Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

5th Dec 2013 08:15

AMEC: Canaccord Genuity raises target price from 1125p to 1300p upgrading from hold to buy.AZ Electronic Materials: Canaccord Genuity increases target price from 354p to 404p, while downgrading from buy to hold.BAE Systems: Deutsche Bank takes target price from 415p to 425p keeping a hold recommendation.Betfair Group: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 945p to 1060p and reiterates a hold recommendation.Blinkx: Citi increases target price from 220p to 245p and keeps a buy recommendation.Brown (N) Group: Citi takes target price from 435p to 525p, while staying with its neutral rating.Bunzl: UBS raises target price from 1325p to 1390p and reiterates a neutral rating.Care Tech: Investec ups target price from 230p to 250p keeping a hold recommendation.Cobham: Deutsche Bank moves target price from 270p to 280p maintaining a hold recommendation.Darty: Citi ups target price from 60p to 90p upgrading to neutral.DCC: UBS initiates with a target price of 3300p and a buy recommendation.Debenhams: Citi lowers target price from 105p to 100p leaving its neutral rating unchanged.Drax Group: JP Morgan raises target price from 630p to 810p and upgrades to overweight. UBS takes target price from 845p to 920pand retains a buy recommendation.Dunelm Group: Citi reduces target price from 1200p to 1040p, while its buy recommendation is kept.Essentra: JP Morgan ups target price from 780p to 847p, while keeping its neutral rating.Gem Diamonds: FinnCap initiates with a target price of 190p and a buy recommendation.Hellermann Tyton Group: Investec moves target price from 270p to 280p, but still recommends selling.Hiscox: Westhouse Securities takes target price from 610p to 630p retaining a neutral rating.Imperial Tabacco: Nomura increases target price from 2180p to 2250p and maintains a reduce rating.Meggitt: Deutsche Bank raises target price from 500p to 510p and stays with its hold recommendation.Polar Capital: Panmure Gordon downgrades from buy to hold with a target price of 520p.Premier Foods: Citi cuts target price from 170p to 150p leaving its neutral rating unaltered.Premier Oil: UBS reduces target price from 475p to 400p, while keeping its buy recommendation.Rolls-Royce Group: Deutsche Bank increases target price from 1020p to 1090p, but still recommends selling.Sage Group: Alphavalue shifts target price from 415.5p to 419.1p, while downgrading from buy to add. Panmure Gordon ups target price from 341p to 365p and reiterates a hold recommendation. Credit Suisse raises target price from 301p to 335p maintaining an underperform rating.Smith (DS): Investec moves target price from 340p to 350p and stays with its buy recommendation.Smith (WH): Citi cuts target price from 1120p to 1050p, while keeping its buy recommendation.Standard Chartered: Nomura reduces target price from 1810p to 1690p, while its buy recommendation remains unchanged. JP Morgan cuts target price from 1750p to 1500p and reiterates a neutral rating.Talk Talk Telecom: Jefferies reduces target price from 335p to 260p and downgrades from buy to hold.Telecity Group: Investec cuts target price from 1000p to 950p and keeps a buy recommendation.Tesco: Nomura lowers target price from 370p to 360p and keeps a neutral rating. Citi cuts target price from 350p to 330p and retains a neutral rating. Panmure Gordon reduces target price from 440p to 320p downgrading from buy to hold.Thomas Cook Group: Panmure Gordon takes target price from 200p to 230p and retains a buy recommendation.Travis Perkins: Citi increases target price from 1745p to 1910p and keeps a buy recommendation.Ultra Electronics Holdings: Deutsche Bank raises target price from 1650p to 1750p and upgrades to hold.United Utilities: Alphavalue cuts target price from 796.5p to 729.9p and downgrades from buy to add.Vedanta Resources: Alphavalue moves target price from 1041.8p to 1047.7p upgrading from add to buy.Whitbread: Nomura increases target price from 3110p to 3860p and leaves its buy recommendation unchanged.