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Analyst downgrades: Carnival, Royal Caribbean, BankUnited, Royal DSM

Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Carnival, Royal Caribbean, BankUnited and Royal DSM were today's noteworthy downgrades:

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  • ABN downgraded shares of Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) to Hold from Buy and Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE: RCL) to Sell from Buy as they believe the slowing economy will drive slower demand over the next 12 months.
  • Suntrust downgraded BankUnited (NASDAQ: BKUNA) to Neutral from Buy citing the company's intention to raise the number of Class A Common Stock to 500M from 200M.
    • <>Royal DSM (OTC: RDSMY) was downgraded to Neutr...
    By  Eric Buscemi   (+0.00%)  06/18/08 Comment


    Analyst downgrades: RCL, ALKS and ASML

    Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, US Airways Group (LCC), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE)

    MOST NOTEWORTHY: Royal Caribbean, Alkermes and ASML Holdings were today's noteworthy downgrades:
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  • Morgan Stanley downgraded shares of Royal Caribbean (NYSE: RCL) to Equal Weight from Overweight to reflect margin concerns due to the high oil prices and lowered their target to $37 from $40. However, the firm maintains an Overweight rating on rival Carnival (NYSE: CCL).
    • <>Baird downgraded Alkermes (NASDAQ: ALKS) to Neutral from Outperform following the company's reduced Risperdal...
    By  Eric Buscemi   (+0.00%)  05/23/08 Comment


    Royal Carribean Cruises: Down But Not Out Graphic_rating_buy RCL

    Royal Carribean Cruises (RCL) reported excellent March quarter earnings Friday of $0.35 v. $0.04, but the shares plunged to a new 5-year low on a reduced full-year outlook.

    <!--more--><>RCL shares trade right now at just 10.1x trailing earnings of $3.13 - far lower than any of their average P/E levels of the past 10 years. RCL's p/sales and p/bv are also near their lows from 2001 - 2002 when the shares were hit due to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and travel was temporarily halted. Buyers of RCL shares right after September 11, 2001 saw their shares go up over 600% from $7.80 to $55.50 at their...
    By  Paul Price   (-4.97%  risk: moderate)  04/27/08 2 comments


    Analyst downgrades: GFI Group, Wells Fargo, Cirrus Logic

    Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Caterpillar (CAT), Wells Fargo (WFC)

    MOST NOTEWORTHY: GFI Group, Wells Fargo and Cirrus Logic were today's noteworthy downgrades:

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  • Goldman downgraded GFI Group Inc (NASDAQ: GFIG) to Neutral from Buy following the company's announcement that credit chief, Donal Fewer, left the company to go to a rival firm and that about two dozen brokers may defect to follow him.
    • <>Oppenheimer cut Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) to Underperform from Perform as they believe the company is under-reserved by at least $4.5B and that there is s...
    By  Laurie Pasternack   (+0.00%)  04/21/08 Comment


    Smooth Sailing Ahead for Carnival - Barron's

    Shares of Carnival (CCL), the world's biggest cruise-ship operator, are down 20% from 52-week highs, and trade at just 13x 2009 earnings -- far below their historical mutiple of 16-18x. Barron's says investors would be well-advised to pick up the company at levels not seen since post-9/11.<!--more-->

    <>All-inclusive cruises are a hidden recessionary treasure: they cost 20-30% less than comparable land vacations. Carnival beat Q1 estimates a few weeks ago, but lowered full-year guidance, largely due to massive fuel-cost increases. It has addressed the issue by initiating a $5/day fuel surcharge...
    By  SA Editor Eli   (-12.22%  risk: moderate)  04/06/08 Comment



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