Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (ADBE, APC, APSG, CENX, CRDN, CVS, DRI, GOOG, QCOM, STLD, SPWR, YUM)

Investing

Published: July 11, 2008 7:42 am

There seemed to be more upgrades this morning than there were downgrades from Wall Street analysts. Here is a snapshot of some of our key analyst calls we saw:

Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) Raised to Outperform from Perform at Wachovia.
Applied Signal Tech (NASDAQ: APSG) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
Century Aluminum (NASDAQ: CENX) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
Ceradyne (NASDAQ: CRDN) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) Started as Buy at Banc of America.
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Microsoft (N ASDAQ: MSFT) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) Added to Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List.
Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ: STLD) Raised to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup.
Sunpower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) Raised To Neutral from Underperform at Merrill Lynch.
Yum Brands (NYSE: YUM) Started as Buy at Banc of America.

Jon C. Ogg
July 11, 2008

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