Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE

11th Dec 2013 08:35

Afren: Goldman Sachs lowers target price from 280p to 270p, while leaving its strong buy recommendation unaltered. Canaccord Genuity takes target price from 190p to 205p and keeps a buy recommendation.Alternative Networks: Westhouse Securities upgrades from neutral to add with a target price of 445p.Anite: Numis moves target price from 80p to 90p leaving its hold recommendation unchanged.Ashtead Group: Liberum Capital takes target price from 765p to 810p keeping a buy recommendation. Panmure Gordon ups target price from 835p to 860p and reiterates its buy recommendation.Bankers Petroleum: Goldman Sachs cuts target price from 379p to 345p, while keeping its buy recommendation.Begbies Traynor: Canaccord Genuity shifts target price from 40p to 49p and reiterates its buy recommendation.Berkeley Group: Citi increases target price from 2375p to 2445p and maintains a neutral rating.Brewin Dolphin: N+1 Singer ups target price from 305p to 324p and retains a buy recommendation.British Land: Jefferies raises target price from 608p to 659p reiterating a hold recommendation.Carpetright: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 560p to 565p upgrading to hold.CSR: Deutsche Bank raises target price from 350p to 370p, but still recommends selling. UBS ups target price from 530p to 580p and keeps a neutral rating. Canaccord Genuity increases target price from 460p to 550p and upgrades from sell to hold.Dragon Oil: Goldman Sachs reduces target price from 834p to 766p and retains a neutral rating.Fenner: FinnCap increases target price from 460p to 532p and stays with its buy recommendation.First Quantum: Investec cuts target price from 1357p to 1341p leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.Fusionex International: Panmure Gordon raises target price from 362p to 521p and retains a buy recommendation.Galliford Try: Panmure Gordon takes target price from 982p to 1000p, but still recommends selling.Great Portland Estates: Jefferies ups target price from 540p to 588p, while leaving its hold recommendation unchanged.Heritage Oil: Goldman Sachs reduces target price from 247p to 200p and maintains a neutral rating.Imagination Technologies: Jefferies cuts target price from 392p to 364p, while its buy recommendation remains unchanged. Investec reduces target price from 340p to 250p and keeps a hold recommendation.IQE: Liberum Capital lowers target price from 35p to 27p and maintains a hold recommendation.Kentz Corporation: Liberum Capital raises target price from 650p to 712p, while downgrading to hold.Land Securities: Jefferies increases target price from 992p to 1021p keeping a hold recommendation.Premier Oil: Goldman Sachs cuts target price from 500p to 430p and reiterates a buy recommendation.PZ Cussons: Numis reduces target price from 402p to 388p and reiterates a hold recommendation.Royal Mail: Nomura ups target price from 400p to 490p, while downgrading to reduce.SOCO International: Goldman Sachs moves target price from 460p to 420p and downgrades to sell.Stagecoach: Investec ups target price from 350p to 370p and keeps an add rating.Standard Chartered: Investec reduces target price from 1900p to 1700p, while leaving its buy recommendation unaltered.Synthomer: Canaccord Genuity raises target price from 277p to 302p and maintains a buy recommendation.TUI Travel: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 355p to 360p retaining its hold recommendation.Tullow Oil: Goldman Sachs reduces target price from 1280p to 1125p, while staying with a buy recommendation.UBM: Westhouse Securities upgrades from add to buy with an unchanged target price of 812p.Volex Group: FinnCap ups target price from 90p to 125p maintaining a hold recommendation.WANdisco: Panmure Gordon raises target price from 1447p to 1496p and stays with its buy recommendation.Wolseley: UBS cuts target price from 3500p to 3470p, while leaving its buy recommendation unaltered.Whitbread: Deutsche Bank increases target price from 3485p to 3505p maintaining a hold recommendation. Citi raises target price from 3570p to 4000p and keeps a buy recommendation.1PM: WH Ireland reinstates its buy recommendation with a new target price of 48p.