Stock Upgrades From 2011/12/06

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.

Upgrades:

ACE Limited (ACE) has a market capitalization of $23.66Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Ticonderoga” from “Neutral” to ”Buy ($85)”. The stock price closed at $70.24 and has changed by 1.52% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.08, Price/Sales 1.41 and Price/Book 0.99. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 8.12% for next year and 10.43% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of ACE Limited (Click to enlarge)

Aastrom Biosciences (ASTM) has a market capitalization of $83.08Million. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “WBB Securities” from “Sell” to ”Hold ($2.5)”. The stock price closed at $2.15 and has changed by -0.46% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is -, Price/Sales 307.69 and Price/Book -. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 4.50% for next year and - for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Aastrom Biosciences (Click to enlarge)

Canadian Pacific (CP) has a market capitalization of $10.72Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Barclays Capital” from “Underweight” to ”Equal Weight ($67)”. The stock price closed at $63.20 and has changed by 0.60% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.52, Price/Sales 2.16 and Price/Book 2.09. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 32.20% for next year and 17.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Canadian Pacific (Click to enlarge)

Orbitz (OWW) has a market capitalization of $413.92Million. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “The Benchmark Company” from “Hold” to ”Buy ($5)”. The stock price closed at $3.99 and has changed by 13.68% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is -, Price/Sales 0.54 and Price/Book 1.98. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 70.00% for next year and 25.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Orbitz (Click to enlarge)

Texas Instruments (TXN) has a market capitalization of $34.76Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “JMP Securities” from “Mkt Perform” to ”Mkt Outperform ($36)”. The stock price closed at $30.42 and has changed by 0.63% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.68, Price/Sales 2.51 and Price/Book 3.16. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 4.57% for next year and 9.30% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Texas Instruments (Click to enlarge)