Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AUO, ESRX, FDO, GRMN, PBR, PZE, PPDI, SFLY, TSO, ZUMZ, CAL, DAL, NWA, UAUA, LCC, AMR)

These are not the only key analyst calls coming out of Wall Street analysts today, but these are the key calls that a673b.bigscoots-temp.com is focusing on in pre-market hours:

• AU Optronics (AUO) raised to Outperform at Lehman.
• Express Scripts (ESRX) downgraded to Market Perform at Wachovia.
• Family Dollar (FDO) downgraded to Underperform at Bear Stearns.
• Garmin (GRMN) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank.
• Petrobras Brasiliero (PBR) downgrades to Sell from Hold at Citigroup.
• Petrobras Energia (PZE) downgraded to Underperform from Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.
• PPD Inc. (PPDI) raised to Buy at UBS.
• Shutterffly (SFLY) raised to Buy at Jefferies.
• Tesoro (TSO) downgraded to Underperform from Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.
• Zumiez (ZUMZ) raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray.
• UBS RAISED AIRLINES: Continental (CAL), Delta (DAL), Northwest Airlines (NWA), UAL (UAUA), and United (LCC) all raised to Buy from neutral; AMR (AMR) raised to Neutral from Sell.  Incidentally, Bear Stearns also raised Delta (DAL) to an Outperform rating.

Jon C. Ogg
January 9, 2008