Tuesday broker round-up UPDATE

22nd Jul 2014 09:37

Abcam: N+1 Singer places both its target price (prev.: 346p) and its sell recommendation under review.Amiad Water Systems: Oriel lowers target price from 350p to 340p and retains a buy recommendation.Ashmore Group: Espirito Santo ups target price from 371p to 404p, while downgrading to neutral.Avingtrans: FinnCap upgrades from hold to buy with a target price of 170p.Bodycote: Jefferies reduces target price from 895p to 825p and reiterates a buy recommendation.Brammer: Jefferies cuts target price from 495p to 445p and stays with its hold recommendation.Elementis: Canaccord Genuity lowers target price from 275p to 272p and downgrades from buy to hold.Faroe Petroleum: Oriel shits target price from 200p to 205p and stays with a buy recommendation.Hogg Robinson: Canaccord Genuity lowers target price from 110p to 100p and stays with its buy recommendation.IMI: Jefferies reduces target price from 1740p to 1655p and maintains a buy recommendation.Independend Oil & Gas: FinnCap initiates with a target price 59p and a buy recommendation.Mondi: Credit Suisse reduces target price from 1310p to 1215p and stays with an outperform rating.Morgan Advanced Materials: Jefferies cuts target price from 360p to 320p and downgrades from buy to hold.Petra Diamonds: Canaccord Genuity raises target price from 195p to 255p and reiterates a buy recommendation.Pets At Home Group: Oriel initiates with a target price of 165p and a reduce rating.Pittards: WH Ireland cuts target price from 220p to 180p and keeps a buy recommendation.Premier Foods: Investec places its target price (prev.: 67p) under review, while keeping a hold recommendation.Premier Oil: Numis downgrades from add to hold with a target price of 351p.Royal Main Group: Investec reduces target price from 560p to 490p and keeps a hold recommendation.Rotork: Jefferies reduces target price from 3333p to 2905p downgrading from buy to hold.Sainsbury: Nomura moves target price from 285p to 305p and retains a neutral rating.Senior: Jefferies cuts target price from 340p to 310p and keeps a buy recommendation.Seplat Petroleum: Morgan Stanley initiates with a target price of 300p and an equal-weight rating.Shanks Group: Credit Suisse lowers target price from 125p to 115p reiterating an outperform rating.Spectris: Jefferies reduces target price from 2690p to 2505p and maintains a buy recommendation.Spirax-Sarco Engineering: Jefferies reduces target price from 3285p to 2850p and reiterates a hold recommendation. Credit Suisse upgrades to outperform with a target price of 3030p.Spirent Communications: Jefferies cuts target price from 108p to 96p and keeps a hold recommendation.Tesco: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 342p to 313p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged. Nomura shifts target price from 265p to 270p and maintains a neutral rating. Barclays cuts target price from 340p to 300p and reiterates an equal-weight rating.UBM: Panmure Gordon reduces target price from 940p to 590p and downgrades from buy to sell.Versarien: Westhouse Securities places both its target price (prev.: 35p) and its buy recommendation under review.Vodafone Group: Nomura lowers target price from 200p to 190p and keeps a neutral rating.Weir Group: Jefferies raises target price from 2335p to 2680p retaining a hold recommendation.