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Stock Downgrades From 2011/12/02

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:

Regal-Beloit (RBC) has a market capitalization of $2.12Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “MKM Partners” from “Buy” to ”Neutral”. The stock price closed at $51.11 and has changed by -2.63% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.04, Price/Sales 0.80 and Price/Book 1.40. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 16.40% for next year and 13.81% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Regal-Beloit (Click to enlarge)
Celestica (CLS) has a market capitalization of $1.55Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Ticonderoga” from “Neutral” to ”Sell ($5)”. The stock price closed at $7.87 and has changed by -2.84% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.41, Price/Sales 0.21 and Price/Book 1.22. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 1.92% for next year and 10.32% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Celestica (Click to enlarge)
Franklin Resources (BEN) has a market capitalization of $21.40Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Ticonderoga” from “Buy” to ”Neutral”. The stock price closed at $98.44 and has changed by -0.76% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.42, Price/Sales 3.00 and Price/Book 2.51. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 12.69% for next year and 10.70% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Franklin Resources (Click to enlarge)
Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN) has a market capitalization of $886.43Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “KeyBanc Capital Mkts” from “Buy” to ”Hold”. The stock price closed at $19.22 and has changed by -0.83% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.02, Price/Sales 0.51 and Price/Book 1.74. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 17.70% for next year and 15.67% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Beacon Roofing Supply (Click to enlarge)

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BECN, BEN, CLS, RBC