Friday broker round-up UPDATE

1st Aug 2014 10:33

AstraZeneca: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 3950p to 4000p staying with its hold recommendation.Avacta: Numis places both its target price and its buy recommendation under review.Barclays: Berenberg upgrades from sell to hold with a target price of 220p.Bodycote: UBS shifts target price from 860p to 865p and maintains a buy recommendation.Breedon: Berenberg initiates with a target price of 50p and a buy recommendation.Capita: Credit Suisse lowers target price from 1250p to 1215p and downgrades from outperform to neutral.Computacenter: Jefferies cuts target price from 720p to 690p retaining a hold recommendation.CVS Group: Berenberg starts with a target price of 410p and a buy recommendation.Daily Mail & General Trust: Numis shifts target price from 1180p to 1185p and stays with its buy recommendation.Diageo: Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 1835p to 1540p downgrading from hold to sell.Dignity: Berenberg initiates with a target price of 1600p and a buy recommendation.Hikma Pharmaceuticals: Jefferies moves target price from 1600p to 1610p and keeps a hold recommendation.IMI: Investec places its target price (prev.: 1570p) under review, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.Informa: Goldman Sachs ups target price from 527p to 550p upgrading from sell to neutral.Intu Properties: Deutsche Bank moves target price from 270p to 280p and maintains a hold recommendation.Lancashire Holdings: Credit Suisse reduces target price from 800p to 680p, while leaving its outperform rating unaltered.Lloyds Banking Group: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 87p to 89p and keeps a buy recommendation.Man Group: Panmure Gordon downgrades from buy to hold with a target price of 125p.Micro Focus: Jefferies raises target price from 420p to 635p, while maintaining an underperform rating.Next: Berenberg raises target price from 7740p to 8075p maintaining a buy recommendation.Parkmead: Numis initiates with a target price of 262p and a buy recommendation.Pennon Group: Credit Suisse moves target price from 645p to 655p and reiterates an underperform rating.PZ Cussons: Panmure Gordon moves target price from 400p to 410p retaining a buy recommendation.Randgold Resources: UBS downgrades from buy to neutral with a target price of 5400p. RBC Capital reduces target price from 5300p to 5200p and stays with a neutral rating.Rightmove: Jefferies reduces target price from 2260p to 2177p keeping a hold recommendation.Rolls-Royce Group: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 900p to 860p retaining its sell recommendation.Royal Bank of Scotland: Investec ups target price from 325p to 340p, while downgrading from hold to sell.Royal Dutch Shell: Jefferies increases target price from 2460p to 2730p upgrading from hold to buy. UBS raises target price from 2300p to 2450p staying with its neutral rating.RPS Group: Jefferies reduces target price from 385p to 320p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.Schroders: Jefferies raises target price from 2300p to 2500p and reiterates a hold recommendation. Numis cuts target price from 3087p to 3042p retaining its buy recommendation.SDL: Jefferies reduces target price from 620p to 480p, while keeping a buy recommendation.Severn Trent: Credit Suisse increases target price from 1540p to 1730p upgrading to neutral.Smith & Nephew: Investec downgrades from buy to add with a target price of 1100p.UBM: Canaccord Genuity cuts target price from 725p to 680p and retains a hold recommendation.United Utilities: Credit Suisse raises target price from 680p to 730p, while downgrading to underperform.Vesuvius: Investec places both its target price (prev.: 465p) and its add rating under review.Weir Group: Morgan Stanley raises target price from 2440p to 2510p and keeps an equal-weight rating.Zoopla Property: Jefferies initiates with a target price of 325p and a buy recommendation.