Analyst initiations 3-20-07: Nokia, Teva Pharma & Texas Insturments initiated today


MOST NOTEWORTHY: CKE Restaurants. Inc (CKR), Texas Instruments Inc (TXN), SurModics, Inc (SRDX), Nokia Corp (NOK) and DirecTV Group, Inc (DTV) were today's notable initiations:
  • Wedbush initiated CKE Restaurants (NYSE: CKR) with a Buy rating and $25 target.
  • Wachovia resumed coverage of Texas Instruments Inc (NYSE: TXN) with an Outperform rating, as the firm believes that TXN's fundamentals have bottomed and the valuation is attractive.
  • SurModics Inc (NASDAQ: SRDX) was initiated with an Underperform rating and $28 target at Piper Jaffray. Piper doesn't see a near-term catalyst to move shares higher given a lack of visibility regarding new licenses.
  • Nokia (NYSE: NOK) was initiated at Nollenberger with a Neutral rating.
  • HSBC started DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) with an Underweight rating and $21 target.
OTHER INITIATIONS:
  • Stanford initiated Armor Holdings, Inc (NYSE: AH) with a Buy rating and $80 target.
  • Wedbush initiated Jack in the Box Inc (NYSE: JBX) with a Hold rating and $68 target, citing the company's operational improvements and benefits from ongoing refranchising and share repurchases are fully reflected in the stock price.
  • Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (NYSE: CP) was initiated with a Sector Performer rating at CIBC.
  • Stifel initiated Medical Properties Trust, Inc (NYSE: MPW) with a Hold rating.
  • Bear Stearns initiated Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (NASDAQ: TEVA) with a Peer Perform rating.
  • Thomas Wiesel initiated shares of Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) and Luninex Corp (NASDAQ: LMNX) with Overweight ratings.

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