US RESEARCH SUMMARY-Non-S&P 500 May 1 1751 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 ACME PacketCredit Suisse Raises price target to $9 from $4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advanta Corp KBW 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 Canaccord Adams Raises price target to $67 from $57; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Americredit Friedman Raises price target to $9 from $5; rating market perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Applied Micro S&P Equity Raises price target by $1 to $5.50; Circuits rating sell --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ART Technology Group Raymond James Raises target price to $4 from $3; Inc rating strong buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ashland Jefferies Raises price target to $30 from $22; keeps buy rating Longbow Raises price target to $31 from $17 Credit Suisse Raises price target to $31 from $24 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bebe Stores Wedbush Raises price target to $7 from $6; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big 5 Sporting Goods Needham Raises to buy from hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Biomed Realty Trust Raymond James Raises price target to $13.50 from $10; rating outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Borgwarner Inc Baird Raises price target to $25 from $16; rating underperform Credit Suisse Raises price target to $30 from $18 UBS Raises price target to $30 from $21; rating neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Management $6.50 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 RBC Raises price target to $23 from $17; rating sector perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cincinnati Financial S&P Equity Downgrades to strong sell from hold Corp --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Circor International RBC Cuts price target to $26 from $28; rating sector perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copart INC RBC Raises price target to $36 from $29; rating outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corinthian Colleges UBS Raises price target to $35 from $30; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crown Castle Jefferies Raises price target to $29 from $27; International keeps buy rating UBS Raises price target to $25 from $21; rating neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cytec Industries Jefferies Raises price target to $20 from $17; keeps hold rating Credit Suisse Raises price target to $7 from $8 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Diamond Foods Keybanc Starts with buy; price target of $32 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digital Realty Trust Raymond James Raises price target to $41 from $36 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dolby Laboratories Collins Stewart Raises price target to $29 from $22; rating sell Canaccord Adams Raises price target to $46 from $40; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dryships Lazard Raises to hold from sell --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duke Realty Baird Cuts to neutral from outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eagle Rock Energy Raymond James Cuts to underperform from market Partners perform RBC Cuts to sector perform from outperform UBS Cuts price target to $6 from $9; rating buy -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Encore Capital Group Jefferies Raises price target to $9 from $5.50; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Endeavour Canaccord Adams Resumes coverage ofwith buy rating International --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Entropic Credit Suisse Raises price target to $2.00 from Communications $0.90 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evercore Partners KBW Raises price target to $17.50 from $13.50 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evergreen Solar Raymond James Cuts to underperform from market Inc perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Femsa HSBC Raises price target to $34 from $30; keeps overweight rating --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flowers Foods Keybanc Starts fwith buy; price target of $27 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flowserve Corp RBC Raises price target to $90 from $75; rating outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FMC Technologies Credit Suisse Raises price target to $33 from $30 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fresenius Medical RBC Cuts price target to $50 from $56; Care rating outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harmonic Inc UBS Raises price target to $8 from $5.5; rating neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hatteras Financial Wachovia Cuts to market perform from outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Helmerich & Payne Tristone Cuts to market perform from top pick on valuation Credit Suisse Raises price target to $28 from $25 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hertz global UBS Raises price target to $6.75 from Holdings $3.25; rating neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huron Consulting UBS Cuts price target to $75 from $80; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Raymond James Cuts target price to $20 from $33; rating outperform Credit Suisse Cuts price target to $20 from $28 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Infinity Property RBC Raises to sector perform from and Casualty Corp underperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ingram Micro S&P Equity Raises to hold from sell --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interface Inc Canaccord Adams raises price target to $7 from $4; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interline Brands S&P Equity Raises to hold from sell --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iowa RBC Cuts price target to $14 from $16; Telecommunications rating sector perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 UBS Raises price target to $19 from $17; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kirby Corp Jefferies Raises to hold from underperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LKQ Corp BB&T Capital raisesprice target to $21 from $18; rating buy Raymond James Raises price target to $18.50 from $15; rating outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lubrizol Corp Jefferies Raises price target to $53 from $48; keeps buy rating --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Martha Stewart RBC Cuts price target to $3 from $4; rating sector perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 UBS Raises price target to $42 from $34; rating neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Magellan Health Credit Suisse Cuts price target to $37 from $41 Services --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meritage Homes FTN Equity Starts mwith buy rating; price target of $27 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mettler-Toledo Baird Raises to outperform from neutral UBS Raises price target to $68 from $56; rating neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Micros Systems Jefferies Raises price target to $28 from $25; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Molina Healthcare UBS Raises price target to $23 from $21; rating neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morningstar KBW Raises price target to $38 from $27 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mylan Citigroup Cuts price target to $15 from $16; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nalco Holding Canaccord Adams Raises price target to $20 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neutral Tandem Raymond James Raises price target to $31 from $23; rating outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nexen Goldman Sachs Raises price target to $23 from $20 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Northeast Utilities Jefferies Cuts price target to $21.50 from $23; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Novamed RBC Cuts price target to $4 from $5; rating outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NRG Energy Jefferies Cuts price target to $22.50 from $26; keeps hold rating RBC Raises price target to $29 from $27; rating sector perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oceaneering Jefferies Raises price target to $54 from $48; International rating buy Tristone Raises price target by $17 to $62; rating outperform RBC Raises price target to $54 from $44; 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 RBC Raises price target to $42 from $37; rating outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oshkosh Corp Credit Suisse Raises price target to $10 from $7 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Otelco Raymond James Cuts to outperform from strong buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PattersoN-Uti Energy Credit Suisse Raises price target to $11.00 from $7.50 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 RBC Raises price target to $26 from $18; rating sector perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pride International Tristone Cuts to market perform from top pick on valuation Barclays Cuts price target to $29 from $31; rating overweight --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Genuity Raises price target to $7.00 from $5.00; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spirit Aerosystems Credit Suisse Raises price target to $17 from $15 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Strayer Education Credit Suisse Raises price target to $178 from $170 UBS Raises price target to $315 from $310; rating 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 Credit Suisse Raises price target to $5 from $2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Time Warner Cable Raymond James Cuts to market perform from outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 RBC Raises price target to $9 from $8; rating outperform UBS Raises price target to $8 from $6; rating neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ultralife RBC Cuts price target to $7 from $11; rating sector perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Credit Suisse Raises price target to $19.50 from $13.50 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Washington Real Estate RBC Raises price target to $22 from $20; Investment Trust rating sector perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Westamerica Bancorp Stifel Cuts to sell from hold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Williams Partners RBC Cuts to outperform from top pick --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Williams Pipeline Stifel Cuts to hold from buy Partners --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wonder Auto Technology Susquehanna Cuts to neutral from positive --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ((Compiled by Tenzin Pema, Mary Meyase and Shrutika Verma; 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