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FeedPosted Jul 30th 2007 11:35AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Initiations, Stocks to Buy
MOST NOTEWORTHY: Chico's FAS (CHS), MetroPCS (PCS), Federated Investors (FII) and Tibco (TIBX) were today's noteworthy initiations:
- Roth Capital believes Chico's FAS (NYSE: CHS) growth will be back on track given the changes within the merchandise organization and recent infrastructure investments, and initiated shares with a Buy rating and $24 target.
- Pacific Crest believes MetroPCS's (NYSE: PCS) low-cost business model creates opportunities and that its large market focus should drive outperformance, and initiated shares with an Outperform rating.
- JMP Securities believes near-term upside in Federated Investors (NYSE: FII) could be seen with hurricane season and resumed coverage of Federated Investors with an Overweight rating and $178 target.
- Pacific Crest believes 2007 is a transition year for Tibco (NASDAQ: TIBX) and started shares with a Sector Perform rating...
OTHER INITIATIONS:
- BWS Financial initiated Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT) with a Buy rating and $20 target.
- HSBC started Lukoil (OTC: LUKOY) with an Overweight rating.
- Pacific Crest started shares of On Semiconductor (NASDAQ: ONNN) with an Outperform rating and $16 target.
- BMO Capital initiated Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) with an Outperform rating and $18 target.
Analyst summaries provided by TheFlyOnTheWall.com (subscription required).Posted May 1st 2007 11:19AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Analyst Initiations
MOST NOTEWORTHY: Chico's FAS (CHS), Cache, Inc (CACH), JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM) and National City Corp (NCC) were today's noteworthy initiations:
- Thomas Weisel started Chico's FAS (NYSE: CHS) with a Market Weight rating and $26 target citing near-term mix pressure, lower margin potential and lower square footage growth.
- Thomas Weisel also initiated shares of Cache, Inc (NASDAQ: CACH) with an Overweight rating and $21 target, citing a significant sales opportunity driven by new categories and demographics.
- AG Edwards believes the risk/reward for JP Morgan & Chase Co (NYSE: JPM) is balanced, assuming coverage with a Hold rating.
OTHER INITIATIONS:
- Merriman initiated shares of Aware, Inc (NASDAQ: AWRE) with a Buy rating.
Analyst summaries provided by TheFlyOnTheWall.com (subscription required).Posted Mar 9th 2007 11:34AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Apple Inc (AAPL), Ciena Corp (CIEN), Red Hat Inc (RHT), Analyst Initiations, Time Warner Cable (TWC)
MOST NOTEWORTHY: Visicu, Inc (EICU), Ciena Corp (CIEN), Apple Inc (AAPL) and Time Warner Cable (TWC) were some of today's more notable initiations:
- Prudential started Visicu Inc (NASDAQ: EICU) with an Underweight rating and $7 target and said competitor substitute ICU modules, hesitant customers and patent challenges could impact future sales activity.
- RBC initiated Ciena Corp (NASDAQ: CIEN) with an Outperform rating and $33 target based on improving demand outlook driven by growth in video and data-traffic.
- W.R. Hambrecht initiated shares of Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) with a Buy rating and $110 target based on the company's impressive desktop and notebook offering that continues to grow faster than the industry and command higher ASPs, an iPod franchise that dominates the category and represented almost half of total company revenues in the strongest quarter in its history, December 2006, among other things.
- Deutsche Bank initiated Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) with a Buy rating and $46 target. The firm is bullish on cable sector prospects and sees upside from consumer and commercial telecom services and growth in advanced video services.
OTHER INITIATIONS:
- RBC started F5 Networks, Inc (NASDAQ: FFIV) with an Outperform rating and $90 target.
- Stanford initiated HealthSouth Corp (NYSE: HLS) with a Buy rating and $31 target.
- Kenexa Corp (NASDAQ: KNXA) was started at Jefferies with a Hold rating and $36 target.
- Stern Agee initiated Chico's FAS, Inc (NYSE: CHS) with a Buy rating and $26 target.
- JP Morgan initiated Red Hat, Inc (NYSE: RHT) with a Neutral rating.
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