These are not the only impact analyst calls affecting stocks this morning, but these are the ones that a673b.bigscoots-temp.com is focusing on:
- Agilent (A) raised to Buy at Banc of America.
- Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) raised to Neutral from Underweight at JPMorgan.
- Best Buy (BBY) downgraded to Underperform from Outperform at Bear Stearns.
- DIRECTV (DTV) raised to Overweight from Equal-Weight at Lehman.
- Ecolab (ECL) raised to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.
- El Paso (EP) raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Wachovia.
- IBM (IBM) and Network Appliance (NTAP) both downgraded to Neutral at UBS; shares indicated down 0.5%.
- Lam Research (LRCX) raised to Overweight from Equal-Weight at Lehman.
- Motorola (MOT) downgraded to Sector Perform at RBC Capital Markets.
- Salesforce.com (CRM) raised to Buy at UBS; but CRM downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman Sachs; shares indicated down almost 3%.
Jon C. Ogg
January 7, 2008