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Stock Upgrades From 2011/11/30

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:

Accretive Health (AH) has a market capitalization of $2.27Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Oppenheimer” from “Perform” to ”Outperform ($31)”. The stock price closed at $23.08 and has changed by 9.38% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 109.90, Price/Sales 3.08 and Price/Book 10.89. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 62.79% for next year and 29.60% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Accretive Health (Click to enlarge)

Apt Inv & Mgt (AIV) has a market capitalization of $2.63Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “UBS” from “Sell” to ”Neutral ($21)”. The stock price closed at $21.78 and has changed by 7.34% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is -, Price/Sales 2.33 and Price/Book 2.74. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 23.60% for next year and 8.17% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Apt Inv & Mgt (Click to enlarge)

Anadarko Petro (APC) has a market capitalization of $40.47Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Barclays Capital” from “Equal Weight” to ”Overweight ($104)”. The stock price closed at $81.27 and has changed by 5.88% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is -, Price/Sales 3.16 and Price/Book 2.17. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 9.32% for next year and 16.64% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Anadarko Petro (Click to enlarge)

Cameron (CAM) has a market capitalization of $13.24Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “HSBC Securities” from “Neutral” to ”Overweight ($63)”. The stock price closed at $53.99 and has changed by 8.46% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 22.97, Price/Sales 1.97 and Price/Book 2.87. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 37.08% for next year and 20.70% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Cameron (Click to enlarge)

Cenovus Energy (CVE) has a market capitalization of $25.16Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Barclays Capital” from “Equal Weight” to ”Overweight ($42)”. The stock price closed at $33.39 and has changed by 9.30% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.61, Price/Sales 1.81 and Price/Book 2.78. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 33.50% for next year and 21.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Cenovus Energy (Click to enlarge)

Leap Wireless (LEAP) has a market capitalization of $713.90Million. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “RBC Capital Mkts” from “Sector Perform” to ”Outperform ($11)”. The stock price closed at $9.07 and has changed by 16.13% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is -, Price/Sales 0.24 and Price/Book 1.03. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 33.90% for next year and 3.33% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Leap Wireless (Click to enlarge)

Nexen (NXY) has a market capitalization of $8.75Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Barclays Capital” from “Equal Weight” to ”Overweight ($21)”. The stock price closed at $16.57 and has changed by 7.18% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.79, Price/Sales 1.44 and Price/Book 1.08. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 36.10% for next year and 16.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Nexen (Click to enlarge)

OM Group (OMG) has a market capitalization of $735.28Million. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “KeyBanc Capital Mkts” from “Hold” to ”Buy ($30)”. The stock price closed at $22.75 and has changed by 9.64% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 56.88, Price/Sales 0.54 and Price/Book 0.59. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 0.86% for next year and 10.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of OM Group (Click to enlarge)

Orion Marine (ORN) has a market capitalization of $162.99Million. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “BB&T Capital Mkts” from “Hold” to ”Buy”. The stock price closed at $6.01 and has changed by 10.48% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is -, Price/Sales 0.55 and Price/Book 0.69. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 65.20% for next year and 14.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Orion Marine (Click to enlarge)

SL Green Rlty (SLG) has a market capitalization of $5.67Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “JMP Securities” from “Mkt Perform” to ”Mkt Outperform ($77)”. The stock price closed at $65.84 and has changed by 8.59% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.56, Price/Sales 4.70 and Price/Book 0.94. The earnings per share is expected to grow by -52.50% for next year and 0.87% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of SL Green Rlty (Click to enlarge)

Zoltek (ZOLT) has a market capitalization of $282.18Million. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “DA Davidson” from “Neutral” to ”Buy ($10)”. The stock price closed at $8.21 and has changed by 43.28% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is -, Price/Sales 2.02 and Price/Book 0.94. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 142.30% for next year and 15.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Zoltek (Click to enlarge)

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