Analyst Ratings
Upgrades
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | Previous Close | |
| Goldman Sachs | Upgrade | NASDAQ:AVGO | Avago Technologies | Neutral | Buy | $40.00 | $44.00 | N/A | ||
| Credit Suisse | Upgrade | NASDAQ:BBEP | Breitburn Energy | Underperform | Neutral | $18.00 | $19.00 | N/A | ||
| Davy | Upgrade | LON:BET | Betfair Group | Neutral | N/A | |||||
| RBC Capital | Upgrade | NYSE:BGS | B&G Foods | Sector Perform | Outperform | $32.00 | 12.6% Upside | $28.43 | ||
| Wells Fargo & Co. | Upgrade | NYSE:CRL | Charles River Laboratories | Market Perform | Outperform | $35.71 | ||||
| JPMorgan Chase | Upgrade | NYSE:CRL | Charles River Laboratories | Neutral | Overweight | $40.00 | $42.00 | 17.6% Upside | $35.71 | |
| Susquehanna | Upgrade | NYSE:DRC | Dresser-Rand | Neutral | Positive | $64.00 | $66.00 | 24.8% Upside | $52.88 | |
| Nomura | Upgrade | NASDAQ:ENGGY | ENAGAS SA UNSP/ADR | Reduce | Neutral | N/A | ||||
| Raymond James | Upgrade | NASDAQ:ENOC | EnerNOC | Market Perform | Outperform | $15.00 | N/A | |||
| Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Upgrade | NASDAQ:FRME | First Merchants | Market Perform | Outperform | $16.00 | N/A | |||
| Wells Fargo & Co. | Upgrade | NYSE:GLF | Gulfmark Offshore | Market Perform | Outperform | $33.35 | ||||
| Deutsche Bank | Upgrade | NYSE:HBC | HSBC | Hold | Buy | $51.82 | ||||
| Deutsche Bank | Upgrade | LON:HSBA | HSBC Holdings | Buy | $11.54 | N/A | ||||
| Cowen | Upgrade | NYSE:LLY | Eli Lilly & Co. | Underperform | Neutral | $48.99 | ||||
| Arden Partners Ltd | Upgrade | LON:LRD | Laird | Neutral | $3.55 | N/A | ||||
| Goldman Sachs | Upgrade | NASDAQ:MCHP | Microchip Technology | Sell | Neutral | $29.00 | N/A | |||
| Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Upgrade | NYSE:MTB | M&T Bank Co. | Market Perform | Outperform | $111.00 | 13.1% Upside | $98.10 | ||
| Barclays Capital | Upgrade | NASDAQ:RFMD | RF Micro Device | Equal Weight | Overweight | $5.00 | $6.00 | N/A | ||
| Credit Suisse | Upgrade | NYSE:TSO | Tesoro | Neutral | Outperform | $53.00 | $60.00 | 50.1% Upside | $39.97 | |
| Numis Securities Ltd | Upgrade | LON:VCT | Victrex | Hold | $25.71 | N/A | ||||
| Jefferies Group | Upgrade | NYSE:VRA | Vera Bradley | Hold | Buy | $22.00 | $35.00 | 44.7% Upside | $24.18 | |
| Goldman Sachs | Upgrade | NYSE:YUM | Yum! Brands | Neutral | Buy | $77.00 | 13.8% Upside | $67.64 |
Downgrades
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | Previous Close | |
| Citigroup | Downgrade | NYSE:ADI | Analog Devices | Buy | Neutral | $45.00 | 7.1% Upside | $42.00 | ||
| Wunderlich | Downgrade | NASDAQ:ALLT | Allot Communications | Buy | Hold | $27.00 | $21.00 | N/A | ||
| Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Downgrade | NASDAQ:BPFH | Boston Private Financial Holdings Incorporated | Outperform | Market Perform | $10.00 | N/A | |||
| Deutsche Bank | Downgrade | NASDAQ:CCLAY | Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd | Buy | Hold | N/A | ||||
| Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Downgrade | NYSE:CMA | Comerica | Market Perform | Underperform | $28.00 | 4.2% Downside | $29.24 | ||
| B. Riley | Downgrade | NASDAQ:CREE | Cree | Buy | Neutral | $33.75 | N/A | |||
| Goldman Sachs | Downgrade | NYSE:DRI | Darden Restaurants | Buy | Neutral | $49.00 | 7.1% Upside | $45.74 | ||
| Barclays Capital | Downgrade | NASDAQ:DTEGY | Deutsche Telekom | Overweight | Equal Weight | N/A | ||||
| Bank of America | Downgrade | NYSE:ENL | Reed Elsevier NV | Neutral | Underperform | N/A | ||||
| Nomura | Downgrade | NASDAQ:EONGY | E.ON AG | Neutral | Reduce | N/A | ||||
| Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Downgrade | NASDAQ:HBAN | Huntington Bancshares Incorporated | Market Perform | Underperform | $6.25 | N/A | |||
| Goldman Sachs | Downgrade | NYSE:IRF | Intl Rectifier | Neutral | Sell | $15.00 | 14.8% Downside | $17.60 | ||
| Citigroup | Downgrade | NASDAQ:LLTC | Linear Technology | Neutral | Sell | $32.00 | N/A | |||
| Deutsche Bank | Downgrade | NYSE:LXK | Lexmark International | Hold | Sell | $18.00 | 30.0% Downside | $25.70 | ||
| Panmure Gordon & Co Limited | Downgrade | LON:MARS | Marston's | Hold | $2.18 | N/A | ||||
| Jefferies Group | Downgrade | NYSE:NBR | Nabors Industries | Hold | Underperform | $15.00 | $13.00 | 10.5% Downside | $14.52 | |
| Raymond James | Downgrade | NASDAQ:ROIC | Retail Opportunity Investments Corp | Outperform | Market Perform | N/A | ||||
| Nomura | Downgrade | NASDAQ:RWEOY | RWE AG | Neutral | Reduce | N/A | ||||
| JPMorgan Chase | Downgrade | NYSE:TIE | Titanium Metals Corp | Overweight | Neutral | $17.00 | $16.50 | 0.5% Upside | $16.42 | |
| Goldman Sachs | Downgrade | NASDAQ:UTHR | United Therapeutics | Neutral | Sell | $50.00 | N/A | |||
| B. Riley | Downgrade | NASDAQ:VECO | Veeco Instruments | Buy | Neutral | $35.00 | $31.00 | N/A |
Price Target Changes
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | Previous Close | |
| ISI Group | Boost Price Target | NYSE:ABC | AmerisourceBergen Corp. | Buy | $47.00 | $50.00 | 17.4% Upside | $42.59 | ||
| Canaccord Genuity | Boost Price Target | NYSE:CCI | Crown Castle | Buy | $74.00 | $83.00 | N/A | |||
| Robert W. Baird | Lower Price Target | NYSE:CRL | Charles River Laboratories | Outperform | $44.00 | $43.00 | 20.4% Upside | $35.71 | ||
| UBS AG | Boost Price Target | NYSE:DAL | Delta Air Lines | Buy | $15.00 | $16.00 | 49.7% Upside | $10.69 | ||
| ISI Group | Boost Price Target | NYSE:DHR | Danaher | Hold | $58.50 | $61.00 | 11.5% Upside | $54.70 | ||
| Canaccord Genuity | Boost Price Target | NASDAQ:DISH | DISH | Buy | $35.00 | $43.00 | N/A | |||
| Citigroup | Boost Price Target | NYSE:FCS | Fairchild Semiconductor International | Buy | $15.00 | $20.00 | 42.3% Upside | $14.05 | ||
| Needham & Company | Boost Price Target | NASDAQ:PLXS | Plexus | Buy | $23.00 | $25.00 | N/A | |||
| Citigroup | Boost Price Target | NASDAQ:SLAB | Silicon Laboratories | Buy | $48.00 | $57.00 | N/A | |||
| Jefferies Group | Boost Price Target | NASDAQ:SLCA | US Silica Holdings | $17.00 | $19.00 | N/A | ||||
| Oppenheimer | Boost Price Target | NYSE:V | Visa | Outperform | $150.00 | $170.00 | 14.9% Upside | $147.90 | ||
| Goldman Sachs | Lower Price Target | NASDAQ:VRTX | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | Sell | $43.00 | $38.00 | N/A |
New Coverage
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | Previous Close | |
| Goldman Sachs | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:ACGL | Arch Capital | Neutral | $43.00 | N/A | ||||
| Robert W. Baird | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:ALB | Albemarle | Outperform | $72.00 | 21.3% Upside | $59.34 | |||
| Goldman Sachs | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:ALXN | Alexion Pharmaceuticals | Buy | N/A | |||||
| Goldman Sachs | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:AMGN | Amgen | Neutral | N/A | |||||
| Goldman Sachs | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:AXS | Axis Capital | Buy | $43.00 | 19.7% Upside | $35.91 | |||
| Deutsche Bank | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:AYR | Aircastle Limited | Buy | $17.00 | 40.5% Upside | $12.10 | |||
| JPMorgan Chase | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:BEAV | BE Aerospace | Overweight | N/A | |||||
| Goldman Sachs | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:BIIB | Biogen Idec | Buy | N/A | |||||
| Macquarie | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:BKD | Brookdale Senior Living | Neutral | $25.00 | 1.0% Downside | $25.26 | |||
| Citigroup | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:BKW | Burger King Worldwide | Buy | $20.00 | 18.5% Upside | $16.88 | |||
| Citigroup | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:BWLD | Buffalo Wild Wings | Neutral | $75.00 | N/A | ||||
| Goldman Sachs | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:CELG | Celgene | Neutral | N/A | |||||
| MLV Capital | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:COR | CoreSite Realty Corp | Buy | $31.00 | 19.8% Upside | $25.88 | |||
| MLV Capital | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:DFT | DuPont Fabros Technology | Hold | $26.00 | 6.7% Upside | $24.37 | |||
| MLV Capital | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:DLR | Digital Realty Trust | Hold | $70.00 | 4.9% Upside | $66.72 | |||
| Guggenheim | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:DRC | Dresser-Rand | Buy | $52.88 | |||||
| Citigroup | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:EAT | Brinker International | Buy | $38.00 | N/A | ||||
| CRT Capital | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:EGL | Engility Holdings | Fair Value | $18.00 | N/A | ||||
| JPMorgan Chase | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:FBHS | Fortune Brands Home & Security | Neutral | N/A | |||||
| BB&T | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:FIVE | Five Below | Hold | N/A | |||||
| BB&T Capital Mkts | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:FIVE | Five Below | Hold | N/A | |||||
| Ladenburg Thalmann | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:GAIN | Gladstone Investment | Neutral | N/A | |||||
| Goldman Sachs | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:GILD | Gilead Sciences | Neutral | N/A | |||||
| Robert W. Baird | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:GRA | W.R. Grace & Co. | Outperform | $82.00 | 21.2% Upside | $67.67 | |||
| SunTrust | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:HR | Healthcare Realty Trust | Neutral | $24.41 | |||||
| BGB Securities | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:IBKR | Interactive Brokers | Hold | $14.00 | N/A | ||||
| Janney Montgomery Scott | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:JJSF | J & J Snack Foods Corp | Buy | N/A | |||||
| Maxim Group | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:KERX | Keryx Biopharmaceuticals | Buy | N/A | |||||
| Robert W. Baird | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:MCP | Molycorp | Neutral | $10.00 | 9.3% Downside | $11.02 | |||
| Imperial Capital | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:NX | Quanex Building Products | In-line | $21.00 | N/A | ||||
| Guggenheim | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:OIS | Oil States International | Buy | $68.49 | |||||
| Brean Murray | Initiated Coverage | NASDAQ:SNTA | Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. | Buy | $12.00 | N/A | ||||
| Guggenheim | Initiated Coverage | NYSE:WU | The Western Union Company | Neutral | $13.23 |
Ratings Reiterations
| Firm | Action | Ticker | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old PT | New PT | Upside/Downside | Previous Close | |
| JPMorgan Chase | Reiterated Rating | LON:AAL | Anglo American | Underweight | $26.95 | N/A | ||||
| Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:ABF | Associated British Foods | Overweight | $23.81 | N/A | ||||
| Piper Jaffray | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:ACHN | Achillion Pharmaceuticals | Overweight | $16.00 | N/A | ||||
| Exane BNP Paribas | Reiterated Rating | LON:ADM | Admiral Group | Underperform | $13.98 | N/A | ||||
| Susquehanna | Reiterated Rating | NYSE:AET | Aetna | Positive | $54.00 | 17.4% Upside | $46.00 | |||
| JPMorgan Chase | Reiterated Rating | LON:ANTO | Antofagasta | Overweight | $24.37 | N/A | ||||
| Jefferies Group | Reiterated Rating | NYSE:APC | Anadarko Petroleum | Buy | $96.00 | 27.2% Upside | $75.47 | |||
| Exane BNP Paribas | Reiterated Rating | LON:AV | Aviva plc | Neutral | $5.96 | N/A | ||||
| Bryan Garnier & Cie | Reiterated Rating | LON:AZN | AstraZeneca | Neutral | $46.16 | N/A | ||||
| Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:BAG | A.G.BARR | Overweight | $8.23 | N/A | ||||
| Deutsche Bank | Reiterated Rating | LON:BARC | Barclays PLC | Buy | $5.81 | N/A | ||||
| Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:BATS | British American Tobacco | Overweight | $58.10 | N/A | ||||
| RBC Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:BG | BG Group | Sector Perform | $21.95 | N/A | ||||
| JPMorgan Chase | Reiterated Rating | LON:BLT | BHP Billiton | Neutral | $36.23 | N/A | ||||
| Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:BVIC | Britvic | Overweight | $6.46 | N/A | ||||
| Deutsche Bank | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:BWLD | Buffalo Wild Wings | Buy | Buy | N/A | ||||
| RBC Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:CEY | Centamin | Outperform | $2.10 | N/A | ||||
| Wells Fargo & Co. | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:CLWR | Clearwire | Outperform | N/A | |||||
| Exane BNP Paribas | Reiterated Rating | LON:CNA | Centrica | Underperform | $4.52 | N/A | ||||
| Canaccord Genuity | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:CREE | Cree | Buy | $38.00 | N/A | ||||
| Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:DGE | Diageo | Overweight | $32.60 | N/A | ||||
| Exane BNP Paribas | Reiterated Rating | LON:DRX | Drax Group | Outperform | $10.17 | N/A | ||||
| JPMorgan Chase | Reiterated Rating | LON:ENRC | Eurasian Natural Resources Corp | Neutral | $4.44 | N/A | ||||
| Piper Jaffray | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:FNSR | Finisar | Overweight | $16.00 | N/A | ||||
| JPMorgan Chase | Reiterated Rating | LON:FRES | Fresnillo | Overweight | $34.70 | N/A | ||||
| Investec | Reiterated Rating | LON:IGG | IG Group Holdings | Buy | $9.04 | N/A | ||||
| RBC Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:IMG | Imagination Technologies Group | Underperform | $6.46 | N/A | ||||
| Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:IMT | Imperial Tobacco Group | Equalweight | $43.98 | N/A | ||||
| Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:ISAT | Inmarsat | Overweight | $10.41 | N/A | ||||
| JPMorgan Chase | Reiterated Rating | LON:KAZ | Kazakhmys | Underweight | $10.25 | N/A | ||||
| Deutsche Bank | Reiterated Rating | LON:LLOY | Lloyds Banking Group PLC | Buy | $1.07 | N/A | ||||
| Piper Jaffray | Reiterated Rating | NYSE:MON | Monsanto | Overweight | $116.00 | 29.3% Upside | $89.68 | |||
| Jefferies Group | Reiterated Rating | LON:MRW | WM Morrison Supermarkets | Buy | $5.33 | N/A | ||||
| Citigroup | Reiterated Rating | NYSE:MX | MagnaChip Semiconductor | Buy | N/A | |||||
| Investec | Reiterated Rating | LON:NEX | National Express Group | Hold | $2.91 | N/A | ||||
| Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:PFL | Premier Farnell | Overweight | $3.44 | N/A | ||||
| Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:RB | Reckitt Benckiser Group | Underweight | $53.26 | N/A | ||||
| Deutsche Bank | Reiterated Rating | LON:RBS | Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc | Hold | $4.97 | N/A | ||||
| Jefferies Group | Reiterated Rating | LON:RDSB | Royal Dutch Shell Plc | Buy | $39.54 | N/A | ||||
| JPMorgan Chase | Reiterated Rating | LON:RIO | Rio Tinto | Overweight | $67.79 | N/A | ||||
| Exane BNP Paribas | Reiterated Rating | LON:RSA | RSA Insurance Group | Outperform | $2.42 | N/A | ||||
| Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:SAB | SABMiller | Overweight | $50.03 | N/A | ||||
| Jefferies Group | Reiterated Rating | NASDAQ:SLCA | US Silica Holdings | Buy | N/A | |||||
| Credit Suisse | Reiterated Rating | LON:SSE | SSE | Outperform | $25.82 | N/A | ||||
| Deutsche Bank | Reiterated Rating | LON:STAN | Standard Chartered PLC | Hold | $26.74 | N/A | ||||
| Numis Securities Ltd | Reiterated Rating | LON:TPK | Travis Perkins | Hold | $16.14 | N/A | ||||
| Morgan Stanley | Reiterated Rating | NYSE:TSO | Tesoro | Overweight | $50.00 | 25.1% Upside | $39.97 | |||
| JPMorgan Chase | Reiterated Rating | LON:TT | TUI Travel | Overweight | $5.16 | N/A | ||||
| Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | LON:ULVR | Unilever | Overweight | $44.38 | N/A | ||||
| Credit Suisse | Reiterated Rating | LON:UU | United Utilities Group | Underperform | $9.85 | N/A | ||||
| Credit Suisse | Reiterated Rating | LON:WG | John Wood Group | Neutral | $14.93 | N/A | ||||
| UBS AG | Reiterated Rating | NYSE:XL | Xl Group Plc | Neutral | $24.00 | N/A |
Earnings Results
Earnings For Thursday, December 13| Ticker | Company | EPS | Estimate | YoY Revenue Growth | |
| NYSE:AGX | Argan | $0.43 | $0.00 | ||
| NASDAQ:CIEN | Ciena Corp. | ($0.07) | ($0.06) | 2.2% | |
| NASDAQ:CSPI | CSP | $1.43 | $0.00 | ||
| NYSE:PIR | Pier 1 Imports | $0.25 | $0.24 | 10.9% |
Earnings For Wednesday, December 12
| Ticker | Company | EPS | Estimate | YoY Revenue Growth | |
| NYSE:AXR | Amrep | $0.05 | $0.00 | ||
| NYSE:BRT | BRT Realty Trust | $0.12 | $0.00 | ||
| NYSE:MNR | Monmouth Real Estate | $0.10 | $0.00 | ||
| NYSE:MTL | Mechel | $0.13 | $0.00 | ||
| NYSE:PHX | Panhandle Oil And Gas | $0.02 | $0.00 | ||
| NASDAQ:PURE | Pure Bioscience | ($0.25) | $0.00 | ||
| NASDAQ:SGMA | Sigmatron International | $0.12 | $0.00 |
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