.50 | $20.00 | 10.8% Upside | |
| JPMorgan Chase | Upgrade | NASDAQ:RMBS | Rambus | Neutral | Overweight | $7.00 | 70.3% Upside | ||
| Raymond James | Upgrade | NYSE:SDT | SandRidge Mississippian Trust I | Underperform | Market Perform | ||||
| Citigroup | Upgrade | NYSE:SEP | Spectra Energy Partners, LP | Neutral | Buy | $33.00 | 21.1% Upside | ||
| JPMorgan Chase | Upgrade | NYSE:SU | Suncor Energy | Neutral | Overweight | ||||
| Guggenheim | Upgrade | NYSE:WBS | Webster Financial Corp | Neutral | Buy | $25.00 | 24.6% Upside | ||
| Bank of America | Upgrade | NYSE:WSM | Williams Sonoma | Underperform | Buy | $32.00 | $50.00 | 15.0% Upside | |
| Global Hunter Securities | Upgrade | NASDAQ:XTEX | Crosstex Energy LP | Neutral | Accumulate | $16.00 | 16.1% Upside |
Downgrades
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | |
| Dundee Securities | Downgrade | NYSE:AZC | Augusta Resource Corp | Neutral | Sell | ||||
| Goldman Sachs | Downgrade | NASDAQ:CPHD | Cepheid | Buy | Neutral | $32.00 | 4.8% Upside | ||
| Jefferies Group | Downgrade | NASDAQ:DMND | Diamond Foods | Hold | Underperform | $27.00 | $10.00 | 33.9% Downside | |
| Goldman Sachs | Downgrade | NYSE:LH | Laboratory Corp. of America | Neutral | Sell | $83.00 | 0.7% Upside | ||
| Wells Fargo & Co. | Downgrade | NYSE:LRN | K12 | Outperform | Market Perform | ||||
| Robert W. Baird | Downgrade | NASDAQ:PNNT | PennantPark Investment Corp. | Outperform | Neutral | $12.00 | $11.00 | 8.1% Upside | |
| Bank of America | Downgrade | NASDAQ:ROIC | Retail Opportunity Investments Corp | Neutral | Underperform | $12.75 | 4.1% Upside | ||
| DA Davidson | Downgrade | NYSE:VFC | V.F. | Buy | Neutral | $169.00 | 9.8% Upside |
Price Target Changes
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | |
| Wunderlich | Boost Price Target | NASDAQ:LMCA | Liberty Capital | Buy | $117.00 | $123.00 | 21.6% Upside | ||
| Imperial Capital | Lower Price Target | NASDAQ:LPNT | Lifepoint Hospitals | Outperform | $53.00 | $43.00 | 21.3% Upside | ||
| Benchmark Co. | Boost Price Target | NYSE:MCO | Moodys Corporation | Buy | $51.00 | $52.00 | 13.3% Upside | ||
| Stifel Nicolaus | Boost Price Target | NASDAQ:SIRO | Sirona Dental | Buy | $68.00 | $72.00 | 17.3% Upside | ||
| Mizuho | Boost Price Target | NYSE:SWI | SolarWinds | Neutral | $46.00 | $52.00 | 0.1% Upside | ||
| Brean Murray | Lower Price Target | NYSE:WGL | WGL Holdings | Buy | $48.00 | $43.00 | 16.7% Upside |
New Coverage
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | |
| CRT Capital | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:DHI | D.R. Horton | Fair Value | |||||
| Evercore Partners | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:FLT | FleetCor Technologies | Overweight | |||||
| BGB Securities | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:GCAP | Gain Capital Holdings | Hold | $4.25 | 6.3% Upside | |||
| Jefferies Group | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:HOT | Starwood Hotels | Buy | |||||
| WallachBeth | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:IPCM | IPC The Hospitalist | Buy | $42.00 | 17.8% Upside | |||
| Jefferies Group | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:MAR | Marriott | Hold | |||||
| Robert W. Baird | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:MRCC | Monroe Capital Corp | Outperform | $16.00 | 6.9% Upside | |||
| Stephens | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:MRCC | Monroe Capital Corp | Overweight | $16.50 | 10.2% Upside | |||
| Credit Suisse | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:SGPYY.PK | NASDAQ | Underperform | |||||
| Credit Suisse | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:STWRY | SOFTWARE AG S/ADR | Neutral | |||||
| Aegis | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:TSRX | Trius Therapeutics | Buy | $15.00 | 209.3% Upside | |||
| Goldman Sachs | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:WAVE | Nextwave Wireless | Neutral | |||||
| Goldman Sachs | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:WWAV | The WhiteWave Foods | Neutral | |||||
| Evercore Partners | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:WXS | Wright Express | Equal Weight |
Ratings Reiterations
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | |
| Jefferies Group | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:AMRN | Amarin Co. plc | Buy | $28.00 | 149.1% Upside | |||
| William Blair | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:ARUN | Aruba Networks | Outperform | |||||
| Cowen | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:CBST | Cubist Pharmaceuticals | Outperform | |||||
| Goldman Sachs | Reiterated Rating | NYSE:CRM | Salesforce.com | Buy | Buy | ||||
| Credit Suisse | Reiterated Rating | NYSE:DNR | Denbury Resources | Neutral | $18.50 | 25.0% Upside | |||
| Canaccord Genuity | Reiterated Rating | NYSE:FL | Foot Locker | Buy | $42.00 | 26.2% Upside | |||
| BB&T | Reiterated Rating | NYSE:FLO | Flowers Foods | Buy | |||||
| Deutsche Bank | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:GRPN | Groupon | Hold | $4.00 | 37.9% Upside | |||
| Leerink Swann | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:ILMN | Illumina | Outperform | |||||
| Robert W. Baird | Reiterated Rating | NYSE:PPG | PPG | Outperform | $130.00 | 12.4% Upside | |||
| BB&T | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:SWFT | Swift Transportation | Buy | |||||
| Robert W. Baird | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:ULTA | Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance | Outperform | $120.00 | 37.0% Upside | |||
| JPMorgan Chase | Reiterated Rating | NYSE:UPS | United Parcel Service | Overweight |
Earnings Results
Earnings For Monday, November 19| Ticker | Company | EPS | Estimate | YoY Revenue Growth | |
| NASDAQ:AERL | Asia Entn & Resource | $0.35 | $0.37 | -27.4% | |
| NASDAQ:BSPM | Biostar Pharmaceuticals | ($0.63) | $0.00 | ||
| NASDAQ:CPSL | China Precision Steel | ($1.09) | $0.00 | ||
| NASDAQ:DCIX | Diana Containerships | $0.05 | $0.05 | 50.5% | |
| NASDAQ:HAST | Hastings Entertainment | ($0.98) | ($1.02) | ||
| NASDAQ:ITRN | Ituran Location and Control Ltd. (US) | $0.25 | $0.00 | ||
| NYSE:LG | The Laclede Group | $0.02 | ($0.16) | ||
| NYSE:LOW | Lowe's | $0.40 | $0.35 | 1.9% | |
| NYSE:ROX | Castle Brands | ($0.01) | $0.00 | ||
| NYSE:TSN | Tyson Foods | $0.55 | $0.44 | -.4% | |
| NASDAQ:TSTC | Telestone Technologies Corp | ($0.09) | $0.00 |
Earnings For Friday, November 16
| Ticker | Company | EPS | Estimate | YoY Revenue Growth | |
| NASDAQ:CMRG | Casual Male Retail | ($0.03) | ($0.03) | -.2% | |
| NYSE:CTC | IFM Investments Ltd | ($0.08) | $0.00 | ||
| NASDAQ:CYBX | Cyberonics | $0.44 | $0.39 | 17.3% | |
| NASDAQ:DSWL | Deswell Industries | $0.01 | $0.00 | ||
| NYSE:FL | Foot Locker | $0.63 | $0.54 | 9.3% | |
| NYSE:HH | Hooper Holmes | ($0.03) | $0.00 | ||
| NASDAQ:HIBB | Hibbett Sports | $0.71 | $0.68 | 9.6% | |
| NASDAQ:IDSA | Industrial Services of America | ($0.13) | $0.00 | ||
| NYSE:ISS | iSoftStone Holdings Ltd | $0.18 | $0.18 | ||
| NASDAQ:NEWN | New Energy Systems | $0.06 | $0.01 | ||
| NASDAQ:SGOC | SGOCO Group, Ltd | ($0.06) | $0.00 | ||
| NASDAQ:SIRO | Sirona Dental | $0.74 | $0.71 | 13.1% | |
| NYSE:SJM | The J.M. Smucker Company | $1.45 | $1.45 | 7.6% |
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