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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Brokerage House Upgrades and Downgrades: (DIS), (CPX), (NUE), (SNSS), (LH)

Walt Disney (DIS) is currently being analyzed by the brokerage firm Caris & Company. They have just increased their rating from Above Average 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. Shares of DIS fell by 1.97% or $-0.65/share to $32.35. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $28.99 and as high as $44.34. On average, 15671800 shares of DIS exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 8251372.

Complete Production Services (CPX) recently had their rating changed from Accumulate to Neutral. Global Hunter Securities 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. The target price is currently set at $28 per share by the brokerage firm. Shares of CPX fell by 1.81% or $-0.515/share to $27.90. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $18.84 and as high as $42.62. On average, 2968270 shares of CPX exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 8159999.

Nucor (NUE) is currently being analyzed by the brokerage firm Dahlman Rose. They have just changed their rating from Hold 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 $47 per share by the brokerage firm. Shares of NUE traded higher by 0.93% or $0.32/share to $34.62. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $29.82 and as high as $49.24. On average, 4143160 shares of NUE exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 2518892.

Sunesis Pharma (SNSS) is currently being analyzed by the brokerage firm RBC Capital Mkts. They have just decreased their rating from Outperform to Sector Perform. This indicates that the company may not be doing as well as investors were expecting. Look for potential selling pressure or a downside move in the share price. The target price is currently set at $3 per share by the brokerage firm. Shares of SNSS fell by 5.76% or $-0.08/share to $1.31. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $0.30 and as high as $3.16. On average, 204492 shares of SNSS exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 91464.

RBC Capital Mkts, the brokerage firm, has recently changed the rating on Laboratory Corp (LH). They lowered the rating from Outperform to Sector Perform. 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 $84 per share by the brokerage firm. Shares of LH fell by 1.49% or $-1.2/share to $79.24. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $75.75 and as high as $100.94. On average, 1064030 shares of LH exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 615076.