Friday broker round-up UPDATE

11th Oct 2013 08:51

Barratt Developments: Deutsche Bank moves target price from 365p to 391p reiterating its buy recommendation.Bovis Homes Group: Deutsche Bank raises target price from 901p to 1001p and keeps a buy recommendation.Croda International: Liberum Capital downgrades to hold with a target price of 2480p.Diageo: Exane upgrades to outperform with a target price of 2033p.Entertainment One Group: JP Morgan initiates with a target price of 274p and an overweight rating.Hays: JP Morgan ups target price from 102p to 118p and reiterates a neutral rating.Informa: Alphavalue shifts target price from 550.50p to 554.40p and upgrades from reduce to add.InterContinental Hotels Group: Citi reduces target price from 2200p to 2050p, while staying with its buy recommendation.ITV: JP Morgan shifts target price from 181p to 189p keeping a neutral rating.Kofax: Canaccord Genuity ups target price from 400p to 425p and maintains a buy recommendation.Persimmon: Deutsche Bank takes target price from 1202p to 1274p maintaining a hold recommendation.Polar Capital Holdings: Numis upgrades to add with a target price of 462p.Premier Foods: Citi increases target price from 80p to 170p, while leaving its neutral rating unaltered.Reckitt Benckiser: Citi cuts target price from 5100p to 5000p, while its buy recommendation is maintained.Redrow: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 258p to 278p reiterating a hold recommendation.SAB Miller: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 3400p to 3100p and retains its hold recommendation. JP Morgan cuts target price from 3520p to 3270p, while its overweight rating remains unchanged.Smith (WH): Deutsche Bank ups target price from 915p to 960p and stays with its buy recommendation. Citi takes target price from 900p to 1000p keeping a buy recommendation. Numis raises target price from 850p to 975p and retains an add rating. Cantor Fitzgerald raises target price from 900p to 950p reiterating a buy recommendation.Taylor Wimpey: Deutsche Bank increases target price from 1503p to 1581p, while its hold recommendation remains unchanged.Travis Perkins: Liberum Capital moves target price from 1890p to 1900p and maintains a buy recommendation.UBM: Westhouse Securities upgrades to buy with a target price of 855p.Unilever: Citi reduces target price from 2900p to 2500p and keeps a neutral rating.Whitbread: Citi raises target price from 2900p to 3570p upgrading from neutral to buy.