Packaged Foods & Meats

Frontier Oil Corporation (NYSE: FTO) was upgraded by BofA/Merrill from "neutral" to "buy." FTO's shares closed at $22.42 on Friday. Frontier Oil's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $5.33 billion. Deutsche Bank upgraded St. Jude Medical Inc (NYSE: STJ) from "hold" to "buy." STJ's shares closed at $41...

J.P. Morgan is out with its report today on Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN), raising its PT from $15 to $22. In a note to clients, J.P. Morgan writes, "We are taking our estimates up for TSN (FY11 to $2.07 from $1.44, FY12 to $2.23 from $1.84) and our Dec 11 target price to $22 from $15. Clearly we were...

The Big Football Game is this Sunday, February 6, 2011, between the AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers against the NFC champion Green Bay Packers, held for the first time at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The event involves sports and fans and celebration, but beyond that, it involves money and...

Wells Fargo is out with its report today on Kellogg (NYSE: K), upgrading K from Market Perform to Outperform. In a note to clients, Wells Fargo writes, "We are upgrading shares of Kellogg to Outperform from Market Perform and are raising our 12-month valuation range to $58-60 from $51-53. We expect...

Piper Jaffray is out with its report today on Hain Celestial (NASDAQ: HAIN), raising its price target from $22.50 to $29. In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "Hain Celestial reported December quarter revenues of $292M, up 21% Y/Y; consensus was $274M. Non-GAAP EPS of $0.39 compared to the...

Patterson-UTI Energy Inc (NASDAQ: PTEN) was upgraded by Canaccord from "hold" to "buy." PTEN's shares closed at $25.14 yesterday. Patterson-UTI Energy's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $1.17 billion. Credit Suisse upgraded Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO) from "neutral" to "outperform.” TSO's shares...

Piper Jaffray has raised the price target on The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ: HAIN) from $22.50 to $29 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Analysts at Wells Fargo upgrade Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) from “market perform” to “outperform.” Kellogg shares climbed 4.29% to close at $52.52 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

What an exciting month January was for Sara Lee (SLE). To recap: Brazilian meat processor JBS SA's bid of $17.50/share is rejected by the board as too low. Rumors of a spinoff begin to surface, but private equity buyers begin to circle and JBS SA plans on increasing their offer. A short while later...

Cusick's Corner The VIX is down and trading 16.7 (see Index Trading) -- there's less fear in the marketplace than there was last week. Today's strong economic data and retail sales numbers overshadowed worries over events in Egypt. S&P 500 closed up on the day, nearer the day's highs with no...

Lincoln National Corporation's (LNC) fourth quarter operating earnings per share of 82 cents came in way behind the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 88 cents and 90 cents recorded in the prior-year quarter. Results were primarily impacted by a charge of $41 million or 13 cents per share arising from...

Lincoln National Corporation's (LNC) fourth quarter operating earnings per share of 82 cents came in way behind the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 88 cents and 90 cents recorded in the prior-year quarter. Results were primarily impacted by a charge of $41 million or 13 cents per share arising from...