Early-Bird Analyst Downgrades (AAP, ALNY, COMV, DISH, DPS, HAS, NATI, NVTL, STEL)

Investing

Published: August 20, 2008 6:32 am

These are some of the early analyst downgrades or negative calls we are seeing this Wednesday in early pre-market hours:

Advance Auto Parts (AAP) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Alnylam Pharma (ALNY) Started as Underperform at Leerink Swann.
Comverge (COMV) Cut to Neutral at Broadpoint Capital.
DISH Network (DISH) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
Dr. Pepper Snapple (DPS) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Hasbro (HAS) Cut to Underperform at BMO Capital.
National Instruments (NATI) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Novatel Wireless (NVTL) Cut to Sell at Piper Jaffray.
StellarOne (STEL) Cut to Underperform at Baird.

JON C. OGG
August 20, 2008

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