Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (APKT, FITB, GNTX, NYM, PLD, ROK, TSS, VRAD)

Investing

Published: September 30, 2008 7:01 am

These are not all of the downgrades, butthese are some of the standout calls early this Tuesday morning:

Acme Packet (APKT) Cut to Sell at Piper Jaffray.
Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
Gentex (GNTX) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
Nymagic (NYM) Cut to Underperform at KBW.
ProLogis (PLD) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
Rockwell Automation (ROK) Started as Sell at Societe Generale.
Total System Services (TSS) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Virtual Radiologic (VRAD) Cut to Market Perform at William Blair.

Jon C. Ogg
September 30, 2008

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