Friday, October 19, 2012

Analyst Ratings




Upgrades

FirmActionTickerCompanyOld RatingNew RatingOld PTNew PTUpside/Downside
Wells Fargo & Co.UpgradeNYSE:ABTAbbott LaboratoriesMarket PerformOutperform
Stifel NicolausUpgradeNASDAQ:ASBCAssociated Banc-CorpHoldBuy$14.5015.4% Upside
Jefferies GroupUpgradeNYSE:AVBAvalonBay CommunitiesHoldBuy
Sandler O'NeillUpgradeNASDAQ:BKMUBank MutualHoldBuy
OppenheimerUpgradeNASDAQ:BSFTBroadsoftMarket PerformOutperform$44.0022.6% Upside
HSBCUpgradeNYSE:CLBCore LabsNeutralOverweight
Credit SuisseUpgradeNYSE:CQPCheniere Energy Partners L PNeutralOutperform
Barclays CapitalUpgradeNYSE:CQPCheniere Energy Partners L PUnderweightEqual Weight
Ladenburg ThalmannUpgradeNYSE:CYSCypress Sharpridge InvestmentsNeutralBuy$15.2514.0% Upside
MacquarieUpgradeNASDAQ:EWBCEast West BancorpNeutralOutperform
FBR CapitalUpgradeNASDAQ:HBANHuntington Bancshares IncorporatedUnderperformMarket Perform$5.50$7.5013.5% Upside
Barclays CapitalUpgradeNASDAQ:HLSSHome Loan Servicing Solutions LtdEqual WeightOverweight
JPMorgan ChaseUpgradeNYSE:HOGHarley-DavidsonNeutralOverweight
Bank of AmericaUpgradeNASDAQ:ISRGIntuitive SurgicalNeutralBuy
WunderlichUpgradeNYSE:LNTAlliant Energy CorpoHoldBuy$47.00$50.0010.5% Upside
Piper JaffrayUpgradeNASDAQ:SNDKSanDiskNeutralOverweight
JPMorgan ChaseUpgradeNASDAQ:TROWT. Rowe PriceNeutralOverweight
JPMorgan ChaseUpgradeNYSE:TXTTextronNeutralOverweight
Pacific CrestUpgradeNYSE:VZVerizonSector PerformOutperform

Downgrades

FirmActionTickerCompanyOld RatingNew RatingOld PTNew PTUpside/Downside
Credit SuisseDowngradeNASDAQ:ACMPAccess Midstream Partners LPOutperformNeutral
FBR CapitalDowngradeNYSE:AMDAdvanced Micro DevicesOutperformMarket Perform$5.00$3.008.3% Upside
BernsteinDowngradeNYSE:AMDAdvanced Micro DevicesOutperformMarket Perform
NomuraDowngradeNYSE:ANNANNBuyNeutral
ABN AmroDowngradeNASDAQ:ASMLASML HoldingHold
Jefferies GroupDowngradeNASDAQ:ATHNAthenaHealthHoldUnderperform
Canaccord GenuityDowngradeNYSE:BCSBarclays CapitalBuyHold
WedbushDowngradeNYSE:CMGChipotle Mexican GrillOutperformNeutral$350.00$270.006.9% Downside
HSBCDowngradeLON:DRXDrax GroupNeutral
Wells Fargo & Co.DowngradeNASDAQ:ETFCE TRADE FinancialMarket Perform
Compass PointDowngradeNASDAQ:FITBFifth Third BancorpBuyNeutral$17.00$16.005.8% Upside
Deutsche BankDowngradeNYSE:GNKGenco Shipping & Trading LtdHoldSell
OppenheimerDowngradeNASDAQ:GOOGGoogleOutperformMarket Perform$800.00$765.001.3% Upside
Bank of AmericaDowngradeNASDAQ:GOOGGoogleBuyNeutral
Fox-Davies CapitalDowngradeLON:HOCHochschild MiningSell
JPMorgan ChaseDowngradeNYSE:JNSJanus Capital GroupNeutralUnderweight
CitigroupDowngradeNYSE:KEYKeyBancBuyNeutral
MacquarieDowngradeNYSE:LHLaboratory Corp. of AmericaOutperformNeutral
DavenportDowngradeNYSE:LHLaboratory Corp. of AmericaNeutral
JPMorgan ChaseDowngradeLON:LLOYLloyds Banking Group PLCUnderweight
JPMorgan ChaseDowngradeNYSE:LYGLloyds TSB Group plcNeutralUnderweight
Jefferies GroupDowngradeNYSE:MAAMid America Apartment CommunitiesBuyHold
RBC CapitalDowngradeNYSE:MIGMeadowbrook Insurance GroupSector PerformUnderperform
Credit SuisseDowngradeNASDAQ:MRVLMarvell Technology GroupOutperformNeutral
JPMorgan ChaseDowngradeNASDAQ:MRVLMarvell Technology GroupOverweightNeutral
LazardDowngradeNASDAQ:MRVLMarvell Technology GroupBuyNeutral
Credit AgricoleDowngradeNASDAQ:MRVLMarvell Technology GroupOutperformUnderperform
FBR CapitalDowngradeNASDAQ:MRVLMarvell Technology GroupOutperformMarket Perform$12.50$9.505.6% Upside
Jefferies GroupDowngradeNASDAQ:MRVLMarvell Technology GroupBuyHold$9.00
Deutsche BankDowngradeNASDAQ:MRVLMarvell Technology GroupBuyHold
Bank of AmericaDowngradeNASDAQ:MRVLMarvell Technology GroupUnderperform
Craig HallumDowngradeNASDAQ:MRVLMarvell Technology GroupBuyHold
Barclays CapitalDowngradeLON:MRWWM Morrison SupermarketsUnderweight
OppenheimerDowngradeNYSE:NOCNorthrop Grumman CorOutperformMarket Perform
BB&TDowngradeNYSE:NRNewpark ResourcesBuyHold
Craig HallumDowngradeNASDAQ:NTCTNetScout SystemsBuyHold
FBR CapitalDowngradeNASDAQ:NVDANVIDIAOutperformMarket Perform$17.50$14.007.2% Upside
JPMorgan ChaseDowngradeNYSE:OEHOrient-Express HotelsOverweightNeutral
CitigroupDowngradeNASDAQ:OMABGrupo Aeroportuario del Centro NortBuyNeutral
CitigroupDowngradeNYSE:PACGrupo Aeroportuario del PacificoNeutralSell
Societe GeneraleDowngradeNASDAQ:REMYFREMY COINTREAU FFHoldSell
Janney Montgomery ScottDowngradeNYSE:SNASnap-On IncorporatedBuyNeutral
JPMorgan ChaseDowngradeNYSE:SONSonoco ProductsOverweightNeutral
Raymond JamesDowngradeNYSE:WCCWESCO InternationalStrong-BuyOutperform
CitigroupDowngradeNYSE:WCCWESCO InternationalBuyNeutral
Tudor PickeringDowngradeNYSE:WMBWilliamsBuyAccumulate

Price Target Changes

FirmActionTickerCompanyOld RatingNew RatingOld PTNew PTUpside/Downside
WunderlichLower Price TargetNYSE:BASBasic Energy ServicesHold$14.00$12.003.1% Downside
Jefferies GroupLower Price TargetNYSE:CMGChipotle Mexican Grill$305.00$215.0025.9% Downside
Miller TabakLower Price TargetNYSE:CMGChipotle Mexican GrillBuy$355.00$335.0015.5% Upside
FBR CapitalBoost Price TargetNYSE:COFCapital OneOutperform$70.00$72.0024.1% Upside
ISI GroupLower Price TargetNASDAQ:CPHDCepheidSell$30.50$29.0014.7% Downside
Benchmark Co.Boost Price TargetNASDAQ:EXASEXACT SciencesSpeculative Buy$12.00$17.0067.5% Upside
Cantor FitzgeraldLower Price TargetNASDAQ:GOOGGoogleBuy$830.00$820.008.5% Upside
MizuhoLower Price TargetNYSE:LHLaboratory Corp. of AmericaNeutral$95.00$93.003.1% Upside
MizuhoLower Price TargetNASDAQ:MRVLMarvell Technology GroupBuy$14.00$12.0033.4% Upside
Needham & CompanyLower Price TargetNASDAQ:MRVLMarvell Technology GroupBuy$16.00$10.5016.7% Upside
Northland SecuritiesBoost Price TargetNASDAQ:RVBDRiverbed TechnologyMarket Perform$17.00$23.008.1% Upside
Cantor FitzgeraldBoost Price TargetNASDAQ:RVBDRiverbed TechnologyHold$19.00$24.0012.8% Upside
FBR CapitalBoost Price TargetNASDAQ:RVBDRiverbed TechnologyOutperform$27.00$28.0031.6% Upside
WallachBethBoost Price TargetNASDAQ:RVBDRiverbed TechnologyBuy$26.00$28.0031.6% Upside
Stifel NicolausBoost Price TargetNASDAQ:SNDKSanDiskBuy$48.00$54.0026.0% Upside
WunderlichBoost Price TargetNASDAQ:VMEDVirgin MediaBuy$31.00$37.0013.8% Upside

New Coverage

FirmActionTickerCompanyOld RatingNew RatingOld PTNew PTUpside/Downside
KeyBancInitiated CoverageNASDAQ:ATROAstronicsHold
KeyBanc Capital MktsInitiated CoverageNASDAQ:ATROAstronicsHold
UBS AGInitiated CoverageNASDAQ:BIDUBaidu.comBuy
JPMorgan ChaseInitiated CoverageNYSE:CECelaneseNeutral
CitigroupInitiated CoverageNYSE:DSWDSWNeutral
JPMorgan ChaseInitiated CoverageNYSE:DSWDSWNeutral
Barclays CapitalInitiated CoverageNYSE:GELGenesis Energy, L.P.Overweight
Morgan StanleyInitiated CoverageNYSE:GESGuessUnderweight
Robert W. BairdInitiated CoverageNYSE:HYHyster-Yale Materials HandlingNeutral
B. RileyInitiated CoverageNYSE:IRFIntl RectifierNeutral
Jefferies GroupInitiated CoverageLON:KLRKeller GroupBuy
Credit SuisseInitiated CoverageNASDAQ:MANUManchester United PLCOutperform
Canaccord GenuityInitiated CoverageNASDAQ:NVDQNovadaq TechnologiesBuy$15.0025.9% Upside
WedbushInitiated CoverageNASDAQ:PEGAPegasystemsNeutral$26.003.7% Upside
Credit SuisseInitiated CoverageNYSE:QREQR Energy LPNeutral
Bank of AmericaInitiated CoverageNYSE:RTIRTI International MetalsBuy
Morgan StanleyInitiated CoverageNYSE:SFLShip Finance International LimitedOverweight
LazardInitiated CoverageNYSE:SSHSunshine HeartBuy
B. RileyInitiated CoverageNASDAQ:TCPCTCP Capital Corp.Buy
Compass PointInitiated CoverageNASDAQ:TRNOTerreno Realty CorpoBuy$17.0011.1% Upside
UBS AGInitiated CoverageNASDAQ:WDAYWorkdayNeutral

Ratings Reiterations

FirmActionTickerCompanyOld RatingNew RatingOld PTNew PTUpside/Downside
Jefferies GroupReiterated RatingLON:AALAnglo AmericanHold
HSBCReiterated RatingLON:ABGAfrican Barrick GoldOverweight
InvestecReiterated RatingLON:AGKAggreko plcBuy
JPMorgan ChaseReiterated RatingLON:AMLAmlinUnderweight
Jefferies GroupReiterated RatingLON:ANTOAntofagastaHold
Exane BNP ParibasReiterated RatingLON:ARMARM HoldingsNeutral
Barclays CapitalReiterated RatingLON:AZNAstraZenecaEqualweight
JPMorgan ChaseReiterated RatingLON:BEZBeazleyNeutral
Jefferies GroupReiterated RatingLON:BLTBHP BillitonBuy
JPMorgan ChaseReiterated RatingLON:BNZLBunzlOverweight
Deutsche BankReiterated RatingLON:BPBP plcBuy
Societe GeneraleReiterated RatingLON:BVICBritvicHold
JPMorgan ChaseReiterated RatingLON:CGLCatlin Group LtdOverweight
InvestecReiterated RatingLON:DPHDechra PharmaceuticalsBuy
Goldman SachsReiterated RatingNASDAQ:EFTCNASDAQNeutral$8.00
InvestecReiterated RatingLON:ENQEnQuestHold
Jefferies GroupReiterated RatingLON:FXPOFerrexpoBuy
Jefferies GroupReiterated RatingLON:GLENGlencore InternationalBuy
HSBCReiterated RatingLON:GOGGo-Ahead GroupUnderweight
Barclays CapitalReiterated RatingLON:HFDHalfords GroupOverweight
JPMorgan ChaseReiterated RatingLON:HSXHiscox LtdNeutral
RBC CapitalReiterated RatingLON:IMGImagination Technologies GroupUnderperform
Jefferies GroupReiterated RatingLON:ISATInmarsatBuy
Barclays CapitalReiterated RatingLON:ITVITVEqualweight
Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsReiterated RatingLON:JLTJardine Lloyd Thompson GroupMarket Perform
Jefferies GroupReiterated RatingLON:KAZKazakhmysHold
Barclays CapitalReiterated RatingLON:LADLadbrokesEqualweight
Renaissance CapitalReiterated RatingLON:LLOYLloyds Banking Group PLCBuy
JPMorgan ChaseReiterated RatingLON:LRELancashire Holdings LtdOverweight
Panmure Gordon & Co LimitedReiterated RatingLON:MCBMcBrideBuy
HSBCReiterated RatingLON:NEXNational Express GroupOverweight
Societe GeneraleReiterated RatingLON:PFCPetrofac LtdBuy
RBC CapitalReiterated RatingLON:PFGProvident Financial plcSector Perform
Societe GeneraleReiterated RatingLON:PMOPremier OilBuy
Sanford C. BernsteinReiterated RatingLON:PSONPearsonOutperform
JPMorgan ChaseReiterated RatingLON:RBSRoyal Bank of Scotland Group plcNeutral
Jefferies GroupReiterated RatingLON:RDWRedrowHold
Jefferies GroupReiterated RatingLON:RIORio TintoBuy
Sanford C. BernsteinReiterated RatingLON:SABSABMillerMarket Perform
Barclays CapitalReiterated RatingLON:SBRYJ SainsburyOverweight
Exane BNP ParibasReiterated RatingLON:SHPShireOutperform
NomuraReiterated RatingLON:UBMUBMBuy
Jefferies GroupReiterated RatingLON:VEDVedanta ResourcesHold
NomuraReiterated RatingLON:WMHWilliam HillReduce
RBC CapitalReiterated RatingLON:WOSWolseleyOutperform
Jefferies GroupReiterated RatingLON:XTAXstrataBuy

Earnings Results

Earnings For Friday, October 19

TickerCompanyEPSEstimateYoY Revenue Growth
NYSE:APDAir Products & Chemicals$1.42$1.43-.2%
NYSE:BHIBaker Hughes$0.73$0.853.2%
NASDAQ:BPOPPopular$0.45$0.47
NASDAQ:CALLVocalTec Communications Ltd$0.75$0.6063.8%
NYSE:CBECooper Industries PLC$1.16$1.147.8%
NASDAQ:FDMLFederal-Mogul Corp.($0.11)$0.25-7.5%
NYSE:FHNFirst Horizon National$0.10$0.18-15.2%
NASDAQ:FNFGFirst Niagara Financial Group$0.19$0.188.2%
NYSE:GEGeneral Electric$0.36$0.372.8%
NYSE:HONHoneywell International$1.20$1.13.5%
NASDAQ:IDXXIDEXX Laboratories$0.76$0.734.8%
NYSE:IRIngersoll-Rand$1.07$0.98-8.1%
NYSE:KSUKansas City Southern$0.82$0.856.0%
NYSE:MANManpower$0.79$0.68-10.5%
NYSE:MCDMcDonald's$1.43$1.47-.2%
NYSE:MMRMcMoRan Expl($0.40)($0.13)-33.6%
NYSE:PHParker-Hannifin$1.57$1.74-.6%
NASDAQ:SHAWShaw Group$1.86$1.21.0%
NYSE:SLBSchlumberger$1.08$1.0711.1%
NYSE:SXTSensient Technologies Corp$0.66$0.661.5%


Earnings For Thursday, October 18

TickerCompanyEPSEstimateYoY Revenue Growth
NASDAQ:ACTGAcacia Research$0.17$0.25-44.6%
NYSE:ADSAlliance Data Systems$2.37$2.237.8%
NYSE:AMDAdvanced Micro Devices($0.20)($0.16)-24.9%
NASDAQ:ASBCAssociated Banc-Corp$0.26$0.25
NASDAQ:ATHNAthenaHealth$0.30$0.2626.4%
NYSE:BAXBaxter International$1.14$1.14-.1%
NYSE:BBTBB&T$0.66$0.7215.8%
NYSE:BGGBriggs & Stratton Corp($0.28)($0.18)-22.2%
NYSE:BGSB&G Foods$0.35$0.3315.9%
NASDAQ:BLDRBuilders FirstSource($0.07)($0.05)34.3%
NYSE:BSXBoston Scientific($0.52)$0.11-7.4%
NYSE:BXThe Blackstone Group L.P.$0.55$0.41
NYSE:BXSBancorpSouth$0.25$0.23
NASDAQ:CBSTCubist Pharmaceuticals$0.55$0.4718.1%
NYSE:CMGChipotle Mexican Grill$2.27$2.3018.3%
NYSE:COFCapital One$2.01$1.7039.2%
NASDAQ:CPHDCepheid($0.32)($0.07)14.6%
NYSE:CYCypress Semi$0.20$0.20-23.3%
NYSE:CYNCity National$1.10$0.92
NYSE:CYTCytec Industries$0.91$0.77
NYSE:DHRDanaher$0.77$0.79-.7%
NYSE:DODiamond Offshore Drilling$1.28$1.02-17.0%
NASDAQ:EFIIElectronics For Imaging$0.28$0.264.6%
NYSE:EGPEastGroup Properties$0.76$0.777.2%
NASDAQ:ETFCE TRADE Financial($0.10)$0.09-3.4%
NYSE:FCSFairchild Semiconductor International$0.25$0.17-11.0%
NASDAQ:FFINFirst Financial Bankshares$0.62$0.58
NASDAQ:FITBFifth Third Bancorp$0.38$0.38
NASDAQ:FLEXFlextronics International$0.26$0.23-22.9%
NASDAQ:FWRDForward Air$0.41$0.405.7%
NYSE:GMTGATX$0.70$0.666.7%
NASDAQ:GOOGGoogle$0.00$10.66
NYSE:GPCGenuine Parts Company$1.11$1.112.7%
NASDAQ:HBANHuntington Bancshares Incorporated$0.19$0.17
NASDAQ:HLSSHome Loan Servicing Solutions Ltd$0.37$0.34NaN%
NASDAQ:HOMBHome Bancshares$0.57$0.56
NASDAQ:HUB.BHubbell Inc B$1.45$1.443.3%
NASDAQ:HWAYHealthways$0.15$0.13-5.4%
NASDAQ:IIINInsteel Industries$0.05$0.10-1.2%
NASDAQ:INDBIndependent Bank Corp. (MA)$0.53$0.56
NYSE:KEYKeyBanc$0.23$0.218.1%
NYSE:LHLaboratory Corp. of America$1.76$1.741.1%
NASDAQ:LSCCLattice Semiconductor$0.00$0.00-13.2%
NYSE:LTMLife Time Fitness$0.77$0.7711.1%
NYSE:LUVSouthwest Airlines$0.13$0.13.0%
NYSE:MSMorgan Stanley$0.28$0.25-46.1%
NASDAQ:MSFTMicrosoft Corp$0.65$0.63-7.9%
NYSE:NCRNCR Corp.$0.64$0.595.5%
NYSE:NOKNokia($0.07)($0.10)-19.4%
NASDAQ:NTCTNetScout Systems$0.34$0.2616.7%
NYSE:NUENucor$0.45$0.42-8.6%
NYSE:NVRNVR$10.33$9.2822.6%
NASDAQ:OKSBSouthwest Bancorp$0.22$0.13
NYSE:ORBOrbital Sciences Corp.$0.33$0.259.0%
NASDAQ:PBCTPeople's United Financial$0.18$0.18
NASDAQ:PENNPenn National Gaming$0.57$0.56-.5%
NYSE:PGIPremiere Global Services$0.18$0.185.6%
NYSE:PIIPolaris Industries$1.33$1.2020.6%
NYSE:PMPhilip Morris$1.38$1.39-5.3%
NASDAQ:POOLPool$0.59$0.564.8%
NYSE:PPGPPG$2.24$2.19-.1%
NYSE:RHIRobert Half$0.41$0.394.9%
NASDAQ:RMBSRambus$0.08($0.04)-42.7%
NASDAQ:RVBDRiverbed Technology$0.28$0.2515.2%
NASDAQ:SASRSandy Spring Bancorp$0.44$0.36
NYSE:SNASnap-On Incorporated$1.26$1.232.1%
NASDAQ:SNDKSanDisk$0.48$0.34-10.1%
NYSE:SONSonoco Products$0.55$0.526.3%
NYSE:SVUSupervalu$0.00$0.13-5.1%
NASDAQ:SYNTSyntel$1.23$0.9618.7%
NYSE:TRVThe Travelers Companies$2.22$1.54.4%
NYSE:UNPUnion Pacific$2.19$2.174.7%
NYSE:USGUSG($0.28)($0.09)8.5%
NASDAQ:UTEKUltratech$0.45$0.4210.2%
NYSE:VACMarriot Vacations Worldwide Co. Common Stock$0.25$0.251.3%
NASDAQ:VASCVascular Solutions$0.16$0.151.2%
NYSE:VMIValmont Industries$2.12$2.058.6%
NYSE:VZVerizon$0.64$0.643.9%
NASDAQ:WAFDWashington Federal$0.33$0.31
NYSE:WALWestern Alliance Bancorporation$0.20$0.18
NYSE:WCCWESCO International$1.25$1.244.8%
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