Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (CLX, EL, LAMR, RF, TMA, AMT, CCI, EXPE, OWW, PCLN, F, GM)

Investing

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: February 6, 2008 7:35 am

Here are some of the top individual analyst calls in pre-market trading:

Clorox (NYSE: CLX) downgraded to Underweight at Lehman.
Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL) raised to Equal-weight at Lehman.
Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ: LAMR) started as Buy at Jefferies.
Regions Financial (NYSE: RF) downgraded to Sell from Hold at Citigroup.
Thornburg Mortgage (NYSE: TMA) raised to Buy from Hold at Jefferies.

Below are some sector calls:

COMM. TOWERS: American Tower (NYSE: AMT) & Crown Castle (NYSE: CCI) raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.

ONLINE TRAVEL DOWNGRADES: Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) downgraded to Underweight at Morgan Stanley. Priceline.com (NASDA: PCLN) and Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW) downgraded to Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley. There was an upgrade though, as Credit Suisse raised its Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) raised to Outperform from Neutral.

US AUTO’s: Ford (NYSE: F) downgraded to Peer Perform from Outperform at Bear Stearns. General Motors (NYSE: GM) downgraded to Underperform at Bear Stearns.

Jon C. Ogg
February 6, 2008

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