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Friday, August 05, 2011

Analyst Actions 08-05-11

analyst actionsFind here the analyst actions, or stock upgrades and downgrades, for Friday August 5, 2011. There were far more upgrades than downgrades, and so it seems stock analysts found opportunity to lift their favorite shares on the nascent market weakness.

Analyst Actions

UPGRADES:

COMPANY

ANALYST’S FIRM

FROM

TO

Bill Barrett (NYSE: BBG)

Global Hunter Securities

Accumulate

Buy

Canadian National Railway (NYSE: CNI)

Stifel Nicolaus

Hold

Buy

CenterPoint (NYSE: CNP)

Deutsche Bank

Hold

Buy

CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL)

DA Davidson

Underperform

Neutral

Chesapeake Utilities (NYSE: CPK)

Brean Murray

Hold

Buy

Cogent Communications (Nasdaq: CCOI)

Collins Stewart

Neutral

Buy

Continental Resources (NYSE: CLR)

Global Hunter Securities

Accumulate

Buy

Coventry Health Care (NYSE: CVH)

Standpoint Research

Hold

Buy

Domtar (NYSE: UFS)

DA Davidson

Neutral

Buy

EOG Resources (NYSE: EOG)

Howard Weil

Market Perform

Market Outperform

Hill-Rom (NYSE: HRC)

Hilliard Lyons

Neutral

Buy

Hub Group (Nasdaq: HUBG)

Stifel Nicolaus

Hold

Buy

JB Hunt (Nasdaq: JBHT)

Stifel Nicolaus

Hold

Buy

Kroger (NYSE: KR)

Longbow

Neutral

Buy

MetroPCS (NYSE: PCS)

Standpoint Research

Hold

Buy

North American Energy (NYSE: NOA)

BMO Capital Markets

Underperform

Market Perform

Omega Health (NYSE: OHI)

Hilliard Lyons

Long-term Buy

Buy

PDC Energy (Nasdaq: PETD)

Hilliard Lyons

Neutral

Long-term Buy

Pennant Investment (Nasdaq: PNNT)

Stifel Nicolaus

Hold

Buy

Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)

Standpoint Research

Hold

Buy

PG&E (NYSE: PCG)

Deutsche Bank

Hold

Buy

Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE: PAA)

Morgan Keegan

Market Perform

Outperform

Plains Exploration (NYSE: PXP)

Global Hunter Securities

Accumulate

Buy

Portland General Electric (NYSE: POR)

DA Davidson

Neutral

Buy

Sally Beauty (NYSE: SBH)

Caris & Company

Above Average

Buy

Stryker (NYSE: SYK)

Standpoint Research

Hold

Buy

Tanger Factory (NYSE: SKT)

Hilliard Lyons

Neutral

Long-term Buy

Transocean (NYSE: RIG)

Global Hunter Securities

Neutral

Accumulate

W&T Offshore (NYSE: WTI)

Global Hunter Securities

Neutral

Accumulate

Weyerhaeuser (NYSE: WY)

DA Davidson

Neutral

Buy

DOWNGRADES:

COMPANY

ANALYST’S FIRM

FROM

TO

Cogo Group (Nasdaq: COGO)

Needham

Strong Buy

Hold

Diana Shipping (NYSE: DSX)

Morgan Keegan

Outperform

Market Perform

Dolby Labs (NYSE: DLB)

Collins Stewart

Buy

Neutral

Dolby Labs

Avondale

Market Outperform

Market Perform

Health Management (NYSE: HMA)

Argus

Buy

Hold

Universal Electronics (Nasdaq: UEIC)

Deutsche Bank

Buy

Hold

WMS Industries (NYSE: WMS)

KeyBanc Capital Markets

Buy

Hold



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