Analyst upgrades 2-26-07: Raise your glass to Coca-Cola

Posted Feb 26th 2007 11:50AM by Kevin Shult
Filed under: Before the Bell, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Good news, Coca-Cola (KO), Penney (J.C.) (JCP), Research in Motion (RIMM), Oracle Corp (ORCL), Merck and Co (MRK)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: The Coca-Cola Co (KO), Merck & Co (MRK) and National Semiconductor (NSM) were some of today's more notable upgrades:

The Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO) was upgraded to Buy from Hold with a $57 target at Deutsche Bank based on valuation.

Merck & Co (NYSE: MRK) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Citigroup to reflect the firm's bullish outlook for the company's diabetes drug, Januvia. Citigroup believes the drug will help drive above-consensus earnings following its recent diabetes survey.

National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) was upgraded to Strong Buy from Market Perform at Raymond James.

OTHER UPGRADES:

Robert W. Baird upgraded shares of Comverse Technology (NASDAQ: CMVT) to Outperform from Neutral based on valuation and potential catalysts that include a possible break-up of the company.

RBC upgraded Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) to Outperform from Sector Perform with a $180 target, as checks indicate shipment and sub-momentum from the company's product cycle will be significantly greater than anticipated.

Kellogg (NYSE: K) was added to Lehman Brothers' Favorites List.

Stanford upgraded Brooks Automation (NASDAQ: BRKS) to Buy from Hold with a $20 target on improved industry conditions, cash generation and valuation.

Cowen added Ericsson Telephone Co (NASDAQ: ERIC) and Oracle Corp (NASDAQ: ORCL) to its Focus List.

Matrix USA upgraded J.C. Penney Co Inc (NYSE: JCP) to Strong buy from Buy with an intrinsic value of $115.

Wedbush upgraded LSI Logic Corp (NYSE: LSI) to Buy from Hold with a $13 target.

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2-26-2007 @ 12:37PM

Rikk said...

J.C. Penney's latest upgrade going forward is OVER-RATED!!! The co. hasnn't achieve any status of Kohl's nor Federated. Anything from sales, to the latest fashion.. Once again, the analyst most likely doesn't OWN any of the stock!!!