Top Analyst Upgrades (BCS, BBBY, DLTR, EMC, GHL, HCN, NTAP, SNH, WSM, INTC)

Investing

Published: August 27, 2009 8:19 am

These are this morning’s top pre-market analyst upgrades, initiations, and positive broker research calls we have seen early this Thursday morning from Wall Street firms:

Barclays (BCS) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) Started as Buy at Citigroup.
Dollar Tree (DLTR) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
EMC Corp (EMC) Started as Buy at Citigroup.
Greenhill & CO. (GHL) Raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Health Care REIT (HCN) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
NetApp (NTAP) Started as Buy at Citigroup.
Senior Housing (SNH) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Williams-Sonoma (WSM) Started as Buy at Citigroup.

Elsewhere, JPMorgan is maintaining a cautious stance on Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) on poor demand expectations, but it raisedx its target to $17.00 from $12.00.

JON C. OGG

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