Analyst Stock Calls 09-06-11

Tuesday’s analyst stock calls show a divergence in Street view heading into a week that includes speeches from influential men, Ben Bernanke and President Obama, in no particular order. We have high beta shares, including semiconductor related companies, chemicals and energy cyclicals both upgraded and downgraded. Perhaps we are seeing the first real signs of capitulation among the analyst community, where initially we saw a mass of upgrades on a falling knife market.

Analyst Stock Calls

UPGRADES

Company	Analyst’s Firm	From	To
Advanced Semi (NYSE: ASX)	HSBC	Neutral	Overweight
Comp Energ Semig (NYSE: CIG)	Standpoint	Hold	Buy
DeVry (NYSE: DV)	Deutsche Bank	Hold	Buy
Energizer (NYSE: ENR)	Standpoint	Hold	Buy
Gen-Probe (Nasdaq: GPRO)	Canaccord Genuity	Hold	Buy
Ingersoll-Rand (NYSE: IR)	UBS	Neutral	Buy
National Oilwell Varco (NYSE: NOV)	Argus	Hold	Buy
Siliconware Precision (Nasdaq: SPIL)	HSBC	Neutral	Overweight
Stryker (NYSE: SYK)	Deutsche Bank	Hold	Buy
United Microelectronics (NYSE: UMC)	HSBC	Neutral	Overweight

DOWNGRADES

Company	Analyst’s Firm	From	To
KLA-Tencor (Nasdaq: KLAC)	RBC Capital	Sector Perform	Underperform
KMG Chemicals (Nasdaq: KMGB)	Canaccord Gen.	Buy	Hold
LDK Solar (NYSE: LDK)	Argus	Hold	Sell
MSCI (Nasdaq: MSCI)	JMP Securities	Mkt Outperform	Mtk Perform
Nike (NYSE: NKE)	HSBC	Overweight	Neutral

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