Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE

4th Sep 2013 08:50

Abbey Protection: Numis lowers target price from 120p to 110p keeping a hold recommendation.Antofagasta: Investec takes target price from 707p to 725p, but still recommends selling.Ashtead Group: Numis ups target price from 640p to 670p and retains a hold recommendation. Panmure Gordon increases target price from 784p to 835p and stays with its buy recommendation.ASOS: Citi increases target price from 4800p to 5800p and keeps a buy recommendation. Barclays raises target price from 4500p to 5600p staying with an overweight rating.Belgravium Technologies: WH Ireland reintroduces with a target price of 4.50p and an outperform rating.Croda International: JP Morgan ups target price from 2820p to to 2850p maintaining an overweight rating. Exane upgrades to outperform with a target price of 3200p.Dixons Retail: Citi shifts target price from 50p to 53p and stays with its buy recommendation. Barclays revises target price from 46p to 52p maintaining an overweight rating.Elementis: JP Morgan moves target price from 280p to 284p reiterating an overweight rating.Faroe Petroleum: Morgan Stanley downgrades to underweight with a target price of 130p.Greene King: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 820p to 890p keeping a buy recommendation.Hargreaves Lansdown: Canaccord Genuity increases target price from 850p to 1040p keeping a hold recommendation. Numis takes target price from 997p to 1006p leaving its hold recommendation unchanged.Home Retail Group: Citi moves target price from 105p to 115p, but still recommends selling.IFG Group: N+1 Singer cuts target price from 130p to 121p, while retaining a buy recommendation.Inmarsat: Alphavalue lowers target price from 743.60p to 742p downgrading from add to reduce.Johnson Matthey: JP Morgan takes target price from 2600p to 2800p and maintains a neutral rating.Kenmare Resources: Goldman Sachs upgrades to strong buy with a target price of 40p.Kingfisher: Barclays ups target price from 430p to 450p retaining an overweight rating.Kofax: Investec places both its target price (prev.: 280p) and its sell recommendation under review. Panmure Gordon ups target price from 331p to 363p and upgrades from hold to buy.Lombard Medical Technologies: Canaccord Genuity ups target price from 243p to 256p and maintains a buy recommendation.Mar City: WH Ireland upgrades to outperform with a target price of 11p.Monitise: Goldman Sachs takes target price from 60p to 100p and reiterates a strong buy recommendation.Next: Citi increases target price from 5200p to 5650p and maintains its buy recommendation.Pan Africa Resources: HSBC shifts target price from 15p to 16p and keeps its neutral rating.Pearson: Investec raises target price from 1250p to 1325p reiterates an add rating.Prezzo: Canaccord Genuity moves target price from 105p to 140p and stays with its buy recommendation.Regus: JP Morgan ups target price from 140p to 165p, but keeps an underweight rating.Rio Tinto: Alphavalue shifts target price from 2973.60p to 2978.20p, while downgrading from add to reduce.Salamander Energy: Morgan Stanley upgrades to equal-weight with a target price of 165p. HSBC lowers target price from 264p to 260p and leaves its overweight rating unaltered.Sierra Rutile: Goldman Sachs cuts target price from 100p to 60p downgrading to neutral.Smith (DS): JP Morgan raises target price from 277p to 308p and retains an overweight rating.SQS Software Quality Systems: Sanlam Securities increases target price from 360p to 400p, while downgrading to hold. Westhouse Securities ups target price from 400p to 460p and keeps a buy recommendation. Canaccord Genuity takes target price from 380p to 400p and leaves its buy recommendation unchanged.Staffline Recruitment Group: Liberum Capital raises target price from 530p to 570p maintaining a buy recommendation.Synthomer: JP Morgan moves target price from 235p to 244p and leaves its neutral rating unchanged.Victrex: JP Morgan takes target price from 1500p to 1550p staying with its neutral rating.WPP Group: Jefferies raises target price from 1185p to 1425p and keeps a buy recommendation. Citi ups target price from 1040p to 1250p reiterating a neutral rating.