Analyst Actions 08-05-11

Find 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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