US RESEARCH SUMMARY-Non-S&P 500 Feb 18 1707 GMT
Following is a summary of research actions on non-S&P 500 companies reported by Reuters on Wednesday. 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 Alexion Needham Starts with buy rating; price target Pharmaceuticalsof $51 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- American Medical S&P Equity Raises to hold from sell Systems rating overweight --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATP Oil & Gas RBC Cuts price target to $5 from $10; rating sector perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Black Hills Calyon Raises to buy from underperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Builders Firstsource RBC Cuts price target to $3 from $5; rating sector perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cabot Oil & Gas Tristone Cuts to market perform from outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cathay General KBW Raises to market perform from Bancorp underperform on valuation --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Champion FTN Equity Cuts to neutral from buy Enterprises --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cognex Needham Cuts price target to $15 from $17; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conceptus Raymond James Cuts to market perform from outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copart Baird Raises to outperform from neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Diamond Foods BMO Cuts to market perform from outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- East West Bancorp KBW Raises to market perform from underperform on valuation --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Entegris Citigroup Cuts to hold from buy; price target to $1.50 from $6.50 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Factset Research Needham Raises price target to $47 from $45; Systems rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- First Solar Wedbush Raises price target to $125 from $110; keeps hold rating --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freightcar America Longbow Raises to buy from neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frontier Oil Tristone Cuts to market perform from outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibraltar Industries Baird Raises to neutral from underperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Global Crossing Jefferies Cuts price target to $8 from $9; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gulfmark Offshore Jefferies Cuts to hold from buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Holly BMO Raises price target to $26 from $20; rating market perform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hornbeck Offshore Jefferies Cuts to hold from buy Services --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idenix Pharmaceuticals Caris Cuts price target to $16 from $17; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keywords: US RESEARCH/ (C) Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. nBNG34856 RCH/US2
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