Stock Downgrades From 2011/12/01

Daily Upgrades 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.

Downgrades:

Adobe Systems (ADBE) has a market capitalization of $13.32Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Brigantine” from “Hold” to ”Sell ($23)”. The stock price closed at $27.14 and has changed by -1.02% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.83, Price/Sales 3.27 and Price/Book 2.40. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 7.02% for next year and 11.17% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Adobe Systems (Click to enlarge)

Dreamworks Animation (DWA) has a market capitalization of $1.50Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Caris & Company” from “Above Average” to ”Average”. The stock price closed at $17.91 and has changed by -3.55% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.35, Price/Sales 1.96 and Price/Book 1.12. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 9.32% for next year and 2.06% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Dreamworks Animation (Click to enlarge)

Leapfrog (LF) has a market capitalization of $345.61Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Needham” from “Strong Buy” to ”Buy ($6)”. The stock price closed at $5.25 and has changed by -3.49% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 29.17, Price/Sales 0.80 and Price/Book 1.74. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 73.91% for next year and 15.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Leapfrog (Click to enlarge)

Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK) has a market capitalization of $944.76Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Wunderlich” from “Buy” to ”Hold ($28)”. The stock price closed at $27.56 and has changed by -2.79% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.44, Price/Sales 5.00 and Price/Book 2.32. The earnings per share is expected to grow by -32.73% for next year and 6.50% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Bank of the Ozarks (Click to enlarge)