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Notable Analyst Rating Changes 5/28: HOT, KMX, SNDK, DMND Upgraded; CAT, SKS, URS, CSUN Downgraded
UPGRADES:Goldman Sachs upgrades Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: HOT) from Sell to Buy and raised its price target to $27 per share.Deutsche Bank upgrades CarMax (NYSE: KMX) from Hold to Buy. Click here to see the full report.Goldman Sachs upgrades SanDisk Corp. (Nasdaq: SNDK) from Neutral to Buy and boosted its price target from $16 to $22, following yesterday's renewal with Samsung. BB&T Capital upgrades Diamond Foods (Nasdaq: DMND) from Hold to Buy, following Q3 results after the close. For daily real-time Upgrades go to http://www.streetinsider.com/UpgradesDOWNGRADES:UBS...
By  Street Insider   (+9.67%  risk: moderate)  05/28/09 Comment


Notable Analyst Rating Changes 5/11: LNC, HOT, DVN, MS, LPX, DOW Upgraded; VLO, CLX, COST, HD, IPI Downgraded
UPGRADES:Goldman Sachs upgraded Lincoln National Corp. (NYSE: LNC) from Sell to Buy and added the stock to their Buy List. J.P. Morgan upgrades Starwood Hotels (NYSE: HOT) from Neutral to Overweight. Goldman Sachs upgraded Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN) from Neutral to Buy and added the stock to their Buy List. Pali Research upgrades Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) from Neutral to Buy with a $33 price target. Click here for the full report.Goldman Sachs upgrades Louisiana-Pacific Corp. (NYSE: LPX) from Sell to Buy and lifts its price target from $1 to $6.Credit Suisse upgrades Dow Chemical ...
By  Street Insider   (+9.67%  risk: moderate)  05/11/09 Comment


Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: ANF, HD, HOT, NFLX, STT ...

Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Home Depot (HD), Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), Abercrombie and Fitch (ANF), Starwood Hotels Worldwide (HOT), Analyst initiations

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  • Jefferies upgraded Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) to Buy from Hold on a favorable risk/reward profile. The firm thinks sentiment is negative, estimate revisions have troughed, and compares ease in the second half of 2009. Jefferies upped its target price to $35 from $22.
    • <>Citigroup upgraded Home Depot (NYSE: HD) to Buy from Hold on expectations for positive earnings surprises in 2009. T...
    By  Eric Buscemi   (+0.00%)  05/13/09 Comment


    Starwood, others start warning on swine flu…

    pigsJust when you thought things were starting to look a little bit brighter in terms of the swine flu, several companies have to go off and ruin the mirage.

    Among them is Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT), which this morning filed its 10-Q noting that the swine flu could have a material and adverse impact on Starwood’s business. Here’s a snip:

    <><>Our business could be materially and adversely affected by the effect of a pandemic disease on the travel industry. For example, the past outbreaks of SARS and avian flu had a severe impact on the travel industry, and the current outbreak of swine flu in...
    By  footnoted   (+0.00%)  05/04/09 Comment


    A Stroll Through the Hotel Space
    Tradermark
    34%
    As all things consumer discretionary continue to jump ever higher [Apr 26: The Meek Continue to Dominate Equities] [Apr 5, 2009: The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth: 92 Stocks Over $10 Returning 60%+] on hopes of recovery in the not too distant future, I thought I'd circle back and look at some of the major hotels who just reported to see how they are doing. At this point all hotels are blessed - no worries about debt [Jan 27, 2009: As Hotel Vacancies Rise, So Do Risks of Default] [Nov 27, 2008: AP - Malls, Hotels Next Victims in New Mortgage Crisis] no worries about a weak consumer staying ...
    By  Trader Mark   (-6.84%  risk: moderate)  05/01/09 Comment



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