US RESEARCH SUMMARY-S&P 500 April 28 1812 GMT
Following is a summary of research actions on S&P 500 companies reported by Reuters on Tuesday. 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 Bank of America Deutsche Bank Starts with hold rating; pricetarget of $8 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broadcom Corp Credit Suisse Raises price target to $28 from $25 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown-Forman UBS Cuts to sell from neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Celanese S&P EQUITY Raises to sell from strong sell --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cisco Systems Lazard Raises price target to $21 from $18; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coca-Cola Enterprises UBS Raises price target to $17 from $11; rating neutral S&P Equity Raises price target by $4 to $18; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corning UBS Raises price target to $16.5 from $15; rating neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CVS Caremark Goldman Sachs Adds to Americas conviction buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discover Financial Jefferies Starts with buy; price target of $11 Services --------------------------------------------------------------------------- El Paso Wachovia Cutsto market perform from outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Firstenergy Credit Suisse Cuts price target to $47 from $63 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fortune Brands S&P Equity Cuts to sell from hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Goodrich Morgan Stanley Raises gprice target to $45 from $41; rating equal-weight --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harley-Davidson UBS Raises price target to $19 from $11; rating neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Humana Barclays Cuts price target to $36 from $41; rating underweight --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IBM Socgen Raises price target to $85 from $80 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MBIA UBS Raises price target to $5 from $4; rating neutral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Masco Corp S&P Equity Raises to buy from hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nvidia UBS Raises price target to $8 from $6.75; rating sell --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Northern Trust Credit Suisse Cuts price target to $53 from $55 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Depot S&P Equity Raises price target by $1 to $3; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Omnicom Deutsche Bank Raises to hold from sell; price target to $31 from $21 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PfizeR S&P Equity Cuts price target by $2 to $16; rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Qualcomm Barclays Raises price target to $47 from $45; rating overweight Jefferies Raises price target to $50 from $47; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scripps Networks S&P Equity Cuts to hold from buy Interactive ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southwestern Energy UBS Raises price target to $47 from $44; rating buy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tyson Foods Barclays Cuts price target to $15 from $20; rating overweight --------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States Steel S&P Equity Cuts to sell from hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verizon Barclays Cuts price target to $37 from $40; Communications rating overweight --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Waters Corp S&P Equity Cuts to sell from hold --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wells Fargo & Co Deutsche Bank Starts with hold rating; price target of $24 [nWNAB9203] Fox-Pitt Rates outperform; price target of $38 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weyerhaeuser Deutsche Bank Cuts to hold from buy; raises price target to $38 from $30 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Whirlpool Corp Raymond James Downgrades to market perform from outperform --------------------------------------------------------------------------- XL Capital Credit Suisse Raises price target to $9 from $5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ((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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