Friday broker round-up UPDATE

22nd Mar 2013 08:48

Afren: Nomura shifts target price from 175p to 180p keeping a neutral rating.ASOS: Nomura increases target price from 2000p to 2630p, while reiterating a neutral rating.Betfair: Panmure Gordon takes target price from 761p to 813p and leaves its buy recommendation unchanged.Brewin Dolphin Holdings: Shore Capital upgrades to hold.BT Group: Nomura ups target price from 290p to 360p and leaves its buy recommendation unaltered.bwin.party: Panmure Gordon raises target price from 172p to 239p staying with its buy recommendation.Cairn Energy: Nomura moves target price from 382p to 400p and keeps a buy recommendation.Compass Group: Panmure Gordon downgrades from buy to hold with a target price of 820p.Daily Mail & General Trust: Liberum Capital raises target price from 625p to 725p, but downgrades to hold.Dechra Pharmaceuticals: Investec ups target price from 733p to 761p, but downgrades from buy to add.Dragon Oil: Nomura revises target price from 781p to 800p and stays with its buy recommendation.Euromoney: Canaccord Genuity raises target price from 905p to 960p and leaves its hold recommendation unaltered.Faroe Petroleum: Nomura shifts target price from 205p to 210p maintaining a buy recommendation.Filtrona: JP Morgan moves target price from 524p to 706p, while its neutral rating remains unchanged.G4S: Credit Suisse revises target price from 330p to 350p staying with its outperform rating.Home Retail Group: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 145p to 155p and maintains a hold recommendation.Howden Joinery: Canaccord Genuity raises target price from 174p to 305p and upgrades to buy.HSBC Holdings: Nomura upgrades to neutral with a target price of 650p.IMT: Nomura cuts target price from 2520p to 2443p and reiterates a reduce rating.Johnston Press: Panmure Gordon shifts target price from 18p to 20p and still recommends buying.Judges Scientific: WH Ireland takes target price from 1100p to 1400p and retains its buy recommendation.Mecom Group: Numis reduces target price from 166p to 141p, while keeping a buy recommendation. JP Morgan ups target price from 108p to 120p and maintains its neutral rating.Mulberry: WH Ireland reduces target price from 1200p to 1000p, while staying with its neutral rating.National Grid: HSBC Holdings raises target price from 780p to 850p and upgrades to overweight.Next: Bank of America increases target price from 4300p to 4600p maintaining a neutral rating.Paragon Group: Berenberg moves target price from 280p to 395p and retains its buy recommendation.Pennon Group: HSBC Holdings lowers target price from 800p to 780p keeping an overweight rating.Playtech: Panmure Gordon ups target price from 627p to 728p and reiterates its buy recommendation.Premier Farnell: Deutsche Bank raises target price from 200p to 250p keeping a buy recommendation. Numis increases target price from 200p to 250p and retains an add rating.Premier Oil: Nomura takes target price from 500p to 550p and retains a buy recommendation.Rentokil Initial: UBS ups target price from 90p to 105p, while reiterating a neutral rating.Smiths Group: UBS takes target price from 1300p to 1350p, while leaving its neutral rating unchanged.SOCO International: Nomura increases target price from 392p to 425p, but downgrades from buy to neutral.SSE: HSBC Holdings ups target price from 1470p to 1490p, but downgrades to underweight.Synthomer: Morgan Stanley ups target price from 270p to 290p and reiterates an overweight rating.Tullow Oil: Nomura raises target price from 1330p to 1400p reiterating a reduce rating.888 Holdings: Panmure Gordon lowers target price from 157p to 150p and keeps a hold recommendation.