Friday broker round-up UPDATE

1st Mar 2013 07:17

Ashtead Group: Citigroup increases target price from 487p to 590p and keeps a buy recommendation.Atkins: JP Morgan raises target price from 893p 920p, reiterating an overweight rating.Berendsen: Panmure Gordon moves target price from 582p to 760p, while staying with its hold recommendation. Cantor Fitzgerald raises target price from 625p to 650p and leaves its hold recommendation unaltered.British American Tabacco: Credit Suisse increases target price from 3380p to 3600p keeping an outperform rating.Brown (N) Group: Credit Suisse initiates with a target price of 405p and a neutral rating.bwin.party digital entertainment: Numis raises target price from 145p to 200p and kepps a buy recommendation.Capital & Counties Properties: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 270p to 280p maintaining a hold recommendation.Carillion: Investec reduces target price from 350p to 305p and downgrades from buy to hold.COLT Telecom Group: Nomura moves target price from 125p to 135p and stays with its neutral rating. Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 144p to 149p, while reiterating a buy recommendation.CRH: Deutsche Bank takes target price from 1575p to 1600p and still recommends buying.Delcam: Numis initiates with a target price of 1630p and a buy recommendation.Derwent London: Jefferies increases target price from 1961p to 2163p and leaves its hold recommendation unchanged. Morgan Stanley raises target price from 2050p to 2220p, while staying with its equal-weight rating. Deutsche Bank moves target price from 2690p to 2700p and retains a buy recommendation.Dialight: N+1 Singer raises target price from 1355p to 1441p, while not altering its buy recommendation.Direct Line Insurance Group: Nomura ups target price from 193p to 203p retaining its neutral rating.Elementis: Numis shifts target price from 243p to 247p leaving its hold recommendation unchanged.Energy Assets Group: Numis starts with a target price of 380p and a buy recommendation.Evraz: JP Morgan reduces target price from 274p to 252p and downgrades to underweight.Fiberweb: Numis takes target price from 76p to 90p and reiterates an add rating.Genel Energy: UBS lowers target price from 850p to 820p, while its neutral rating remains unchanged. JP Morgan raises target price from 940p to 967p keeping a neutral rating.GKN: Citigroup ups target price from 290p to 320p maintaining a buy recommendation.Global Market Group: Westhouse Securities reduces target price from 145p to 70p and downgrades from buy to add.Hargreaves Services: Jefferies increases target price from 785p to 1030p, while reiterating its buy recommendation. WH Ireland takes target price from 800p to 850p and keeps a hold recommendation.Hays: JP Morgan ups target price from 71.25p to 83.40p and maintains a neutral rating.Howden Joinery: JP Morgan raises target price from 162p to 211p and leaves its overweight rating unchanged. Citigroup moves target price from 170p to 205p retaining a neutral rating. Espirito Santo increases target price from 165p to 240p and keeps a buy recommendation. Numis ups target price from 185p to 245p reiterating an add rating.International Airlines Group: UBS revises target price from 250p to 285p keeping a buy recommendation. Deutsche Bank increases target price from 230p to 330p and leaves its buy recommendation unaltered.Interserve: Westhouse Securities takes target price from 432p to 537p and retains an add rating.Jupiter Fund Management: JP Morgan ups target price from 361p to 390p staying with an overweight rating.Kazakhmys: Bank of America cuts target price from 780p to 760p, while leaving its neutral rating unaltered. JP Morgan reduces target price from 635p to 600p and maintains an underweight rating. Exane BNP cuts target price from 620p to 500p staying with its underperform rating.Kier Group: JP Morgan cuts target price from 1615p to 1570p, while its overweight rating is kept.Ladbrokers: Credit Suisse raises target price form 147p to 180p and keeps an underperform rating.Laird: Investec puts target price (220p) under review and reiterates its hold rating. Espirito Santo takes target price from 275p to 300p maintaining a buy recommendation.Man Group: JP Morgan shifts target price from 57p to 62p, while reiterating a neutral rating. Citigroup moves target price from 90p to 95p and reiterates a neutral rating.Meggitt: Espirito Santo downgrades to neutral with a target price of 495p.Melrose: JP Morgan revises target price from 255p to 279p and retains an overweight rating.Reed Elsevier: Nomura increases target price from 750p to 810p and maintains a buy rating. Deutsche Bank ups target price from 740p to 790p, while its buy recommendation is reiterated. Investec moves target price from 780p to 800p and retains a buy recommendation. Numis increases target price from 801p to 830p staying with an add rating.Restaurant Group: Jefferies ups target price from 430p to 500p maintaining a buy recommendation. UBS moves target price from 425p to 460p and reiterates its buy rating.Rightmove: Westhouse Securities revises target price from 1505p to 1610p and retains a neutral rating. Canaccord Genuity raises target price to 2020p keeping its buy recommendation. Numis ups target price from 1915p to 2037p and downgrades to add.Rolls-Royce Group: Jefferies raises target price from 950p to 1250p and keeps a buy recommendation.Royal Bank of Scotland: Bank of America reduces target price from 400p to 380p, while retaining its buy recommendation. Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 300p to 325p and keeps a hold rating.RPS Group: Numis ups target price from 255p to 290p maintaining an add rating.SABMiller: Berenberg shifts target price from 34p to 38p and reiterates a buy recommendation.Spirent Communications: UBS lowers target price from 185p to 180p, while maintaining a buy recommendation. JP Morgan shifts target price from 153p to 158p and leaves its neutral rating unaltered. Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 155p to 140p retaining a hold recommendation.Sportech: Panmure Gordon raises target price from 84p to 105p, while its buy recommendation is kept.Standart Life: Exane BNP moves target price from 371p to 395p keeping an outperform rating.Taylor Wimpey: Panmure Gordon shifts target price from 67p to 68p and downgrades from hold to sell. Numis moves target price from 77p to 83p staying with its hold recommendation.Travis Perkins: Berenberg ups target price from 1000p to 1120p, but still recommends selling.Weir Group: Citigroup increases target price from 1925p to 2300p, while maintaining a neutral rating.WPP: Investec takes target price from 1060p to 1150p and reiterates its buy recommendation. Numis moves target price from 1224p to 1270p, while its buy rating is kept.Xchanging: JP Morgan ups target price from 129p to 174p and upgrades to overweight. Espirito Santo moves target price from 135p to 160p keeping a buy recommendation.