Analyst initiations: ABCW, TOMO and SKIL

Posted Mar 7th 2008 11:55AM by Eric Buscemi
Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst initiations

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Anchor Bancorp, TomoTherapy and Skillsoft Corp were today's noteworthy initiations:

Keefe Bruyette initiated Anchor Bancorp (NASDAQ: ABCW) with a Market Perform rating and $18 target, as they prefer to wait for credit and capital concerns to subside.
Jefferies believes TomoTherapy (NASDAQ: TOMO) should trade higher based on the company's strong new order growth and would be buyers at current levels. The firm started shares with a Buy rating and $17 target.
Skillsoft (NASDAQ: SKIL) was assumed with an Outperform rating at William Blair, as they believe the NETg acquisition will drive significant operating margin improvement in the coming years.

OTHER INITIATIONS:

Lehman reinstated MarkWest Energy (NYSE: MWE) with an Overweight rating.
Friedman Billings initiated C.R. Bard (NYSE: BCR) with a Market Perform rating and $102 target.
Wachovia initiated Cooper Industries (NYSE: CBE) and Thomas & Betts (NYSE: TNB) with Market Perform ratings.

Tags: abcw, analyst, anchor bancorp, AnchorBancorp, bcr, cbe, cooper industries, CooperIndustries, cr bard, CrBard, initiation, markwest, mwe, skil, skillsoft, tomo, tomotherapy

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