US RESEARCH SUMMARY-S&P 500 April 17 1430 GMT
Following is a summary of research actions on S&P 500 companies reported by Reuters on Friday. Stock entries are in alphabetical order. For a summary of research on non-S&P 500 companies, double click on [RCH/US2] For a summary of research on Canadian companies, double click on [RCH/CA] See bottom of the table for sector changes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- STOCK RESEARCH BY ACTION Allegheny Energy Jefferies Cuts price target to $32 from $39;rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amerisourcebergen Deutsche Bank Raises to buy from hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphenol Corp Collins Stewart Cuts price target to $32.50 from $37; rating buy Credit Suisse Raises target price to $36 from $29 Citigroup Raises price target to $37 from $33; rating buy RBC Raises price target to $37 from $35; rating outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bed Bath & Beyond Barclays Raises price target to $27 from $25; rating equal weight --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Biogen Idec Bernstein Cuts price target to $46 from $48; rating market perform Barclays Raises price target to $40 from $38; rating underweight --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Caterpillar Credit Suisse Cuts target price to $32 from $34 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colgate-Palmolive Deutsche Bank Cuts price target to $64 from $67; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corning Thinkequity Raises price target to $18 from $15; keeps buy rating --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ford Motor Credit Suisse Raises price target to $3 from $1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flowserve BMO Cuts to market perform from outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Google Jefferies Cuts price target to $442 from $450; rating buy Canaccord Adams Raises price target to $480 from $450; keeps buy rating Susquehanna Raises fair value to $505 from $495; rating positive RBC Raises price target to $500 from $475; rating outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harley-Davidson RBC Raises price target to $18 from $14; rating sector perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Home Depot Goldman Sachs Raises price target to $27 from $26 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Host Hotels & Resorts Deutsche Bank Cuts price target to $7 from $8; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ITW Wachovia Cuts to market perform from outperform [nBNG237449] Credit Suisse Raises target price to $30 from $27 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- JPMorgan Chase KBW Raises price target to $38 from [nWNAB4321] $30; rating outperform [nWNAB4469] Wachovia Rates market perform Fox-Pitt Cuts to in line from outperform; cuts price target to $38 from $40 Barclays Rates overweight; price target of $42 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Juniper Networks Stifel Cuts to hold from buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kimberly-Clark Deutsche Bank Cuts price target to $55 from $60; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lowe's Companies Goldman Sachs Adds to America's conviction buy list --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morgan Stanley Fox-Pitt Rates in line [nBNG450293] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parker Hannifin Wachovia Raises to outperform from market perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Procter & Gamble Deutsche Bank Cuts price target to $56 from $63; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Range Resources Natixis Cuts price target to $48 from $52; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regions Financial Friedman Rates market perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sherwin-Williams Longbow Raises price target to $40 from $36 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLM Corp KBW Cuts price target to $13 from $14; keeps outperform rating --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Starwood Hotels & Deutsche Bank Cuts price target to $18 from $21; Resorts rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tyco Electronics Credit Suisse Raises target price to $17 from $15 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wyndham Worldwide Deutsche Bank Raises price target to $8.50 from $7; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ((Compiled by Sandhya Menon; Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780)) Keywords: US RESEARCH/ (C) Reuters 2009. 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