Analyst Actions: eToys, Sun Microsystems, Caterpillar, Abbott Laboratories
This morning eToys' (ETYS) rating was cut to market perform from market outperform at Goldman Sachs and to sell from accumulate at ABN Amro.
Upgrades
Abbott Laboratories
(ABT) - Get Abbott Laboratories Report
: UP to buy from outperform at
Salomon Smith Barney
.
Lincare
(LNCR)
: price target UP to $70 from $47 at
Credit Suisse First Boston
.
Tenet Healthcare
(THC) - Get Tenet Healthcare Corporation Report
: UP to strong buy from buy at CSFB.
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Downgrades
Caterpillar
(CAT) - Get Caterpillar Inc. Report
: DOWN to market perform from market outperform at Goldman Sachs.
MetLife
(MET) - Get MetLife, Inc. Report
: DOWN to market perform from buy at
Banc of America
.
Sun Microsystems
(SUNW) - Get Sunworks, Inc. Report
: DOWN to accumulate from strong buy at
Prudential
.
Merrill Lynch
also lowered its intermediate-term rating on Sun to accumulate from buy.
