Wednesday, July 03, 2013

Morning Coffee Pre-Market Wall Street News

World Market Fall. U.S. stock futures along with Asian and European markets are all lower after a landslide of bad news. Wall Street traders are watching closely as Egypt falls into chaos, sending oil prices higher. China reported a tepid services PMI and both Greece and Portugal are back in the spotlight again bring back worries of the EU debt crisis.  

Upgrades:

AutoNation (AN): Credit Suisse raised their rating from Neutral to Outperform and raised their target price from $50.00 to $53.00.

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG): Argus raised their rating from Hold to Buy and placed a target price of $430.00 on the company. Pre-market: 375.60 +4.07 (1.10%)

Copart (CPRT): Barrington raised their rating from Market Perform to Outperform and raised their target price from $36.00 to $40.00.

Daimler AG (DDAIF): JPMorgan raised their rating from Neutral to Overweight.

Leap Wireless (LEAP): Macquarie raised their rating from Underperform to Neutral. Pre-market: 6.77 +0.08 (1.20%)

Downgrades:

Adidas (ADDYY): Deutsche Bank lowered their rating from Buy to Hold.

Alcoa (AA): JPMorgan lowered their rating from Overweight to Neutral and placed a target price of $9.00 on the company. Pre-market: 7.64 -0.16 (-2.05%)

Overstock.com (OSTK): BofA Merrill Lynch lowered their rating from Buy to Underperform and lowered their target price from $23.00 to $20.00. Pre-market: 28.60 -1.25 (-4.19%)

Coverage Initiated:

Best Buy (BBY): Goldman Sachs initiated coverage with a Buy rating and target price of $34.00. Pre-market: 28.76 +0.07 (0.24%)

Cintas (CTAS): RBC Capital initiated coverage with an Outperform rating and target price of $52.00.

Ecolab (ECL): RBC Capital initiated coverage with an Outperform rating and target price of $97.00.

Earning Reports:

Intl Speedway (ISCA): Reported EPS of $0.51 beating estimates by +$0.01. Pre-market: 32.66 +0.15 (0.46%)

Markets: 
Futures at 7:35: Dow -0.47%. S&P -0.37%. Nasdaq -0.35%. Crude +2.15% to $101.75. Gold +0.35% to $1247.70. U.S. 10 Year +3/32 2.467%

Europe: London -1.64%. Paris -1.65%. Frankfurt -1.70%. 


Asia, Japan -0.31% to 14056. Hong Kong -2.48% to 20147. China -0.61% to 1994. India -1.47% to 19195. 

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