Wed March 11th 2009 daily stock tracking

Street - Upgrades, Dr. Pepper Snapple(DPS) $18, Duke Energy(DUK) $16, Con Edison(ED) $40, Kohl's(KSS) $40, Nucor(NUE) $38, Baidu(BIDU) $185, Hewlwtt-Packard(HPQ) $40, JetBlue(JBLU) $6.50, Motorola(MOT) $5, Morgan Stanley(MS) $27, Perrigo(PRGO) $28, Dick's Sporting Goods(DKS) $18, Kroger(KR) $28, Lowe's(LOW) $19, McDonald's(MCD) $64, Oracle(ORCL), Transocean(RIG) $98, United Technologies(UTX) $50. Possible small-cap multi-baggers of tomm, ATP Oil & Gas (ATPG) the market cap is now $115 million, with a current P/E of 1.3 and a forward P/E of 4. At the height of the oil boom, shares overshot to $50 a share; today they have undershot to $3 a share. Horsehead Holding (ZINC) is cheap by all standards of value. The company has a net cash position of more than $120 million against a market cap of $138 million. Like all things commodity-related, it's priced as if there will never again be demand for its products. But zinc is an essential component of tires, plastics, paints and pharmaceutical products. Cramer - Treehouse Brands(THS), Taiwan Semiconductor(TSM), bullish on Dominion Resources (D) and Edison International (EIX).
TheStockAdvisors - General Electric(GE) has a strong balance sheet, a strong cash position, a very diversified portfolio, and a long history of surviving crisis. GE is a big player in infrastructure, energy, aviation and medical technology - and at current prices, we'd argue that investors get a chunk of all those concentrations for practically nothing. Windstream(WIN) rural communications leader Windstream Corp's hefty yield is squarely backed by a strong business that’s proving its worth under the toughest conditions. The company stands to gain from federal spending under President Obama’s stimulus package. The upshot is one of the safest 12% yields around, along with the potential for strong appreciation as the market’s current risk premium on the share price unwinds. Buy Windstream Corp. -- which I also consider a potential takeover target -- up to 10. For those looking to trade the energy sector, we are recommending positions in Direxion 3X Energy Bull ETF (ERX) and Transocean (RIG).
InvestmentU - The best play for investing in crude oil. Brazil’s state-controlled oil company, Petrobras (NYSE), it’s a wise investment in my opinion.
Zacks - Yum! Brands (YUM) has outpaced the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq over the past year. Analysts see future earnings growth for YUM, which topped the consensus estimate by an average of 5.4% over the past 4 consecutive quarters. MasTec Inc. (MTZ) reported record revenue in 2008 and expects to see gains from the economic stimulus plan. The company has surprised the last 4 quarters by an average of 17.06%.
IBD - HMS Holdings (HMSY), the company provides cost containment, revenue recovery and other services to government health care programs.