Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (BIIB, BMC, COF, CLNE, FSLR, PLT, PMCS, RHT, SLM, WM)

Investing

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: December 13, 2007 8:05 am

There are many other analyst calls today, but these are the main calls we are looking at this morning:

Biogen Idec (BIIB) raised from Underperform to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
BMC Software (BMC) raised from Neutral to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Capitol One (COF) downgraded from Buy to Hold at Jefferies.
Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) started as Strong Buy at Broadpoint Capital.
First Solar (FSLR) started as BUY at UBS.
Plantronics (PLT) downgraded from Neutral to Underweight at J.P.Morgan.
PMC-Sierra (PMCS) started as Sell at Banc of America.
Red Hat (RHT) downgraded from Buy to Neutral at Banc of America.
SLM Corp. (SLM) raised to Outperform at at Keefe Bruyette Woods.
Washington Mutual (WM) downgraded from Neutral to Sell at Banc of America.

Jon C. Ogg
December 13, 2007

Jon Ogg can be reached at [email protected]; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

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