Analyst Moves Highlight Dahlman Rose Upgrade of Two Steel Plays

Tuesday’s analyst actions highlight the moves of Dahlman Rose to upgrade two steel names. The research firm upgraded both Arcelor Mittal (NYSE: MT) and Nucor (NYSE: NUE) to buy from hold. The count of upgrades and downgrades was about equal. Within the downgrades, none were sent to “Sell” status, and all were lowered to a "Hold" or hold equivalent. Within the upgrades, all but two were raised to “Buy”.

Dahlman Rose Upgrades Two Steel Plays

UPGRADES

Company	Analyst	From	To
Arcelor Mittal (NYSE: MT)	Dahlman Rose	Hold	Buy
Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX)	Hudson Square	Sell	Hold
Nucor (NYSE: NUE)	Dahlman Rose	Hold	Buy
SL Green Realty (NYSE: SLG)	UBS	Neutral	Buy
Synaptics (Nasdaq: SYNA)	Collins Stewart	Neutral	Buy
Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO)	Barclays	Equal Weight	Overweight
Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS)	Caris & Co.	Above Average	Buy
Wausau Paper (NYSE: WPP)	Deutsche Bank	Hold	Buy

DOWNGRADES

Company	Analyst	From	To
99 Cents Only (NYSE: NDN)	MKM Partners	Buy	Neutral
Complete Production (NYSE: CPX)	Global Hunter	Accumulate	Neutral
Domtar (NYSE: UFS)	Deutsche Bank	Buy	Hold
Laboratory Corp. (NYSE: LH)	RBC Capital	Outperform	Sector Perform
Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S)	Argus	Buy	Hold
Sunesis Pharma (Nasdaq: SNSS)	RBC Capital	Outperform	Sector Perform

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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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Stock Gainers and Losers 08-05-11

Today's stock gainers and losers list includes 37% riser, Recon Technology (Nasdaq: RCON) and 32% gainer Raptor Pharmaceutical (Nasdaq: RPTP). On the downside, the list was led by losers Imperial Sugar (Nasdaq: IPSU), down 59%, and Cogo Group (Nasdaq: COGO), off by 38%. The full list of the day's stock gainers and losers follows here.

Stock Gainers and Losers

BIGGEST GAINERS

COMPANY	PERCENT CHANGE
Recon Technology, Ltd. (Nasdaq: RCON)	0.55 (36.66%)
Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp. (Nasdaq: RPTP)	1.18 (31.98%)
NuPathe Inc. (Nasdaq: PATH)	0.96 (24.62%)
TORM A/S (Nasdaq: TRMD)	0.66 (23.66%)
Marchex, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHX)	1.68 (21.40%)
Hallwood Group Inc. (AMEX: HWG)	2.66 (21.31%)
BG Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq: BGMD)	1.29 (18.78%)
Torch Energy Royalty Trust (NYSE: TRU)	0.30 (17.44%)
SPAR Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGRP)	0.20 (16.26%)
iPath Long Enhanced S&P 500 VIX (NYSEArca: VZZB)	4.93 (15.49%)
Web.com Group (Nasdaq: WWWW)	1.57 (15.14%)
Rosetta Stone (NYSE: RST)	1.82 (14.04%)
Argan, Inc. (AMEX: AGX)	1.39 (13.79%)
Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB)	3.22 (13.67%)
Anika Therapeutics (Nasdaq: ANIK)	0.81 (13.55%)
Sypris Solutions (Nasdaq: SYPR)	0.47 (13.54%)
Grand Canyon Education (Nasdaq: LOPE)	1.87 (13.09%)
Telecom Italia S.P.A. (NYSE: TI)	1.39 (12.60%)
Granite City Food And Brewery (Nasdaq: GCFB)	0.32 (12.45%)
Pacific Office Properties Trust (AMEX: PCE)	0.17 (12.41%)
China Marine Food (Nasdaq: CMFO)	0.33 (12.36%)
Alliance One Int’l (NYSE: AOI)	0.35 (11.59%)
Exceed Co. (NasdaqGS: EDS)	0.48 (11.27%)
North American Energy (NYSE: NOA)	0.58 (11.24%)
magicJack VocalTec (Nasdaq: CALL)	2.17 (11.10%)

BIGGEST LOSERS

COMPANY	PERCENT CHANGE
Imperial Sugar (Nasdaq: IPSU)	13.75 (59.29%)
Cogo Group (Nasdaq: COGO)	1.80 (38.46%)
Pacific Biosciences (Nasdaq: PACB)	3.40 (34.34%)
Mad Catz Interactive (AMEX: MCZ)	0.38 (34.21%)
Tegal Corporation (Nasdaq: TGAL)	1.12 (33.23%)
MIPS Technologies (Nasdaq: MIPS)	1.98 (32.46%)
CoreLogic (Nasdaq: CLGX)	4.43 (30.87%)
Broadwind Energy (Nasdaq: BWEN)	0.39 (29.10%)
Novatel Wireless (Nasdaq: NVTL)	1.32 (28.39%)
Brocade (Nasdaq: BRCD)	1.37 (28.02%)
WMS Industries (NYSE: WMS)	7.06 (27.93%)
ChinaEdu (Nasdaq: CEDU)	1.72 (27.13%)
Kingtone Wireless (Nasdaq: KONE)	0.40 (26.67%)
Tecumseh Prod. (NasdaqGS: TECUB)	2.34 (24.40%)
SeaBright Holdings (NYSE: SBX)	2.09 (24.22%)
Chindex International (Nasdaq: CHDX)	2.23 (21.48%)
Tecumseh Prod. (NasdaqGS: TECUA)	1.95 (21.20%)
NN, Inc. (Nasdaq: NNBR)	2.01 (20.98%)
Sandridge Energy (NYSE: SD)	1.97 (20.18%)
American Reprographics (NYSE: ARC)	1.12 (19.65%)
Penson Worldwide (Nasdaq: PNSN)	0.49 (18.77%)
Dolby Laboratories (NYSE: DLB)	6.78 (18.00%)
Crude Carriers (NYSE: CRU)	1.78 (17.61%)
Capital Product (Nasdaq: CPLP)	1.20 (17.29%)
Edgewater Tech. (Nasdaq: EDGW)	0.49 (17.25%)

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