Tuesday broker round-up UPDATE

5th Feb 2013 07:14

Alternative Networks: Westhouse Securities downgrades from add to neutral with a target price of 280p.Anite: Northland Capital shifts target price from 153p to 167p leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.Barratt Developments: Liberum Capital raises target price from 165p to 259p and retains a buy recommendation.Bellway: Liberum Capital takes price target from 957p to 1189p, while maintaining a hold recommendation.Berkeley Group: Liberum Capital revises target price from 1550p to 2000p and downgrades to hold.Bovis Homes Group: Liberum Capital moves target price from 465p to 661p, while leaving its hold recommendation unchanged.BT Group: Liberum Capital increases target price from 260p to 300p and keeps a buy recommendation.Carnival: Exane BNP ups target price from 2550p to 2850p reiterating an outperform rating. Numis raises target price from 2950p to 3200pm, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.Centrica: Bank of America downgrades to underperform with a target price of 320p. UBS takes price target from 340p to 380p and leaves its buy recommendation unchanged. Societe Generale raises target price from 360p to 371p and downgrades to hold.China Chaintek United Co: Liberum Capital ups target price from 290p to 324p staying with its buy recommendation.Direct Line Insurance Group: Nomura moves target price from 174p to 193p and upgrades from reduce to neutral.Kofax: Panmure Gordon shifts target price from 306p to 316p , while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.London Mining: Morgan Stanley raises target price from 180p to 230p and upgrades to overweight.Persimmon: Liberum Capital ups target price from 755p to 855p maintaining a hold recommendation.Polymetal International: JP Morgan lowers target price from 1100p to 1080p keeping a neutral rating.Premier Foods: Investec cuts target price from 125p to 95p and downgrades from buy to hold.Randgold Resources: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 7570p to 7360p, while retaining a buy recommendation.Redrow: Liberum Capital raises target price from 117p to 186p, while its hold rating is maintained.Renishaw: Investec moves target price from 1910p to 1900p reiterating a hold recommendation.Royal Dutch Shell: Liberum Capital lowers target price from 2360p to 2310p maintaining a hold recommendation.Rolls-Royce Group: Morgan Stanley increases target price from 1000p to 1200p and keeps an overweight rating.RSA: Nomura downgrades from neutral to reduce with a target price of 115p.Salamander Energy: Bank of America takes target price from 252p to 264p, while reiterating a neutral rating. Barclays shifts target price from 275p to 290p and retains an overweight rating.Shanks Group: Investec shifts target price from 104p to 100p and maintains a buy recommendation.Smiths & Nephew: Panmure Gordon revises target price from 680p to 720p downgrading from buy to hold.Smiths Group: JP Morgan lowers target price from 1330p to 1315p, while an overweight rating is kept.Spectris: Investec raises target price from 2345p to 2400p and downgrades to hold.SVG Capital: Oriel Securities increases target price from 335p to 360p and leaves its buy recommendation unaltered.Synergy Health: Citigroup ups target price from 965p to 1145p and maintains a neutral rating.Tate & Lyle: Jefferies revises target price from 830p to 900p keeping a buy recommendation. Numis reduces target price from 910p to 870p and downgrades to hold.Taylor Wimpey: Liberum Capital ups target price from 55p to 83p and retains a buy recommendation.UBM: Numis cuts target price from 780p to 766p reiterating a hold recommendation.Weir Group: Nomura raises target price from 1850p to 1950p and stays with its neutral rating.