US RESEARCH SUMMARY-Non-S&P 500 March 27 1713 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 3com CorpBarclays Raises to equal weight from underweight --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Accenture JP Morgan Cuts price target to $32 from $39 Stifel Cuts to hold from buy UBS Cuts price target to $39 from $41; keeps buy rating Deutsche Bank Cuts price target to $36 from $38 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACE Citigroup Cuts price target to $45 from $54; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Activision Blizzard Citigroup Removes from top picks live list --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alon USA Energy Caris Cuts to above average from buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alpha Natural Goldman Sachs Starts with neutral Resources Raymond James Cuts to outperform from strong buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Autoliv Bofa-Merrill Raises to buy from underperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMB Property Corp Goldman Sachs Cuts price target to $12 from $13 RBC Raises price target to $19 from $17; rating outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apollo Investment BMO Raises to outperform from market perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arch Coal Goldman Sachs Starts with buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ashland Credit Suisse Raises price target to $15.50 from $13.50 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basic Energy Services Barclays Cuts to equal weight from overweight --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Berry Petroleum Goldman Sachs Raises price target to $12 from $9 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Barrett Goldman Sachs Raises price target to $26 from $24 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bristow Group Barclays Cuts price target to $28 from $30; keeps equal-weight rating --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buckeye Gp Holdings Goldman Sachs Removes from conviction buy list; cuts to neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CF Industries UBS Starts with neutral; price target of $72 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canadian Natural Goldman Sachs Raises price target to $47 from $42 Resources --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canadian National Stifel Cuts to hold from buy Railway --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canadian Pacific Stifel Cuts to hold from buy Railway --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carbo Ceramics Barclays Cuts price target to $37 from $51; rating equal weight --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cathay General Sandler O'Neill Cuts price target to $10 from $11 Bancorp --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CBL & Associates Goldman Sachs Cuts price target to $2.50 Properties --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Choice Hotels JP Morgan Cuts to underweight from neutral International --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cobiz Financial Fox-Pitt Starts with in line; price target of $6 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coeur D'Alene Mines RBC Raises to sector perform from underperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Columbia Banking Sandler O'Neill Cuts price target to $10 from $12 System --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comverge RBC Raises price target to $8 from $7; rating outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CVB Financial Sandler O'Neill Cuts price target to $8.50 from $9.50 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deckers Outdoor Credit Suisse Starts with underperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duke Realty Goldman Sachs Removes from conviction list --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dupont UBS Starts with buy; price target of $28 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- East West Bancorp Sandler O'Neill Cuts price target to $5.50 from $9.50 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Encana Goldman Sachs Cuts price target to $47 from $50 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Encore Acquisition Co Goldman Sachs Cuts price target to $32 from $35 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enterprise Products Goldman Sachs Adds to conviction buy list Partners --------------------------------------------------------------------------- First Solar Collins Stewart Downgrades to hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Foundation Coal Goldman Sachs Starts with buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gildan Activewear Credit Suisse Starts with neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guess Credit Suisse Starts with outperform rating --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hatteras Financial Deutsche Bank Starts with buy; price target of $25.50 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hercules Offshore Barclays Cuts to equal weight from overweight --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iconix Brand Credit Suisse Starts with neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intrepid Potash UBS Starts with buy; price target of $27 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- James River Coal Raymond James Cuts to outperform from strong buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key Energy Services Barclays Cuts to equal weight from overweight --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Landstar System Stifel Cuts to hold from buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lubrizol Corp Jefferies Raises price target to $40 from $37; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lululemon Athletica Caris Raises to average from below average --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Macerich Co Goldman Sachs Cuts to sell from neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mariner Energy Goldman Sachs Cuts price target to $10 from $12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MGM Mirage BMO Cuts to market perform from outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mosaic UBS Starts with buy rating; pirce target of $63 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Newfield Exploration Goldman Sachs Raises price target to $32 from $29 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nexen INC Goldman Sachs Raises price target to $20 from $17 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old Dominion Freight Stifel Cuts to hold from buy Line --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patterson-UTI Energy Barclays Cuts to equal weight from overweight --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patriot Coal Goldman Sachs Starts with sell --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post Properties Inc Goldman Sachs Adds to conviction sell list --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Potash Corp UBS Raises price target to $105 from $95; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Riverbed Technology Baird Cuts to neutral from outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAIA Stifel Cuts to hold from buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sandridge Energy Goldman Sachs Cuts price target to $8 from $9 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shore Bancshares Sandler O'Neill Raises price target by $4 to $22; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spectrum Control Needham Cuts price target to $10 from $11; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suntech Power Holdings Oppenheimer Cuts to underperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Superior Energy Barclays Cuts to equal weight from overweight Services --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SVB Financial Group Sandler O'Neill Raises price target to $23 from $20 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Synnex Corp Needham Raises to buy from hold Raymond James Raises price target to $21 from $19; rating outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPX Corp Credit Suisse Raises price target to $49 from $41 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Talisman Energy Goldman Sachs Cuts to sell from neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TCF FINANCIAL Stifel Cuts to hold from buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Teppco Partners Goldman Sachs Raises to buy from neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terra Industries UBS Starts with neutral; price target of $29 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tetra Technologies Barclays Cuts to equal weight from overweight --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tibco Software Jefferies Raises price target to $4 from $3; rating underperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Treehouse Foods S&P Equity Raises to buy from hold Research --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trina Solar Friedman Cuts to underperform from market perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Universal Truckload Stifel Cuts to hold from buy Svcs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- UTI Worldwide Stifel Cuts price target to $17 from $18; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keywords: US RESEARCH/ Walter Industries Raymond James Cuts to outperform from strong buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warnaco Group Credit Suisse Starts with neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WMS Industries Goldman Sachs Raises price target to $25 from $22.50; keeps buy rating --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wuxi Pharmatech Jefferies Cuts price target to $5 from $6.20; rating hold Susquehanna Cuts to neutral from positive --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ((Compiled by Mihir Dalal and Ramya Dilip; Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780)) Keywords: US RESEARCH/ (C) Reuters 2009. 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