Monday, October 11, 2010

RFMD, TQNT: Needham Downgrades Both To Hold From Buy

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Barclays Capital analyst James Ratcliffe this morning cut his rating on Dish Network (DISH) to Equal Weight from Overweight, while maintaining his $22 price target on the stock, which closed Friday at $19.43. “While DISH shares are inexpensive (3.4x estimated 2011 EBITDA, 7.8x estimates 2011 free cash flow), that’s not enough [...] Go to Source [...]

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Earnings from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are on deck next week. And they could kick off a bumpy earnings season for semiconductors. Go to Source @import ‘http://heyzap.com/elightbox/lightbox.external.css’; var heyzap_link = new Heyzap(‘heyzap_games’, {“embed_key”: “d673fbb81e”}); Play games on Finance Blog

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Auriga USA analyst Mark Bachman this morning cut his rating on Solarfun (SOLF) to Hold from Buy. “While the stock has been recently bouncing up against our $13 price target, we are now more concerned about a margin miss on the Q3 conference call,” he writes in a research note. Bachman notes [...] Go to [...]

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Citigroup analyst Jim Suva this morning cut his rating on Motorola (MOT) to Hold from Buy, noting that the stock has rallied 32% since July, with an 11% gain for the year to date, outperforming the S&P over both periods. “We recognize the ever-increasing competitive Android market with Samsung, LG and [...] Go to Source [...]

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Stifel Nicolaus analyst Christopher King this morning cut his rating on CenturyLink (CTL) to Hold from Buy on a valuation basis. He notes that the stock at yesterday’s close of $40.26 topped his $38 price target. “While much of the recent run-up in CTL shares and other telecom services names has [...] Go to Source [...]

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Credit Suisse semiconductor analyst John Pitzer made a pair of ratings moves, upgrading Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM), while downgrading ON Semiconductor (ONNN). Maxim: Pitzer raises his rating to Outperform from Neutral, while lifting his target on the stock to $23, from $20. The thesis is a bit complicated: he notes that [...] Go to Source [...]

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Cognex (CGNX) shares are trading lower this morning after Piper Jaffray analyst Auguste Richard cut his rating on the stock to Neutral from Overweight. “Cognex’s shares have had a strong run on the backs of a number of recent catalysts,” Richard writes in a research note. “The company reported a strong [...] Go to Source [...]

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F5 Networks (FFIV) shares are trading lower this morning after Gleacher & Co. analyst Brian Marshall asserted in a research note that a near-term acquisition of the company is not likely. He cut his rating on the stock to Neutral from Buy, asserting that the shares are “fully valued at [...] Go to Source @import [...]

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Morgan Stanley analyst Mark Lipacis this morning cut his ratings on both Altera (ALTR) and Xilinx (XLNX) to Underweight from Equal Weight. The analyst said a recent trip to Asia lead him to see a “risk of decelerating orders,”with slower growth of 3G subscribers in China, among other factors. He cut [...] Go to Source [...]

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Janney Capital analyst Sasa Zorovic this morning cut his rating on Microsoft (MSFT) to Neutral from Buy, while trimming his price target on the shares to $28, from $30. “A series of stumbles in mobile has lead the company to a position where, in our view, it is becoming quite difficult [...] Go to Source [...]


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