Peet's (PEET) Moving Even Lower as Cowen Issues Mid-Day Downgrade
Downside in Peet's Coffee & Tea (Nasdaq: PEET) has intensified in the last few minutes of trading as we are hearing that an analyst at Cowen & Co. has just downgraded the stock from Outperform to Neutral. Shares are now down about 10.4% to around $34.06.
Today's move lower follows news this morning that Peet's has boosted its offer for Diedrich Coffee (Nasdaq: DDRX) from $26 to $32 in a cash and stock deal. Peet's was forced to made a higher offer as Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (Nasdaq: GMCR) recently came in and made an all-cash bid for Diedrich at $30 per share. Green Mountain issued a release confirming that bid following Peet's boosted offer.
Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a coffee roaster and marketer of roasted whole bean coffee and tea in the United States.
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