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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Brokerage House Upgrades and Downgrades: (AFAM), (WXS), (EMC), (CLX), (BKI)

Almost Family (AFAM) is currently being analyzed by the brokerage firm Robert W. Baird. They have just increased their rating from Underperform to Neutral. 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 $21 per share by the brokerage firm. Shares of AFAM fell by 7.94% or $-1.74/share to $20.18. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $19.70 and as high as $40.76. On average, 123283 shares of AFAM exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 164911.

Wright Express (WXS) is currently being analyzed by the brokerage firm Morgan Keegan. They have just increased their rating from Mkt Perform 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 $58 per share by the brokerage firm. Shares of WXS fell by 2.05% or $-0.97/share to $46.24. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $31.09 and as high as $57.13. On average, 230005 shares of WXS exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 267446.

EMC (EMC) is currently being analyzed by the brokerage firm Collins Stewart. They have just increased their rating from Neutral to Buy. 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 $32 per share by the brokerage firm. Shares of EMC fell by 3.91% or $-1.02/share to $25.08. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $17.90 and as high as $28.73. On average, 17603200 shares of EMC exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 26652800.

Caris & Company, the brokerage firm, has recently decreased the rating on Clorox (CLX). They lowered the rating from Average to Below Average. The brokerage firm believes the company is on the downswing and there could be potential savings or capital preservation in selling the stock now. The target price is currently set at $60 per share by the brokerage firm. Shares of CLX fell by 1.17% or $-0.83/share to $70.29. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $60.56 and as high as $75.44. On average, 1638360 shares of CLX exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1181058.

Buckeye Tech (BKI) is currently being analyzed by the brokerage firm UBS. They have just changed their rating from Neutral to Buy. 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 $30 per share by the brokerage firm. Shares of BKI fell by 0.57% or $-0.14/share to $24.37. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $10.61 and as high as $29.45. On average, 402527 shares of BKI exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 536834.