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Analyst initiations: TSS, CPLP and AHT

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Total Systems, Capital Products Partners and Ashford Hospitality were today's noteworthy initiations:
  • Stephens initiated Total Systems (NYSE: TSS) with an Overweight rating and $28 target. The firm thinks investor concerns about the negative impact of economic weakness are overdone.
  • JP Morgan believes Capital Products' (NASDAQ: CPLP) fixed-rate contract coverage and fixed operating costs should provide stable cash distributions to unit holders. The firm assumed coverage with an Overweight rating.
  • Ashford Hospitality (NYSE: AHT) was initiated at UBS with a Buy rating and $7 target.
OTHER INITIATIONS:
  • Bank of Kentucky (OTC: BKYF) was initiated with an Outperform rating and $29 target at Baird.
  • Morgan Stanley initiated Longs Drug Stores (NYSE: LDG) with an Equal Weight rating.

Analyst downgrades 3-29-07: Viacom, UnitedHeatlth and RF Micro downgraded today

MOST NOTEWORTHY: UnitedHealth Group Inc (UNH), RF Micro Devices Inc (RFMD), UTi Worldwide Inc (UTIW) and Viacom B (VIA, VIA.B) were some of today's more notable downgrades:
  • UBS cut UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE: UNH) to Neutral from Buy citing moderating fundamentals in commercial performance and large government exposure that will make it difficult for the company to outperform its peer group.
  • Jefferies downgraded RF Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ: RFMD) to Hold from Buy with a $7 target as the firm believes the company's June guidance signals a slow down of second-half fundamentals.
  • Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) was downgraded to Sell from Hold at Sanders Morris to reflect weak ad growth at MTV, digital revenues that the firm believes are a displacement rather than accretive to the revenue base and the lawsuit against Google's (GOOG) YouTube, which the firm feels is the wrong call.
OTHER DOWNGRADES:
  • Sealed Air Corp (NYSE: SEE) was taken down to Market Perform from Outperform at Wachovia citing valuation.
  • Friedman Billings downgraded shares of Maguire Properties, Inc (NYSE: MPG) to Market Perform from Outperform citing the fallout from subprime-exposed office space.
Analyst summaries provided by TheFlyOnTheWall.com (subscription required).

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Last updated: November 12, 2009: 11:09 AM

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