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The following companies have scheduled their company earnings to be released today, Wednesday, March 07, 2012.

• Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (NASDAQ:ACHC) — After Market Closes

  Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. develops and operates a network of behavioral health facilities. It provides premier psychiatric and chemical dependency services to its patients in a variety of settings, including inpatient psychiatric hospitals etc.

• Advocat Inc (NASDAQ:AVCA) — After Market Closes

  Advocat Inc. provides long-term care services to nursing home patients in eight states, mainly in the Southeast and Southwest United States. Its centers provide a range of health care services to their patients and residents.

• American Eagle Outfitters Inc (NYSE:AEO) — Before Market Opens

  American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. is a retailer that designs, markets and sells its own brand of high quality, on-trend clothing, accessories and personal care products at affordable prices while targeting 15 to 25 year-old customers.

• Brown Shoe Co Inc (NYSE:BWS) — Before Market Opens

  Brown Shoe Company, Inc. is a footwear retailer and wholesaler, which provides an offering of licensed, branded and private-label casual, dress and athletic footwear products to women, men and children.

• Canadian Solar Inc (NASDAQ:CSIQ)

  Canadian Solar, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and sells solar cell and solar module products that convert sunlight into electricity.

• Children’s Place Retail Stores Inc (NASDAQ:PLCE)

  Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. is a specialty retailer of children’s apparel and accessories, ages newborn to 14 years old..

• China Lodging Group Ltd (NASDAQ:HTHT) — After Market Closes

  China Lodging Group, Limited is an economy hotel chain in China and mainly utilizes a lease-and-operate model, under which the company directly operates hotels that are typically located in prime locations of selected cities.

• Ciena Corp (NASDAQ:CIEN) — Before Market Opens

  Ciena Corporation is a provider of communications networking equipment, software and services that support the transport, switching, aggregation and management of voice, video and data traffic.

• Coldwater Creek Inc (NASDAQ:CWTR) — After Market Closes

  Coldwater Creek is a specialty retailer of women’s apparel, accessories, jewelry and gift items sold under the ‘Coldwater Creek’ brand.

• Compass Diversified Holdings (NYSE:CODI) — After Market Closes

  The company acquires controlling interests in businesses that operate in industries with long-term macroeconomic growth opportunities and that have positive and stable cash flows and face minimal threats of technological or competitive obsolescence.

• CPI Aerostructures Inc (AMEX:CVU) — Before Market Opens

  CPI Aerostructures, Inc. is engaged in the contract production of structural aircraft parts mainly for the U.S. Air Force and other branches of the U.S. armed forces, either as a main contractor or as a subcontractor for other defense main contractors.

• Express Inc (NYSE:EXPR) — Before Market Opens

  Express, Inc. is a specialty apparel and accessories retailer of women’s and men’s merchandise, targeting the 20 to 30 year old customer. Express merchandise is sold through the Company’s retail stores and website.

• Flotek Industries Inc (NYSE:FTK) — After Market Closes

  Flotek Industries, Inc. is a global supplier of drilling and production related products and services to the oil and gas industry.

• H and R Block Inc (NYSE:HRB) — After Market Closes

  H&R Block, Inc. through its subsidiaries, provide tax preparation, retail banking, accounting and various business advisory and consulting services.

• Hovnanian Enterprises Inc (NYSE:HOV) — Before Market Opens

  Hovnanian Enterprises Inc designs, constructs, markets and sells single-family detached homes, attached townhomes and condominiums, mid-rise and high-rise condominiums, urban infill and active adult homes in planned residential developments.

• Information Services Group Inc (NASDAQ:III) — After Market Closes

  Information Services Group, Inc. is engaged in the assessment, evaluation, negotiation and management of service contracts related to outsourcing, insourcing, offshoring, and shared services.

• Jamba Inc (NASDAQ:JMBA)

  Jamba, Inc. operates as a retailer of blended-to-order fruit smoothies, squeezed-to-order juices, blended beverages and snacks.

• Kopin Corp (NASDAQ:KOPN) — Before Market Opens

  Kopin Corp. is a developer and manufacturer of III-V products and miniature flat panel displays.

• Lincoln Educational Services Corp (NASDAQ:LINC) — Before Market Opens

  Lincoln Educational Services Corporation is a provider of career-oriented post-secondary education as measured by total enrollment.

• Mannatech Inc (NASDAQ:MTEX) — After Market Closes

  Mannatech, Inc. develops, markets, and sells proprietary nutritional supplements, skin care and topical products, and weight-management products.

• Men’s Wearhouse Inc (NYSE:MW) — After Market Closes

  Men’s Wearhouse is a retailer of men’s suits and a provider of tuxedo rental product in the United States and Canada.

• MModal Inc (NASDAQ:MODL) — After Market Closes

  MModal Inc a provider of outsourced business services to healthcare companies, including hospitals & medical practices, in the US. Services include dictation, transcription, document management, management analytics, accounts receivable etc.

• Nanophase Technologies Corp (NASDAQ:NANX) — 4:00 PM

  Nanophase Technologies Corporation is engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of engineered nanomaterial products in North America, Europe and Asia.

• New Mountain Finance Corp (NYSE:NMFC) — After Market Closes

  New Mountain Finance Corporation will be a holding company with no direct operations of its own, and its only business and sole asset will be its ownership of common membership units of the Operating Company, the operating company for its business.

• Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:OPTR) — After Market Closes

  Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing anti-infective products.

• Pall Corp (NYSE:PLL) — After Market Closes

  Pall Corporation supplies filtration, separation and purification technologies, using its fluid clarification and separations equipment for the removal of solid, liquid and gaseous contaminants from a wide variety of liquids and gases.

• Resource Capital Corp (NYSE:RSO) — After Market Closes

  Resource Capital Corporation is a specialty finance company that focuses mainly on commercial real estate and commercial finance.

• Semtech Corp (NASDAQ:SMTC) — After Market Closes

  Semtech Corporation designs, produces and market a range of products that are sold mainly into applications within the high-end consumer, industrial, computing and communications end-markets.

• Sequenom Inc (NASDAQ:SQNM) — After Market Closes

  Sequenom, Inc. is a diagnostic testing and genetics analysis company committed to providing products, services, diagnostic testing, applications and genetic analysis products.

• Simcere Pharmaceutical Group (NYSE:SCR) — Before Market Opens

  Simcere Pharmaceutical Group is engaged in the research, development, manufacture and distribution of pharmaceutical products in the People’s Republic of China.

• SMTC Corp (NASDAQ:SMTX)

  SMTC Corporation provides electronics manufacturing services, including product design and sustaining engineering services, printed circuit board assembly, production, enclosure fabrication, systems integration and comprehensive testing services.

• Speedway Motorsports Inc (NYSE:TRK) — Before Market Opens

  Speedway Motorsports, Inc. is a promoter, marketer and sponsor of motorsports activities in the United States.

• Standard Parking Corp (NASDAQ:STAN) — After Market Closes

  Standard Parking Corporation is a provider of on-site management services at multi level and surface parking facilities for markets of the parking industry.

• Stewart Enterprises Inc (NASDAQ:STEI) — After Market Closes

  Stewart Enterprises, Inc. is a provider of funeral and cemetery products and services in the death care industry in the United States.

• Superconductor Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:SCON) — Before Market Opens

  Superconductor Technologies Inc. is engaged in the development and production of high temperature superconducting (HTS) materials and associated technologies.

• Union Drilling Inc (NASDAQ:UDRL) — After Market Closes

  Union Drilling, Inc. provides contract land drilling services and equipment, mainly to natural gas producers in the United States.

• UniTek Global Services Inc (NASDAQ:UNTK) — After Market Closes

  UniTek Global Services, Inc. provides permanently outsourced infrastructure services, including engineering, construction management, and installation fulfillment services to companies in the telecommunications, broadband cable, wireless etc.

• Verso Paper Corp (NYSE:VRS) — Before Market Opens

  The Company is a North American supplier of coated papers to catalog and magazine publishers.

The following companies has recently had stock analysts initiate, upgrade or downgrade coverage on them. The analysis is detailed below.

Upgraded Coverage

• American Campus Communities(ACC)
  Morgan Keegan has upgraded their rating
  from: Mkt Perform – to – Outperform (Target Price: $48.00)

• Concho Resources(CXO)
  RBC Capital Mkts has upgraded their rating
  from: Sector Perform – to – Outperform (Target Price: $126.00)
• VOC Energy Trust(VOC)
  Oppenheimer has upgraded their rating
  from: Perform – to – Outperform (Target Price: $25.00)
• PF Chang’s(PFCB)
  Miller Tabak has upgraded their rating
  from: Hold – to – Buy (Target Price: $38.00)
• National Retail Properties(NNN)
  Morgan Keegan has upgraded their rating
  from: Mkt Perform – to – Outperform (Target Price: $30.00)
• Kite Realty(KRG)
  Morgan Keegan has upgraded their rating
  from: Mkt Perform – to – Outperform
• IRobot(IRBT)
  Brigantine has upgraded their rating
  from: Hold – to – Buy (Target Price: $33.00)
• Gardner Denver(GDI)
  MKM Partners has upgraded their rating
  from: Neutral – to – Buy (Target Price: $93.00)
• Frontline(FRO)
  Dahlman Rose has upgraded their rating
  from: Sell – to – Hold
• Centerstate Banks of Florida(CSFL)
  Wunderlich has upgraded their rating
  from: Hold – to – Buy (Target Price: $9.00)
• American Eagle(AEO)
  Janney Mntgmy Scott has upgraded their rating
  from: Neutral – to – Buy (Target Price: $20.00)

Downgraded Coverage

• Union Pacific(UNP)
  Stifel Nicolaus has downgraded their rating
  from: Buy – to – Hold (Target Price: $113.00)

• Acme Packet(APKT)
  Deutsche Bank has downgraded their rating
  from: Buy – to – Hold (Target Price: $30.00)
• Education Mgmt(EDMC)
  Barclays Capital has downgraded their rating
  from: Overweight – to – Equal Weight (Target Price: $22.00)
• HEICO(HEI)
  RBC Capital Mkts has downgraded their rating
  from: Outperform – to – Sector Perform (Target Price: $62.00)
• ICON plc(ICLR)
  Deutsche Bank has downgraded their rating
  from: Buy – to – Hold (Target Price: $18.50)
• Lockheed Martin(LMT)
  RBC Capital Mkts has downgraded their rating
  from: Sector Perform – to – Underperform (Target Price: $80.00)
• SAP AG(SAP)
  Ticonderoga has downgraded their rating
  from: Neutral – to – Sell (Target Price: $46.00)
• Powerwave(PWAV)
  Brigantine has downgraded their rating
  from: Buy – to – Hold
• Andersons(ANDE)
  BB&T Capital Mkts has downgraded their rating
  from: Buy – to – Hold
• AvalonBay(AVB)
  Morgan Keegan has downgraded their rating
  from: Outperform – to – Mkt Perform (Target Price: $135.00)
• Clearwire(CLWR)
  Kaufman Bros has downgraded their rating
  from: Buy – to – Hold (Target Price: $2.00)
• Compass Minerals Intl(CMP)
  Ticonderoga has downgraded their rating
  from: Buy – to – Neutral
• Government Properties Income Trust(GOV)
  Morgan Keegan has downgraded their rating
  from: Outperform – to – Mkt Perform (Target Price: $25.00)
• Heartland Express(HTLD)
  Morgan Keegan has downgraded their rating
  from: Outperform – to – Mkt Perform (Target Price: $15.00)
• Home Properties(HME)
  Morgan Keegan has downgraded their rating
  from: Outperform – to – Mkt Perform (Target Price: $60.00)
• Pinnacle Finl(PNFP)
  Wunderlich has downgraded their rating
  from: Buy – to – Hold (Target Price: $17.00)
• SandRidge Energy(SD)
  RBC Capital Mkts has downgraded their rating
  from: Outperform – to – Sector Perform (Target Price: $10.00)

The following companies has recently had stock analysts initiate, upgrade or downgrade coverage on them. The analysis is detailed below.

New Coverage

• Trius Therapeutics(TSRX)
  Robert W. Baird has initiated coverage at Outperform

• Wisconsin Energy(WEC)
  DA Davidson has initiated coverage at Neutral

Upgraded Coverage

• Volcano(VOLC)
  Barrington Research has upgraded their rating
  from: Mkt Perform – to – Outperform (Target Price: $31.00)

Downgraded Coverage

• American Eagle(AEO)
  Standpoint Research has downgraded their rating
  from: Buy – to – Hold

• City Holding Co(CHCO)
  Stifel Nicolaus has downgraded their rating
  from: Buy – to – Hold
• RAM Energy Resources(RAM)
  Rodman & Renshaw has downgraded their rating
  from: Mkt Outperform – to – Mkt Perform

The following companies have scheduled their company earnings to be released today, Wednesday, November 30, 2011.

• American Eagle Outfitters Inc (NYSE:AEO) — Before Market Opens

  American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. is a retailer that designs, markets and sells its own brand of high quality, on-trend clothing, accessories and personal care products at affordable prices while targeting 15 to 25 year-old customers.

• Casella Waste Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CWST) — After Market Closes

  The Company provides resource management expertise and services to residential, commercial, municipal and industrial customers, mainly in the areas of solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services.

• Eltek Ltd (NASDAQ:ELTK) — Before Market Opens

  Eltek, Ltd. manufactures & supplies technologically advanced, custom made circuitry solutions for use in sophisticated & compact electronic products. It provides specialized services & is a solution provider in the PCB business in Israel, Europe & the US.

• Finisar Corp (NASDAQ:FNSR) — After Market Closes

  Finisar Corporation is a provider of optical subsystems and components that connect short-distance local area networks, or LANs, and storage area networks, or SANs, and longer distance metropolitan area networks, or MANs and wide area networks, or WANs.

• Guess Inc (NYSE:GES) — After Market Closes

  Guess Inc designs, markets, distribute and licenses a leading lifestyle collection of contemporary apparel and accessories for men, women and children that reflect the American lifestyle and European fashion sensibilities.

• Johnson Outdoors Inc (NASDAQ:JOUT) — Before Market Opens

  The company is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of branded seasonal, outdoor recreation products used for fishing, diving, paddling and camping.

• Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc (NYSE:KKD) — After Market Closes

  Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. and its subsidiaries are engaged in the sale of doughnuts and related items through Company-owned stores.

• On Track Innovations Ltd (NASDAQ:OTIV)

  On Track Innovations, Ltd and its subsidiaries are engaged in the design, development, manufacture and sale of contactless microprocessor-based smart card systems.

• Rex American Resources Corp (NYSE:REX) — Before Market Opens

  REX American Resources Corp is a retailer in the consumer electronics and appliance industry, presently serving over 100 small to medium-sized towns and communities and an investor in various alternative energy entities.

• rue21 Inc (NASDAQ:RUE)

  rue21, Inc is an apparel retailer in the United States and offers the newest fashion trends to girls and guys at value prices.

• Seadrill Ltd (NYSE:SDRL)

  Seadrill Limited, an offshore drilling contractor, provides drilling and well services to the oil and gas industries worldwide. The company also offers platform drilling, well intervention, and engineering services

• Synopsys Inc (NASDAQ:SNPS) — After Market Closes

  Synopsys is engaged in the electronic design automation (EDA) software and related services for semiconductor design companies.

• United Natural Foods Inc (NASDAQ:UNFI) — Before Market Opens

  United Natural Foods, Inc. and its subsidiaries are distributor and retailer of natural, organic and specialty products. It sells its products throughout the United States.

The following companies has recently had stock analysts initiate, upgrade or downgrade coverage on them. The analysis is detailed below.

New Coverage

• Wright Express(WXS)
  William Blair has initiated coverage at Outperform

• Coach(COH)
  Deutsche Bank has initiated coverage at Hold
• Children’s Place(PLCE)
  FBR Capital has initiated coverage at Underperform
• Chico’s FAS(CHS)
  FBR Capital has initiated coverage at Outperform
• Celanese(CE)
  Ticonderoga has initiated coverage at Buy
• Cardtronics(CATM)
  William Blair has initiated coverage at Outperform
• Capital One(COF)
  William Blair has initiated coverage at Mkt Perform
• Ascena Retail Group(ASNA)
  FBR Capital has initiated coverage at Mkt Perform
• ARMOUR Residential REIT(ARR)
  JMP Securities has initiated coverage at Mkt Perform
• Discover Financial Services(DFS)
  William Blair has initiated coverage at Mkt Perform
• Dollar Financial(DLLR)
  William Blair has initiated coverage at Outperform
• Financial Engines(FNGN)
  William Blair has initiated coverage at Outperform
• Western Union(WU)
  William Blair has initiated coverage at Outperform
• Visa(V)
  William Blair has initiated coverage at Outperform
• Urban Outfitters(URBN)
  FBR Capital has initiated coverage at Outperform
• Silicon Motion(SIMO)
  Northland Securities has initiated coverage at Outperform
• Medivation(MDVN)
  Summer Street Research has initiated coverage at Buy
• MasterCard(MA)
  William Blair has initiated coverage at Outperform
• Green Dot(GDOT)
  William Blair has initiated coverage at Outperform
• Fossil(FOSL)
  FBR Capital has initiated coverage at Mkt Perform
• AnnTaylor(ANN)
  FBR Capital has initiated coverage at Outperform
• American Express(AXP)
  William Blair has initiated coverage at Outperform
• American Eagle(AEO)
  FBR Capital has initiated coverage at Mkt Perform
• Alliance Data(ADS)
  William Blair has initiated coverage at Mkt Perform
• Alcoa(AA)
  Stifel Nicolaus has initiated coverage at Buy
• Aeropostale(ARO)
  FBR Capital has initiated coverage at Mkt Perform
• Abercrombie & Fitch(ANF)
  FBR Capital has initiated coverage at Outperform
• NVR(NVR)
  MKM Partners has initiated coverage at Buy

Upgraded Coverage

• Regions Fincl(RF)
  Compass Point has upgraded their rating
  from: Sell – to – Neutral (Target Price: $4.60)

• PepsiCo(PEP)
  Argus has upgraded their rating
  from: Hold – to – Buy (Target Price: $72.00)
• Halozyme Therapeutics(HALO)
  JMP Securities has upgraded their rating
  from: Mkt Perform – to – Mkt Outperform (Target Price: $9.00)
• DaVita(DVA)
  Robert W. Baird has upgraded their rating
  from: Neutral – to – Outperform (Target Price: $78.00)
• Crocs(CROX)
  Standpoint Research has upgraded their rating
  from: Hold – to – Buy (Target Price: $21.00)

Downgraded Coverage

• El Paso(EP)
  Howard Weil has downgraded their rating
  from: Market Outperform – to – Market Perform

• Hospira(HSP)
  Ticonderoga has downgraded their rating
  from: Buy – to – Neutral
• STR Holdings(STRI)
  Feltl & Co. has downgraded their rating
  from: Buy – to – Hold (Target Price: $8.00)
• Progressive(PGR)
  Argus has downgraded their rating
  from: Buy – to – Hold
• Plum Creek(PCL)
  BMO Capital Markets has downgraded their rating
  from: Outperform – to – Market Perform (Target Price: $38.00)
• Brigham Exploration(BEXP)
  Northland Securities has downgraded their rating
  from: Outperform – to – Market Perform (Target Price: $36.50)
• Mercer Intl(MERC)
  BMO Capital Markets has downgraded their rating
  from: Outperform – to – Market Perform (Target Price: $8.00)
• Crocs(CROX)
  DA Davidson has downgraded their rating
  from: Buy – to – Neutral (Target Price: $25.00)
• El Paso Pipeline Partners(EPB)
  Morgan Keegan has downgraded their rating
  from: Outperform – to – Mkt Perform (Target Price: $36.00)
• El Paso Pipeline Partners(EPB)
  Wunderlich has downgraded their rating
  from: Buy – to – Hold (Target Price: $37.00)
• El Paso(EP)
  Argus has downgraded their rating
  from: Buy – to – Hold