Today's Stock Upgrades 2011/12/05 (BWP, CMCSA, DENN, IMAX, OMER, PPO, TLEO, TWC, UAL)

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:

Boardwalk Pipeline (BWP) has a market capitalization of $5.25Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Morgan Keegan” from “Mkt Perform” to ”Outperform”. The stock price closed at $27.22 and has changed by 2.87% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 24.73, Price/Sales 4.59 and Price/Book 1.62. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 8.27% for next year and 3.22% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Boardwalk Pipeline (Click to enlarge)

Comcast (CMCSA) has a market capitalization of $63.65Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Stifel Nicolaus” from “Hold” to ”Buy ($32)”. The stock price closed at $23.13 and has changed by -0.98% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.69, Price/Sales 1.26 and Price/Book 1.36. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 21.71% for next year and 13.86% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Comcast (Click to enlarge)

Denny's (DENN) has a market capitalization of $339.19Million. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Feltl & Co.” from “Buy” to ”Strong Buy ($5)”. The stock price closed at $3.62 and has changed by 2.84% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.30, Price/Sales 0.62 and Price/Book -. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 25.81% for next year and 19.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Denny's (Click to enlarge)

IMAX (IMAX) has a market capitalization of $1.25Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Stifel Nicolaus” from “Hold” to ”Buy ($25)”. The stock price closed at $21.53 and has changed by 11.73% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.72, Price/Sales 5.21 and Price/Book 6.88. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 151.22% for next year and 28.75% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of IMAX (Click to enlarge)

Omeros (OMER) has a market capitalization of $87.87Million. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Rodman & Renshaw” from “Mkt Perform” to ”Mkt Outperform ($13)”. The stock price closed at $4.09 and has changed by 4.07% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is -, Price/Sales 20.15 and Price/Book 21.83. The earnings per share is expected to grow by -10.80% for next year and - for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Omeros (Click to enlarge)

Polypore Intl (PPO) has a market capitalization of $2.28Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “BB&T Capital Mkts” from “Hold” to ”Buy ($70)”. The stock price closed at $50.06 and has changed by 2.10% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 23.80, Price/Sales 3.07 and Price/Book 4.92. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 26.07% for next year and 16.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Polypore Intl (Click to enlarge)

Taleo (TLEO) has a market capitalization of $1.37Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “BMO Capital Markets” from “Market Perform” to ”Outperform ($40)”. The stock price closed at $40.74 and has changed by 23.60% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is -, Price/Sales 4.69 and Price/Book 3.65. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 9.71% for next year and 40.45% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Taleo (Click to enlarge)

Time Warner Cable (TWC) has a market capitalization of $20.36Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Stifel Nicolaus” from “Hold” to ”Buy ($80)”. The stock price closed at $62.50 and has changed by -2.04% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.80, Price/Sales 1.04 and Price/Book 2.68. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 21.62% for next year and 15.26% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Time Warner Cable (Click to enlarge)

United Continental (UAL) has a market capitalization of $6.36Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Ticonderoga” from “Neutral” to ”Buy ($33)”. The stock price closed at $ and has changed by compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.47, Price/Sales 0.17 and Price/Book 2.76. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 43.78% for next year and 3.00% for the upcoming 5 years.