Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Brokerage Firm Ratings + Price Target

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Updated 21-Jul-10 12:43 ET

Upgrades


Company
Ticker
Brokerage Firm
Ratings Change
Price Target
Devon Energy
DVN
Barclays Capital
Equal Weight » Overweight
$77 » $78
Adobe Systems
ADBE
Avian
Neutral » Positive
$35
Concur Tech
CNQR
Gleacher & Company
Neutral » Buy
$54
Stryker
SYK
Maxim Group
Hold » Buy
$59
State Street
STT
Stifel Nicolaus
Hold » Buy
$47
Health Care REIT
HCN
Stifel Nicolaus
Hold » Buy
$47
Enterprises Finl
EFSC
Stifel Nicolaus
Hold » Buy
$11.50
Sequenom
SQNM
Ladenburg Thalmann
Neutral » Buy
$8
Annaly Mortgage
NLY
FBR Capital
Mkt Perform » Outperform
$20
Cintas
CTAS
Robert W. Baird
Underperform » Neutral
$22 » $28
MEMC Elec
WFR
Kaufman Bros
Hold » Buy
$14 » $15

Downgrades


Company
Ticker
Brokerage Firm
Ratings Change
Price Target
Gilead Sciences
GILD
RBC Capital Mkts
Outperform » Sector Perform
$55 » $40
Cleveland Biolabs
CBLI
WBB Securities
Strong Buy » Speculative Buy
$6.50
ManTech
MANT
Gleacher & Company
Buy » Neutral

Concho Resources
CXO
Caris & Company
Above Average » Average
$59 » $61
Seagate Tech
STX
Brean Murray
Buy » Hold

Nationwide Health
NHP
Stifel Nicolaus
Buy » Hold

Rick's Cabaret
RICK
Merriman
Buy » Neutral


Coverage Initiated


Company
Ticker
Brokerage Firm
Ratings Change
Price Target
MYR Group
MYRG
Avondale
Mkt Outperform
$20
Pride Intl
PDE
RBC Capital Mkts
Sector Perform
$30
Helmerich & Payne
HP
RBC Capital Mkts
Sector Perform
$45
Shoe Carnival
SCVL
BB&T Capital Mkts
Buy
$25
DSW
DSW
BB&T Capital Mkts
Buy
$30
Sequenom
SQNM
Jefferies
Hold
$5.50
MasTec
MTZ
Wunderlich
Buy
$13
FactSet
FDS
Davenport
Buy
$80
Identive Group
INVE
Morgan Joseph
Buy
$2.50
Allot Comms
ALLT
Rodman & Renshaw
Mkt Outperform
$5.80

Coverage Reit/Price Tgt Changed*


Company
Ticker
Brokerage Firm
Ratings Change
Price Target
Waste Connections
WCN
Wedbush
Outperform
$39 » $42
Yahoo!
YHOO
RBC Capital Mkts
Outperform
$22 » $19
VMware
VMW
RBC Capital Mkts
Outperform
$75 » $90
Tupperware
TUP
RBC Capital Mkts
Outperform
$59 » $52
Bank of NY
BK
RBC Capital Mkts
Outperform
$36 » $30
Seagate Tech
STX
RBC Capital Mkts
Sector Perform
$20 » $16
Marshall & Ilsley
MI
RBC Capital Mkts
Sector Perform
$10 » $8
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
RBC Capital Mkts
Sector Perform
$63 » $62
Concho Resources
CXO
RBC Capital Mkts
Sector Perform
$55 » $62
Yahoo!
YHOO
UBS
Neutral
$18 » $17
VMware
VMW
UBS
Buy
$75 » $82
Seagate Tech
STX
UBS
Buy
$25 » $18
Juniper Networks
JNPR
UBS
Neutral
$25 » $27
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
UBS
Buy
$75 » $69
Illinois Tool
ITW
UBS
Buy
$60 » $57
Harley-Davidson
HOG
UBS
Neutral
$28.80 » $29.50
Concho Resources
CXO
UBS
Buy
$66 » $70
Apple
AAPL
UBS
Buy
$320 » $340
Altera
ALTR
UBS
Buy
$30 » $34
VMware
VMW
JMP Securities
Mkt Outperform
$74 » $91
Seagate Tech
STX
Caris & Company
Above Average
$25 » $22
Plexus
PLXS
Longbow
Buy
$29 » $31
Seagate Tech
STX
Wedbush
Neutral
$20 » $17
Omnicom
OMC
Wedbush
Outperform
$46 » $47
Juniper Networks
JNPR
Wedbush
Neutral
$26 » $28
VMware
VMW
Gleacher & Company
Buy
$85 » $88
VMware
VMW
Wedbush
Outperform
$65 » $90
A.O. Smith
AOS
Maxim Group
Buy
$60 » $62
Orthovita
VITA
Maxim Group
Buy
$6 » $5
Marshall & Ilsley
MI
Stifel Nicolaus
Buy
$11 » $9
Rick's Cabaret
RICK
Brean Murray
Buy
$14 » $11
Omega Health
OHI
Stifel Nicolaus
Buy
$22 » $23
Apple
AAPL
Stifel Nicolaus
Buy
$340 » $350
Anworth Mortgage
ANH
FBR Capital
Outperform
$7.25 » $8
Yahoo!
YHOO
The Benchmark Company
Hold
$18 » $16
Yahoo!
YHOO
Oppenheimer
Perform
$19 » $18
Marshall & Ilsley
MI
Oppenheimer
Outperform
$11 » $10
Gilead Sciences
GILD
Oppenheimer
Outperform
$53 » $46
Solarfun Power
SOLF
Auriga U.S.A
Buy
$9 » $13
JinkoSolar Holding
JKS
Auriga U.S.A
Buy
$23 » $25
Linear Tech
LLTC
FBR Capital
Underperform
$33 » $34
Apple
AAPL
Kaufman Bros
Buy
$349 » $350
VCA Antech
WOOF
Kaufman Bros
Hold
$30 » $26

(a) Brokerage firm initiating coverage participated in underwriting the recent IPO.
(b) Brokerage firm resumes coverage.
(c) Brokerage firm participated in the secondary offering.
* This list of reiterations/target changes is not comprehensive.


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