Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette
upgraded
CSX
(CSX) - Get Report
to buy from market performer but cut its 2000 EPS view on the stock to $1.45 from $2.35 citing fuel prices and other issues.
Upgrades
Analog Devices
(ADI) - Get Report
: price target UP to 130 from 120 at
Thomas Weisel
Coldwater Creek
(CWTR)
: UP to strong buy from buy at
Banc of America
.
Gucci
(GUC)
: price target UP to 115 at
Goldman Sachs
; 2000 EPS view up by 3% and 2001 EPS view up by 6%.
Lycos
(LCOS)
: UP to strong buy from buy at
Chase H&Q
, which also added the company to its focus list.
Downgrades
American Home Products
(AHP)
: DOWN to buy from strong buy at
Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown
.
H.B. Fuller
(FULL)
to neutral
IDX Systems
(IDXC)
: DOWN to neutral from buy at U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray.
PaineWebber
(PWJ)
: 2000 EPS view DOWN to $3.90 from $4.35 and 2001 EPS view down to $4.45 from $4.85 at
Merrill Lynch
.
Seagate Technology
(SEG)
: DOWN to hold from buy at ING Barings.
Initiations
Cypress Semiconductor
(CY) - Get Report
: NEW buy at
Lehman Brothers
; price target: 65.
GATX
(GMT)
: NEW buy at
Credit Suisse First Boston
; price target: 50.
Kana Communications
(KANA)
: NEW buy at Banc of America.
ViroLogic
(VLGC)
: NEW strong buy at
ING Barings
; price target : 28.
