US RESEARCH SUMMARY-Non-S&P 500 May 1 1355 GMT
Following is a summary of research actions on non-S&P 500 companies reported by Reuters on Friday. Stock entries are in alphabetical order. For a summary of research on S&P 500 companies, double click on [RCH/US] For a summary of research on Canadian companies, double click on [RCH/CA] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- STOCK RESEARCH BY ACTION Advanta CorpKBW Cuts price target to $3 from $6 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Agnico-Eagle Mines RBC Cuts price target to $60 from $62; rating sector perform BMO Cuts price target to $57 from $60; rating market perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Albemarle Citigroup Adds to top picks live list --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amag Pharmaceuticals Jefferies Raises price target to $55 from $45; rating buy Citigroup Raises price target to $65 from $37; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Americredit Friedman Raises price target to $9 from $5; rating market perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ashland Jefferies Raises price target to $30 from $22; keeps buy rating Longbow Raises price target to $31 from $17 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asset Acceptance KBW Raises price target to $7 from $6 Capital Corp --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baldor Electric Co Baird Raises price target to $26 from $24; rating outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Banner Corp KBW Raises price target to $4 from $2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big 5 Sporting Goods Needham Raises to buy from hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Borgwarner Inc Baird Raises price target to $25 from $16; rating underperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cabela's Inc JP Morgan Raises price target to $14 from $10; rating neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cabot Jefferies Raises price target to $15 from $13; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Calamos Asset KBW Raises price target to $12 from $6.50 Management Credit Suisse Raises price target to $8 from $6; rating underperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Callaway Golf Wedbush Raises to hold from sell --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Callidus Software Wedbush Cuts price target to $3.50 from $5; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canadian Natural Goldman Sachs Raises price target to $55 from $47 Resources --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CBeyond INC Jefferies Raises price target to $16 from $12; rating underperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Central European Jefferies Raises price target to $27 from $25; Distribution rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cerus Corp Baird Cuts price target to $3 from $5; rating outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chiquita Brands BB&T Raises price target to $12 from $10; International rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Vehicle Baird Cuts price target to $2 from $3; Group rating neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comscore Jefferies Cuts price target to $15 from $18; keeps buy rating --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crown Castle Jefferies Raises price target to $29 from $27; International keeps buy rating --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cytec Industries Jefferies Raises price target to $20 from $17; keeps hold rating --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Diamond Foods Keybanc Starts with buy; price target of $32 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dolby Laboratories Collins Stewart Raises price target to $29 from $22; rating sell --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duke Realty Baird Cuts to neutral from outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Encore Capital Group Jefferies Raises price target to $9 from $5.50; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Endeavour Canaccord Adams Resumes coverage ofwith buy rating International --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evercore Partners KBW Raises price target to $17.50 from $13.50 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Femsa HSBC Raises price target to $34 from $30; keeps overweight rating --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flowers Foods Keybanc Starts fwith buy; price target of $27 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hatteras Financial Wachovia Cuts to market perform from outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Helmerich & Payne Tristone Cuts to market perform from top pick on valuation --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gen Probe Caris Cuts price target to $50 to $59; rating above average --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gentiva Health Jefferies Cuts price target to $27 from $32; Services rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hornbeck Offshore Jefferies Raises price target to $25 from $17; Services rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Graftech International Jefferies Raises price target to $12 from $10; keeps buy rating --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kansas City UBS Cuts price target to $20 from $21; Southern rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- KBR Inc Stifel Raises price target to $21 from $18; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kirby Corp Jefferies Raises to hold from underperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LKQ Corp BB&T Capital raisesprice target to $21 from $18; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lubrizol Corp Jefferies Raises price target to $53 from $48; keeps buy rating --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maxim Integrated Thinkequity Raises to buy Products --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MB Financial KBW Cuts price target to $16 from $20 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- McAfee Inc Baird Cuts to neutral from outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meritage Homes FTN Equity Starts mwith buy rating; price target of $27 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mettler-Toledo Baird Raises to outperform from neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Micros Systems Jefferies Raises price target to $28 from $25; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morningstar KBW Raises price target to $38 from $27 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mylan Citigroup Cuts price target to $15 from $16; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Natus Medical Needham Raises to buy from hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Netlogic Microsystems Jefferies Raises price target to $39 from $35; rating buy Stifel Raises price target to $36 from $25; rating buy Wedbush Raises price target to $34 from $24.50; rating hold Caris Raises price target to $35 to $30; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Netscout Systems Wedbush Raises to buy from hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nexen Goldman Sachs Raises price target to $23 from $20 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Northeast Utilities Jefferies Cuts price target to $21.50 from $23; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NRG Energy Jefferies Cuts price target to $22.50 from $26; keeps hold rating --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oceaneering Jefferies Raises price target to $54 from $48; International rating buy Tristone Raises price target by $17 to $62; rating outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Odyssey Re KBW Cuts price target to $47 from $50 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Omnicell Piper Jaffray Raises price target to $11 from $10; keeps buy rating Caris Raises price target to $10; rating average --------------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Reilly Automotive Friedman Cuts to market perform from outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Owens Corning JP Morgan Raises price target to $13.50 from $9.50; keeps neutral rating --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pacific Capital Sandler O'Neill Cuts price target to $7.50 from Bancorp $8.50; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Palm UBS Raises price target to $11 from $7.30; rating neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patriot Coal Citigroup Raises to hold from sell; price target to $7.50 from $4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pennsylvania Reit Stifel Cuts to sell from hold on capital replacement, fundamental risks --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Petro-Canada Goldman Sachs Raises to buy from sell --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Plexus CorP Collins Stewart Raises price target to $13.30 from $7.20; rating sell --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pride International Tristone Cuts to market perform from top pick on valuation --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radiant Systems Wedbush Raises price target to $6.50 from $5.50; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Inc Baird Cuts to neutral from outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regeneron Credit Suisse Raises to outperform from neutral Pharmaceuticals --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Research in Motion UBS Raises to buy from neutral; price target to $90 from $85 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sepracor Goldman Sachs Cuts to sell from neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shire Caris Cuts price target to $45 from $49; rating above average --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sierra Wireless RBC Raises price target to $7 from $6; rating sector perform Haywood Raises price target by $0.75 to $6.25; rating sector perform Dundee Raises to buy from neutral; price target to $7 from $5.50 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sourcefire Jefferies Raises price target to $13 from $11; rating buy Stifel Raises price target to $15 from $10; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sonus Networks Jefferies Cuts to hold from buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suncor Energy Goldman Sachs Raises to buy from sell; adds to conviction buy list --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Symmetry Medical Wachovia Cuts to underperform from market perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Telecommunication Wedbush Raises price target to $12 from $10; Systems rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tenneco Inc Baird Raises price target to $4 from $3; rating neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trico Bancshares KBW Raises to outperform from market perform; price target to $22 from $16 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TTM Technologies Longbow Raises price target to $10.00 from $8.50 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unifi Inc Caris Raises to above average from average --------------------------------------------------------------------------- United Bankshares Sandler O'Neill Cuts to sell from hold on valuation --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Varian Semiconductor Caris Raises price target to $27 to $20; Equipment rating average --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vistaprint Jefferies Raises price target to $40 from $33; rating buy Citigroup Raises price target to $44 from $28; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Volcom Wedbush Raises price target to $12 from $9; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Industries BMO Raises price target to $22 from $20; rating market perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Westamerica Bancorp Stifel Cuts to sell from hold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Williams Pipeline Stifel Cuts to hold from buy Partners --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wonder Auto Technology Susquehanna Cuts to neutral from positive --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ((Compiled by Tenzin Pema; Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780)) Keywords: US RESEARCH/ (C) Reuters 2009. 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