Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ADCT, ADSK, BSX, EL, FFIV, PCZ, TLAB, GTS, VRTX)

These are not at all the only analyst calls that a673b.bigscoots-temp.com is looking at today in an active negative market, but these are 10 of the more influential calls that may stand out in an otherwise cautious or negative market:

• ADC Telecom (NASDAQ: ADCT) raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
• Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) cut to Hold from Buy at Jefferies.
• Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) raised to BUY from Neutral at Banc of America.
• Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL) raised to Neutral from Sell at UBS.
• F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) cut to Hold from Buy at Jefferies.
• Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley; estimates lowered at Goldman Sachs (and likely many more).
• Petro Canada (NYSE: PCZ) downgraded to Neutral from outperform at Credit Suisse.
• Tellabs (NASDAQ: TLAB) raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS (large call option buying recently).
• Triple S management (NYSE: GTS) started after quiet period: Outperform at Credit Suisse, Outperform at Oppenheimer, and Neutral at UBS.
• Vertex (NASDAQ: VRTX) raised to Buy from Neutral at Banc of America.

Jon C. Ogg
January 16, 2008