Today's Stock Upgrades From 2011/11/28

Daily Upgrades And Downgrades (Brokerage Up- And Downgrades). Upgrades and downgrades are positive (negative) changes in the rating of a security. An upgrade is usually triggered by a steady improvement in the fundamentals and financials of the entity that has issued the security. Downgrade ratings are vice versa. Changes in the analyst rating could hit the company’s stock price significantly. Watch out the current rating decisions. Here is a current list of recent company upgrades and downgrades by brokerage firms for investors.

Upgrades:

BRE Properties (BRE) has a market capitalization of $3.42Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “RBC Capital Mkts” from “Sector Perform” to ”Outperform ($55)”. The stock price closed at $46.35 and has changed by 2.03% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 197.52, Price/Sales 9.25 and Price/Book 2.14. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 18.48% for next year and 6.94% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of BRE Properties (Click to enlarge)

Salesforce.com (CRM) has a market capitalization of $14.20Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Needham” from “Hold” to ”Buy ($125)”. The stock price closed at $109.86 and has changed by 4.70% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 5246.50, Price/Sales 6.79 and Price/Book 9.50. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 23.66% for next year and 26.44% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Salesforce.com (Click to enlarge)

Fluor (FLR) has a market capitalization of $8.40Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Robert W. Baird” from “Neutral” to ”Outperform ($70)”. The stock price closed at $52.22 and has changed by 5.47% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.72, Price/Sales 0.38 and Price/Book 2.55. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 12.76% for next year and 12.88% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Fluor (Click to enlarge)

Fossil (FOSL) has a market capitalization of $5.09Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “The Benchmark Company” from “Hold” to ”Buy ($115)”. The stock price closed at $86.45 and has changed by 6.39% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.30, Price/Sales 2.09 and Price/Book 4.84. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 22.57% for next year and 17.63% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Fossil (Click to enlarge)

T. Rowe Price (TROW) has a market capitalization of $12.53Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Ticonderoga” from “Neutral” to ”Buy ($57)”. The stock price closed at $52.60 and has changed by 6.03% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.05, Price/Sales 4.60 and Price/Book 3.84. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 5.90% for next year and 12.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of T. Rowe Price (Click to enlarge)

Wynn Resorts (WYNN) has a market capitalization of $13.37Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “KeyBanc Capital Mkts” from “Hold” to ”Buy ($145)”. The stock price closed at $114.35 and has changed by 6.85% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 25.00, Price/Sales 2.59 and Price/Book 5.20. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 16.10% for next year and 37.88% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Wynn Resorts (Click to enlarge)