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Utilities Which Benefit from Lower Oil Prices
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Oil may break through $40 a barrel, since it is skirting very close to that price and has traded as low as $40.81. Recently, I wrote about the trucking and package delivery stocks which could benefit from lower gasoline prices.
With the price of oil and natural gas tanking, investors are now looking closely at the utility stocks that use oil and gas as a major fuel source of their electrical generation. Hopefully, the cost savings for these companies will pass through to the bottom line long before the Utilities Commissions implement rate reductions.
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. (PNW) has one...
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Analyst calls: ETR, THO, AMN, DF, FOSL, NSRGY . . .
Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Analyst initiations  Analyst upgrades:<> Baird expects Thor Industries (NYSE: THO) to benefit from industry consolidation and the eventual recovery. Shares were upgraded to Neutral from Underperform.
Jefferies upgraded SPSS Inc. (NASDAQ: SPSS) to Buy from Hold on valuation and believes the company's cost cuts will be positive for EPS. The company's target was lowered to $28 from $29.
<>Banc of America upgraded shares of Entergy (NYSE: ETR) to Buy from Neutral on valuation and believes the company is unlikely to spin-off Ene...
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Notable Analyst Rating Changes 9/9: MA, HPQ, ETR, GLW Upgraded; WB, PG, YRCW, SNDK, BBT Downgraded;
UPGRADES:Fox-Pitt Kelton upgrades MasterCard (NYSE: MA) from In-Line to Outperform with a $300 price target, citing valuation. The firm also sees a potential catalyst in the third quarter.Sanford C. Bernstein upgrades Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) from Market Perform to Outperform, following the purchase of EDS. The firm raised its price target from $51 to $55 per share.Goldman Sachs upgrades Entergy Corp. (NYSE: ETR) from Neutral to Buy.Thomas Weisel upgrades Corning (NYSE: GLW) from Marketweight to Overweight. Price target $20.For daily real-time Upgrades go to <>http://www.streetinsider.com/...
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Analyst upgrades: UAUA, WPPGY, AVR and VSE
Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades  MOST NOTEWORTHY: UAL Corp, WPP Group, Aventine Renewable and VeraSun Energy were today's noteworthy upgrades:
<> JP Morgan upgraded UAL Corp (NASDAQ: UAUA) to Overweight from Neutral based on valuation and expectations for the company to make a capital announcement on next week's conference call.
Citigroup upgraded shares of WPP Group (NASDAQ: WPPGY) to Buy from Hold as they believe the company's diversification will lead to low earnings volatility.
<>UBS upgraded Aventine Renewable (NYSE: AVR) and VeraSun Energy (NYSE: VSE)...
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Analyst initiations: SRS Labs, Tennant, Entergy
Filed under: Analyst reports, QUALCOMM Inc (QCOM), Analyst initiations MOST NOTEWORTHY: SRS Labs, Tennant and Entergy were today's noteworthy initiations: <> B. Riley initiated SRS Labs (NASDAQ: SRSL) with a Neutral rating and $7 target. The firm believes expectations for Q2 and FY08 may be high as the company ramps marketing spend in the face of difficult macro economic conditions.
Jefferies assumed Tennant (NYSE: TNC) with a Hold rating and $32 target which reflects their macro economic outlook for end markets in North America and Western Europe.
<>Wachovia is positive on Entergy's ...
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