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Monday, July 18, 2011

Stock Upgrades and Downgrades: (AWI), (EQT), (EOG), (MAT), (ENTR)

Armstrong World Industries (AWI) recently had their rating changed from Buy to Hold. BB&T Capital Mkts is the brokerage firm which is currently analyzing this company and found it necessary to change their rating. This is usually a bearish sign for the stock, and this brokerage house may tell its clients to sell the stock. The share prices may fall because of this action. Analysts believe that the company's share price may begin to fall. Shares of AWI fell by 5.15% or $-2.28/share to $41.98. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $31.70 and as high as $54.58. On average, 233823 shares of AWI exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 312225.

EQT Corp. (EQT) is currently being analyzed by the brokerage firm Robert W. Baird. They have just changed their rating from Neutral to Outperform. This indicates that the company may doing doing better than investors expect. Look for potential buying pressure or an upside move in the share price. The target price is currently set at $66 per share by the brokerage firm. Shares of EQT traded higher by 2.22% or $1.275/share to $58.78. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $32.23 and as high as $58.49. On average, 1185840 shares of EQT exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 2275669.

EOG Resources (EOG) recently had their rating changed from Mkt Perform to Outperform. FBR Capital is the brokerage firm which is currently analyzing this company and found it necessary to change their rating. This is usually a bullish sign for the company's share price, as these brokerages begin to tell their clients to start buying the upgraded stock. The shares may see a continued uptrend because of this. Analysts believe that the company's share price may begin to improve. The target price is currently set at $130 per share by the brokerage firm. Shares of EOG traded higher by 0.15% or $0.155/share to $101.34. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $85.42 and as high as $121.44. On average, 2145500 shares of EOG exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 2227036.

Caris & Company, the brokerage firm, has recently changed the rating on Mattel (MAT). They upped the rating from Above Average to Buy. The brokerage firm believes the company may be on the upswing and there could be potential value in buying the stock. Shares of MAT fell by 1.76% or $-0.48/share to $26.81. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $20.57 and as high as $28.49. On average, 3616280 shares of MAT exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 4493586.

Entropic Comms (ENTR) recently had their rating changed from Buy to Sell. Stifel Nicolaus is the brokerage firm which is currently analyzing this company and found it necessary to change their rating. This is usually a bearish sign for the stock, and this brokerage house may tell its clients to sell the stock. The share prices may fall because of this action. Analysts believe that the company's share price may begin to fall. Shares of ENTR fell by 12.62% or $-1.08/share to $7.48. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $6.29 and as high as $13.96. On average, 2607450 shares of ENTR exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 10270669.