Friday broker round-up UPDATE

7th Nov 2014 09:44

AstraZeneca: Deutsche Bank increases target price from 4100p to 4350p and reiterates its hold recommendation.AVEVA: Societe Generale reduces target price from 2250p to 2000p, while keeping its buy recommendation.Big Yellow Group: Citi raises target price from 470p to 540p and maintains its neutral rating.B&M European Value Retail: Citi initiates with a target price of 310p and a buy recommendation.Brammer: Investec cuts target price from 400p to 370p and retains a buy recommendation.Cobham: Charles Stanley upgrades to hold.Coca-Cola HBS: Societe Generale cuts target price from 1150p to 1100p and retains a sell recommendation. UBS reduces target price from 1450p to 1360p, keeping its neutral rating.Experian: Canaccord raises target price from 858p to 928p and upgrades from sell to hold.Filtronic: Panmure Gordon shifts target price from 20p to 23p and reiterates a hold recommendation.Gem Diamonds: JP Morgan moves target price from 270p to 280p and keeps its overweight rating. Westhouse lowers target price from 235p to 210p and stays with its buy recommendation.GlaxoSmithKline: Berenberg cuts target price from 1575p to 1540p and maintains a hold recommendation.HSBC Holdings: Numis cuts target price from 725p to 700p and retains an add rating.Infinis: Barclays initiates with a target price of 275p and an overweight rating.Informa: Investec places its target price (prev.: 500p) under review, retaining its hold recommendation.Inmarsat: Berenberg ups target price from 725p to 750p, retaining its hold recommendation.Lookers: Panmure Gordon moves target price from 166p to 175p and leaves its buy recommendation unchanged.Persimmon: Deutsche Bank moves target price from 1523p to 1533p and maintains a hold recommendation.Petrofac: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 1300p to 1200p, staying with its buy recommendation.Playtech: JP Morgan reduces target price from 860p to 615p and downgrades to neutral.Poundland Group: Citi initiates with a target price of 350p and a buy recommendation.Promethean World: JP Morgan lowers target price from 33p to 24p, downgrading to underweight.Randgold Resources: Westhouse reduces target price from 5000p to 4450p and leaves its add rating unaltered.Royal Dutch Shell: Credit Suisse ups target price from 2625p to 2660p and maintains its outperform rating.RSA Insurance: Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 505p to 500p and keeps a hold recommendation. Canaccord downgrades from hold to sell with a target price of 440p. UBS cuts target price from 427p to 418p and keeps a sell recommendation.Schroders: Societe Generale reduces target price from 2620p to 2530p and stays with its hold recommendation. UBS raises target price from 2400p to 2800p and upgrades from neutral to buy.Shire Pharmaceuticals: Credit Suisse reduces target price from 5400p to 4200p and reiterates a neutral rating.SIG: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 189p to 155p and retains a hold recommendation.Spirax-Sarco Engineering: Investec places its target price (prev.: 2810p) under review, maintaining an add rating.Sweett Group: N+1 Singer cuts target price from 45p to 34p and reiterates a buy recommendation.Tate & Lyle: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 900p to 750p, keeping a buy recommendation.UBM: Citi reduces target price from 820p to 670p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.William Hill: Morgan Stanley ups target price from 425p to 460p, staying with an overweight rating.3i Group: Citi ups target price from 430p to 455p and keeps a buy recommendation.