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And now for the small-cap of the day: Barclays is upgrading Dana (NYSE:DAN) to Overweight from Equal Weight while raising their price target to $3.50 (prev. $2) Firm notes they are upgrading DAN to OW, reflecting growing confidence that DAN will be able to avoid breaching its debt covenants, enabling investors to focus back on the fundamentals and recovery earnings power. DAN has solid liquidity, but the stock's valuation has been impacted by a large perceived risk of breaching covenants, which would allow its lender group to push the company into Chap 11. While the firm does not forecast any meaningful volume recovery in the near-term, we expect a material rebound in earnings starting in 2Q09, driven by DAN's deep cost actions taken earlier this year, as well as a pick-up in Ford's production levels. This improvement, combined with the recent buyback of 10% of its debt, should[More...]

Companies featured in this segment: Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK), Sensient Technologies Corporation (NYSE:SXT), Toyota Boshoku Corporation (TYO:3116), Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM), The Electricity Networks Strategy Group, Dana Holding Corporation (NYSE:DAN), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), General Motors Corporation (NYSE:GM), Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM), Chrysler LLC, Nissan Motor Company (NASDAQ:NSANY), AND Jindal South West Holdings Limited (BSE:532642).

Companies featured in this segment: Dana Holding Corporation (NYSE:DAN), FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX), UPS Incorporated (NYSE:UPS), CMS Energy Corporation (NYSE:CMS), DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE), BP PLC (NYSE:BP), KBR Incorporated (NYSE:KBR), Canadian Natural Resources Limited (NYSE:CNQ), Green Plains Renewable Energy Incorporated (NASDAQ:GPRE), Aventine Renewable Energy (NYSE:AVR), Reliance Industries Limited (BSE:500325), Unifi Incorporated (NYSE:UFI), Nova Chemicals Corporation (NYSE:NCX)

Companies featured in this segment: Dana Holding Corporation (NYSE:DAN), FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX), UPS Incorporated (NYSE:UPS), CMS Energy Corporation (NYSE:CMS), DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE), BP PLC (NYSE:BP), KBR Incorporated (NYSE:KBR), Canadian Natural Resources Limited (NYSE:CNQ), Green Plains Renewable Energy Incorporated (NASDAQ:GPRE), Aventine Renewable Energy (NYSE:AVR), Reliance Industries Limited (BSE:500325), Unifi Incorporated (NYSE:UFI), Nova Chemicals Corporation (NYSE:NCX)