Ronnie Moas

Standpoint Research has downgraded shares of Pharmaceutical Product Development (NASDAQ: PPDI) from Buy to Hold. According to Standpoint analyst Ronnie Moas, the stock is now fairly valued at 26x trailing 12 months earnings and 19x forward earnings. The company reported strong earnings last week...

Standpoint Research has downgraded shares of DELL Inc. (NYSE: DELL) from BUY to HOLD this morning. DELL shares hit an 18-month high on Friday. Standpoint analyst Ronnie Moas wrote that the company is now fairly valued at 11x peak earnings from 2006 and 16x trailing twelve months earnings and 12x...

Standpoint Research has just upgraded shares of Walgreen Company (NYSE: WAG) from Hold to Buy with a price target of $44. The firm had previously downgraded WAG on April 30, 2009 to Hold. Standpoint analyst, Ronnie Moas, wrote in a client note that with the low-beta shares under-performing the S...

Standpoint Research initiated coverage on Hudson City Bancorp (NASDAQ: HCBK) with a Buy rating and $18 price target today. According to Standpoint analyst, Ronnie Moas, Hudson City (HCBK) is a less volatile way to play the financial sector. He wrote, "HCBK is a conservatively run bank with solid...

Analyst Ronnie Moas of Standpoint Research downgrades Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) from "buy" to "hold." According to Standpoint Research, TM’s shares, which were trading at $91.97 intra-day on January 19, 2010, crashed to $71.00 soon after news of the recall leaked out. “TM has handled the crisis...

Standpoint Research reiterated their Buy rating on shares of Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) and raised the price target from $16 to $18. The stock is 0.71% higher to $12.73 during the current trading session. Sara Lee Corporation (SLE) is a global manufacturer and marketer of brand-name products for...

Ronnie Moas at Standpoint Research initiated coverage of small cap name, City Holding Co. (NASDAQ: CHCO) with a Buy rating today. He has a 2011-2012 price target on the stock of $40. The shares are currently trading at $30.78. The company has a dividend yield of 4.4%. According to Google Finance...

Standpoint Research upgraded Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ: CHKP) from Hold to Buy today. According to Standpoint analyst, Ronnie Moas, the stock is trading at 13x his 2011 earnings estimates. Standpoint is becoming moderately more bullish as valuations fall during the sell off. Check...

On Monday morning, Ronnie Moas of Standpoint Research upgraded shares of Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) from Hold to Buy with a price target of $80. He acknowledged that competition in the smartphone space is intensifying, but said that he felt as if these worries were already priced into the...